MBOX + Pro tools 6.4 by Digidesign

[keelah]

MBOX + Pro tools 6.4 by Digidesign:

is this combo all i need to hook up mics, an mpc & shit and open up shop?
to accompany this powerbook G4 & yamaha NS 10M monitors...

actually the monitors have regular stair copper wire hook ups, so i need to figure out how to connect them to the computer to.

...and will the mbox remain fully operational with newer software?

many many thanks

[Sean Shannon]

I believe the M Box is still supported with the latest Pro Tools releases. As far as the NS10s, send the M Box outs to a power amp, then to the NS10s. I'm not sure what you mean by "open up shop", but you most likely will need other equipment besides a power amp, like mics, cables, stands, headphone amps, headphones, a good compressor, etc. to open up "shop". Working by yourself, you probably can get away with much less.

[Al_Huero]

Yep, and remember the Mbox is limited to two channels of input for tracking; so make sure you can work with that in what you're planning to do.

[cvanwinkle]

I believe the M Box is still supported with the latest Pro Tools releases.

The (original) MBox does works just fine with Pro Tools 7.0. However, I doubt that they'll be supporting it for much longer now that they have the MBox2 (I'm predicting a similar fate to the 001). That and their (Digidesign's) relationship with Focusrite went sour a while ago...

[Sean Shannon]

The (original) MBox does works just fine with Pro Tools 7.0. However, I doubt that they'll be supporting it for much longer now that they have the MBox2 (I'm predicting a similar fate to the 001). That and their (Digidesign's) relationship with Focusrite went sour a while ago...

Be careful with that advice. Digi says the 001 was discontinued because it was a PCI card-based LE system. Both the M Box and the M Box2 are USB 1.0 devices, and therefore they have no reason to discontinue software support, they just don't make them anymore.