Mbox???

[lewis]

There's an Mbox for sale locally for $125. Is this a good product? Good price?
I've got a new Mac (Intel) and am anxious to use Garageband to sketch out song ideas on guitar and vocal.
Any other suggestions appreciated.
Thank you.

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Originally Posted by lewis

There's an Mbox for sale locally for $125. Is this a good product? Good price?
I've got a new Mac (Intel) and am anxious to use Garageband to sketch out song ideas on guitar and vocal.
Any other suggestions appreciated.
Thank you.

Last time I checked, Garageband won't recognize the MBox.

[getbent]

Hmm Apple even sells it.. Don't know where you heard that I've used an mbox with GB since GB was released... I think I even tested GB with an mbox...

As Fuzzy would say, "they can say anything on that ol'intermess."

As for buying a rev 1 mbox.. for 125 you can get the edirol which is a better device or the firewire solo.. also a better device.. the mbox was amazing for its time, but just about every other box has passed it imo.

I would buy new at the same price.... firewire would generally be a better choice because of latency issues that you may find annoying at first. the original mboxes had lots of latency... the newer devices, in the same price range are better and implement usb better. If you don't need the pro tools le... buy something else.

here is a link that will tell you what you'll need to know (I don't think you have to do this now, but here it is anyway)

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93725

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Originally Posted by getbent

Hmm Apple even sells it.. Don't know where you heard that I've used an mbox with GB since GB was released... I think I even tested GB with an mbox...

I had (and still have) an MBox when Garageband came out, and what I remember was that it didn't work with the then-current software, and update allowed it to be recognized, and then a subsequent update broke the functionality. At the time, googling for how to configure the Mbox and GB gave a bunch of references to a page which had been pulled (the one on modyourmac.com I believe).

My hazy recollection was that you had to add GB as a recognized app in one of the control panels. Generally though, if you've got an Mbox you've got ProTools LE. Currently I've been using the Mbox for all my other audio on the Mac (iTunes, DVD player, etc) but at this point I'd lost interest in getting GB to work with it.

If you've got an explicit how-to you could post, that'd be great.

[getbent]

I linked it above.... it just requires telling core audio that it is supported... I think the list was automatically added in 10.4.x but can't verify where I am today. Lemme know if it still gives you fits, I'll fire one up and write up some directions.

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Originally Posted by getbent

I linked it above.... it just requires telling core audio that it is supported... I think the list was automatically added in 10.4.x but can't verify where I am today. Lemme know if it still gives you fits, I'll fire one up and write up some directions.

I see the Apple article is two years old. That's what I remember doing back then, but I'll check my current system tonight and see if it works. I remember everything stopped working when Tiger came out (including PTLE), maybe it's been fixed since then.

[getbent]

follow the link on the apple support page, they show directions for 10.2, 10.3, 10.4 all easy...