possibly a silly question, and i feel like i know what the answer is going to be.
BUT - does anyone (or does anyone know if you can) use an mbox 3 pro (which has separate AC power) as a monitor controller (i.e., the volume pot, analogue inputs and outputs, dim, mute, headphones etc) WITHOUT being connected to a computer?
this is another one of those square peg/ round hole/ certain gear available questions that i seem to come up against.. and it if works might just save a bunch of messing around.
thanks
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Re: mbox 3 as monitor controller
gigpiglet wrote:possibly a silly question, and i feel like i know what the answer is going to be.
BUT - does anyone (or does anyone know if you can) use an mbox 3 pro (which has separate AC power) as a monitor controller
Can't answer this directly, but the unit appears to lack a "mix" control. The older USB-connected Mboxes had it because lower latencies couldn't be achieved on USB so you could swing the mix control counter-clockwise and get the input routed to the output.
Of course, they have no dim control.
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Re: mbox 3 as monitor controller
gareth - unfortunately like most avid/digi hardware, the unit doesn't actually 'come to life' unless it's physically connected to a computer. The firmware which is installed when you first connect the thing is what activates it for a better word... so using it as a hardware unit for passive monitoring etc ain't possible.
But if you chuck it in a laptop/computer then yeah you're fine to use it with most DAW software or itunes etc.
same thing with my mbox 2 (2007 model) too, it's a glorified paper weight unless it's connected to a usb port but that's because they had no external psu like the pros did
happy avid hunting
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But if you chuck it in a laptop/computer then yeah you're fine to use it with most DAW software or itunes etc.
same thing with my mbox 2 (2007 model) too, it's a glorified paper weight unless it's connected to a usb port but that's because they had no external psu like the pros did
happy avid hunting
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