Digidesign Hardware Supplied with System
- Mbox 2
- USB Cable (12')
Digidesign Software Compatibility
- Pro Tools LE 7.1.1 for Mac OS X 10.4 for Intel-based Macs
- Pro Tools LE software will not work without Digidesign hardware connected
- Pro Tools LE supports the use of any single supported Pro Tools LE audio interface.
- Simultaneous use of multiple Pro Tools LE core hardware devices is not supported.
2 points 3 years ago i bought a second hand mbox 2 6-7 months ago. When i installed the windows drivers, it always made my computer crash. However, when i used it with my ubuntu partition, it was plug-n-play. From my understanding the unix/linux kernel already has the drivers, so logically it should be plug and play for you as well, unless. Standalone Mbox 2 Mini CoreAudio Driver The Mbox 2 Mini CoreAudio Driver can be installed as a standalone driver on Mac systems that do not have Pro Tools software installed. For information on installing and configuring the standalone version of the Mbox 2 Mini CoreAudio Driver, see the CoreAudio Drivers. The Digidesign Mbox 2 is a digital audio interface (A-D converter) with two analog inputs (4 with S/PDIF) and two analog outputs. It is USB powered and has no monitor latency. I am a student, musician, writer, and pretty good line dancer residing in beautiful Nashville, TN. Mbox 2 Mini Drivers© 2. Avid Technology, Inc. Privacy.Mbox 2 USB Mac Driver Update Now Available Technical Alerts. Avid Pro Audio Community « Previous Thread. Digidesign mbox 2 pro - drivers for windows 7. 3, mbox 2 firmware as an. Uploaded on, downloaded 3420 times, receiving a 83/100 rating by 2122 users. Question, q, avid / digidesign mbox 2 drivers do not work in el capitan 10.11.0 the avid mbox 2 driver does not work in el capitan and the device is not recognized by the mac / garage band.
Included and Optional Plug-Ins:
Optional Software Bundles:
Digidesign CoreAudio Driver:
- Included with Pro Tools LE 7.1.1 installer
- Pro Tools LE 7.1.1 installation required - no Mac OS X for Intel standalone version of CoreAudio
Optional Digidesign Hardware
- MIDI I/O
- PRE (For use as standalone microphone preamplifier. For remote control within Pro Tools, TDM hardware and software is required)
Control Surfaces & MIDI Interfaces
- Supported Hardware (Digidesign & Third Party)
Optional Digidesign & Avid Storage
FireWire Storage
Mbox 2 Drivers For Mac
- Avid MediaDrive rS250
- Avid MediaDrive rS80
- DigiDrive FireWire 80
Important information for Avid rs80 and rs250 users on Mac OS X: Initio Firmware Update for Avid rs80 and rs250
For more information and specific requirements for FireWire drives, see FireWire Drive Requirements
Video Options
Software
The original DV Toolkit is not supported with Pro Tools 7.1 and higher.
Maximum Performance Guidelines
- Recording to the system startup drive is not recommended or supported
- Although limited recording and playback of audio tracks may be possible using the internal drive, a separate external dedicated audio hard drive is highly recommended for maximum performance and track count. Digidesign recommends the use of FireWire drives for use with these computers.
- Mbox 2 hardware will not function properly if connected to a passive USB hub (such as an external unpowered hub, or USB port on a keyboard). If you need to use a hub for other USB peripherals, use a powered hub or a separate dedicated USB port for Mbox 2 hardware to function properly.
Energy Saver Settings
Pro Tools Does Not Support Sleep Mode
In the Macintosh System Preferences, launch Energy Saver, click the Sleep tab, and disable all Sleep features. Set 'Put the computer to sleep when it is inactive' to Never. Do not manually put your computer to sleep when running Pro Tools.
New Session File Format ('.ptf')
Pro Tools 7.0 and higher uses a new session file format and extension (.ptf) to distinguish its sessions from sessions created with previous versions. Pro Tools 7 sessions need to be saved as an earlier format to be used with pre-7.0 Pro Tools systems. For more information, see the following:
Pro Tools LE 7.1.1 Plug-In Information
Mbox Pro 2 Driver
All plug-ins for Mac OS X for PPC will need to be updated to work with Mac OS X for Intel. Check with third-party developers for update information.
I can also say that I've had success with the Mbox 2 directly plugged into my USB ports of my Mid 2010 Macbook Pro, but that it was spotty very spotty. After installing the drivers and plugging it in and booting up Safari (only thing I was able to get sound out of) and testing a youtube clip the sound worked right away but made a few stutters before perfect playback, that could also be because I've booted the OS from USB.
Then I tried pulling the USB out and plugging it back in, and after the system recognized that the Mbox 2 was attached, it wouldn't continue playback of sound like it did when the system first started, but if I refreshed the webpage in Safari the playback would start again, but only after I refreshed the page.
As updates for OS X 10.10 Yosemite Public Beta come along I will continue to test these drivers out in the same capacity. I don't own current Protools software (10 & 11), so I can't test this or answer anything about that.
Just thought I would share my experience, and hope that when the final software is released this Fall that everything will work the way it should (As it currently stands). I'm someone who likes to be on the newest OS whenever possible, but if something works for you and you have full compatibility don't change anything.