Mbox 2 Help With DBX 266Xs

[Abraham Cooper]

I just bought a dbx 266xs dual compressor and im trying to find out how to connect it to my mbox 2 does any one know how to do this? i would really appriciate it if someone help me with this.

[albee1952]

Wish you had asked before you bought the DBX's. They are essentially useless with any Mbox other than the PRO versions. The non-PRO version simply do not have enough inputs or outputs to create hardware inserts. The DBX's are also very cheap compressors, and even if you DID get them to work, you already have plugin compressors that will outperform them in every way. Your only way to utilize outboard compressors now, would be to buy an external preamp, patch that thru the DBX on the way to a line input on the Mbox. There's nothing wrong with this at all, but remember to not use too much compression on the way in, as you cannot undo it later.