I CANT PUNCH WITH THE DARN TRACK MUTED!!!! (MBOX)

[Swann]

So I have the Mbox rig on my PC. Currently I have to do my recording with the track muted so I wont hear this terrible doubling effect which comes from monitoring both the input and the output. The problem with this is that when the track is muted, I of course cannot use the punching features because I cannot hear the punch points being that the track is muted. I punch a lot and need to use this feature frequetly. Does anyone know of a way that I can avoid this "doubling effect" sound problem with out having to record with my track muted so I can take advantage of the punching features. If you can help with this you will save my life!!!!! Please help.

[therecordinghouse]

if it is an mbox 2, change your buffer setting to 128 samples. if you have the original mbox, i think the minimum samples per buffer you can go to is 256, which is pretty noticable latency. i would just record several takes and then comp them together.

[therecordinghouse]

oh, and on the mbox 2, put the mix knob so you are monitoring from protools, not the mbox.

[Aussie169]

This is cumbersome, I know, but if you know where you are going to punch, you could automate the mute.

[albee1952]

You can also record several passes and comp a final track.