Mbox2 mini, PT8: Always hear the input

[ReB87]

I've got a Mbox 2 since yesterday and it seems like a mystery. I've used a M-Audio fast track usb before. This interface was pretty straight forward. Plug in the guitar, start garageband, activate the input and I was ready to jam.

With the Mbox, as soon as I plug in the guitar, I hear my guitar. On the fast-track, i didnt hear anything until I activated the line in (in garageband for example). Also, when i'm garageband now, i hear the guitar clean as in line-in sound, and distorted as in garageband + amplitube. So i hear my guitar double.

Now, on protools, I hear the guitar as if i didnt start protools (its the same). When loading Amplitube, i hear the effects far in the background and very very quiet. What am I doing wrong?

I'm totally new to ProTools so i'm probably doing something very stupid...

[bmcoonan]

Could it be the "Mix" dial on the Mbox2 Mini? That will alter how much of what signal you hear, at least in PT.

BC

[ReB87]

Perfect, I hear amplitube now. Used the mix, turned down all volume on input 1. Everything is almost working perfectly except for the fact that i still hear the clean input all the time. So now i hear my distorted guitar when playing, but also the clean. The clean doesnt get recorded, but its very anoying to hear both...

[jmitchell1532]

I think you might have "input only monitoring" checked off in the preferences section of the setup menu. Or it might not be checked...forget which does which sometimes.

[ReB87]

Thanks, but I cant seem to find that setting. Do you mean in Pro tools? I've looked on "Setup" -> "Preferences". Isnt there a setup tool for the Mbox itself? :)

I really would love that when I plug in a input, the Mbox not automaticly starts monitoring without any recording program active...