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Old 01-25-2011, 09:32 AM
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Default Gain Levels

Just bought MAudio BX5A's to use with my Mac MBox mini PT8 setup. When looking to listen to iTunes library, I have the monitors hooked into my headphone jack. Is there a better way? As far as gain levels go should I have the speaker volume at 50% and keep the itunes/mac leves high or vice versa? Does it make a big impact on the sound quality? Any help is much appreciated!
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Old 01-25-2011, 09:44 AM
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You don't want to feed a hot signal to your speakers. That may distort the input. On the other hand, you don't want a weak signal that may add noise when you turn up the volume on your speakers.

You should be using the monitor outs to feed the speakers. You may have a mismatch that can affect frequency response by using the headphone out.
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Old 01-25-2011, 09:50 AM
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Is there a way to have itunes played thru the mBox mini? When I go into System Preferences/Sound and select the MBox, it says: Device does not have output controls.
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Old 01-25-2011, 09:55 AM
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Is there a way to have itunes played thru the mBox mini? When I go into System Preferences/Sound and select the MBox, it says: Device does not have output controls.
its referring to internal software volume control (the little fader in windows)... your mbox has a level control.
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Old 01-25-2011, 01:56 PM
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So what is my fix, how do I get my Mac to recognize the MBox as my output device?
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Old 01-25-2011, 03:45 PM
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go to Utilites, Audio MIDI Setup, select mbox from there and configure speakers to whatever output your using.
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Old 01-27-2011, 05:26 AM
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When I go into the Miidi Setup, I don't see an option to add the MBox. I though this would be a relatively easy task, assuming that most people use the MBox for iTunes playback? Might try the Avid helpline, which I'm sure will cost me a bit. I tried apple and suggested reinstalling Pro Tools, since when I got to System Preferences-Sound: If I select the MBox2 Mini under settings it says 'Selected device has no output controls' Any suggestions? Thanks again.
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