Question about the Mbox Micro

[jpoprock]

Well, my Micro came today! But damn if I didn't think of something... I run LEOPARD on the machine that I was hoping to run it on! CRAP! Now i have to wait, or take my chances. And to top it off, I'm running 10.5.2. A little birdy told me that hopefully in a month or so the 10.5.3 release will come out and Digi will coincide Leo compatibility with that release. But we will see. I heard that Digi was all good to go with Leopard until Apple did something to the 10.5.2 release that somehow screwed up PT compatibility. But I don't know. Don't care! the point is... I don't think I can even use my micro until 10.5.3 and I'm cryin'!

Jason

[citi]

you can use it. Before I went back to tiger I tested it. It worked.

[dougied]

Well actually even though you can't technically record with the Micro, you could use a USB microphone or "other" multichannel interface and record audio using GarageBand, Logic, Audio HiJack etc... and then import the audio/ tracks back into Pro Tools. I know it sounds crazy and long in the tooth, but it's technically possible.

[jpoprock]

SO maybe because I'm not recording, LEO will work fine. That's good news. I'll test it today!

J

[nunuk]

it works if you are using ONLY digis pluggos...

[jpoprock]

That will be fine with me. I'm mainly using the Micro to practice my editing skills when I have down time. Learning keyboard shortcuts, making Macros to combine shortcuts, etc. I used to bitch about using the keyboard and mouse, but then realized it was my own fault for not learning all the shortcuts. There are a lot to memorize, but I think that by taking the time to do so, it will open up a whole new world for me. Plus, I just bought a C|8, so that should make mixing fun too.

J

[stoneinapond]

it works if you are using ONLY digis pluggos...

The latest Waves and McDSP plug-ins also work (at least for me). Others may, but I am in the middle of a project right now and don't have the time to test them.

[dougied]

Also the IK Multimedia and Wave Arts plug-ins work too.

[djecity]

[QUOTE]
Is this the "I'm an American and life owes me everything for free" syndrome? {/quote]

That sounds like Commie talk to me!

J/K

No that's not what it is at all. I'm a legitimate paying customer who shelled out $1200 for average hardware/ good software and don't like being tied to my desk. So I already payed for the software once, (not to mention however many upgrades / toolkits I've purchased (I think I'm up to 3 now) so why should I have to pay an extra $279 for the ability to use it where I please? I'm sure the headphone jack does sound better than what comes on a laptop, but whose really doing full mixes on their headphones anyway? I just want to be able to edit away from my studio space - and that doesn't seem like a lot to ask at least $2000 later. At the very least, I'll agree with the other gentleman that this editing on-the-go "privilege" is overpriced, being that it really doesn't provide anything else for many. I just don't think it's a good look when no other DAW / Audio editor on the market makes you pay extra for this so-called "privilege". Not to mention, I could really use that USB port for something useful.

Not trying to start an argument here or anything - just my $.02