Cubase 5.1 and Mbox 2 problems

philbagg

philbagg

Just Killing Time
Ok, so I got a lend of Cubase 5.1, and I'm trying to learn to use it. I put it on my PC (Windows XP SP3), and it worked fine with my MBox 2, after it took me a little while to (learn how to) set it up. Now, I put it on my mac (Late 2006 generation Intel iMac, running Windows XP via Boot Camp). I have Pro Tools 7.4 installed on the mac, and when I run PT it receives the audio and plays it back.

So I ran Cubase, and at first the Mbox blew. Red peak lights staying lit, fuzzy noise coming from headphones and monitors, no audio etc. So I looked it up. One guy said (on a different site) that the problem was the MBox didn't like the buffer being set to 512 samples. So I raised it. Still nothing. Did a restart, started cubase, the Mbox didn't blow. We're getting somewhere.

Now, I set up Cubase to use the MBox 2 as I did the last time. Device setup, asio digidesign drivers etc. etc. Then to VST connections, made sure the outputs were connected.

Loaded a stereo audio track into Cubase, not muted, fader up etc. Not only am I getting no audio, but the meters are blank. I tried switching over to HAlionOne, loading a few presets, and going into the MIDI key editor window (if that's what it's called) and clicking some keys to see if I got anything from that channel. Nothing at all. I believe the MBox family can be troublesome with Cubase 5.

So, anybody got any ideas?

Cheers.
 
NL5 said:
Glad you got it sorted out, but why not just run it on the Mac w/o winblowze?
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I prefer windows for audio stuffs. Something about the mac mouse tracking (I'm not even using one of those shitty mac mice. I'm using a microsoft mouse). But it seems like it's either too slow or too fast, and it just seems to slow me down. I dunno, kinda stupid I guess, but I like to feel comfortable to get creative ya know? :)
 
How *did* you get your Mbox 2 to work with Cubase 5?

philbagg said:
Ok, so I got a lend of Cubase 5.1, and I'm trying to learn to use it. I put it on my PC (Windows XP SP3), and it worked fine with my MBox 2, after it took me a little while to (learn how to) set it up. Now, I put it on my mac (Late 2006 generation Intel iMac, running Windows XP via Boot Camp). I have Pro Tools 7.4 installed on the mac, and when I run PT it receives the audio and plays it back.

So I ran Cubase, and at first the Mbox blew. Red peak lights staying lit, fuzzy noise coming from headphones and monitors, no audio etc. So I looked it up. One guy said (on a different site) that the problem was the MBox didn't like the buffer being set to 512 samples. So I raised it. Still nothing. Did a restart, started cubase, the Mbox didn't blow. We're getting somewhere.

Now, I set up Cubase to use the MBox 2 as I did the last time. Device setup, asio digidesign drivers etc. etc. Then to VST connections, made sure the outputs were connected.

Loaded a stereo audio track into Cubase, not muted, fader up etc. Not only am I getting no audio, but the meters are blank. I tried switching over to HAlionOne, loading a few presets, and going into the MIDI key editor window (if that's what it's called) and clicking some keys to see if I got anything from that channel. Nothing at all. I believe the MBox family can be troublesome with Cubase 5.

So, anybody got any ideas?

Got it sorted. Thanks for the help
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So how did you resolve this, anyway? It seems that this has been a problem for a while now, and I would really appreciate the help! Also, which Mbox 2 model do you have?

-Chrys
 
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