M-audio Mbox 2

[sine143]

Hey guys, I happen to own this audio card for use with protools, and I was wondering if this would work as a external soundcard for use with traktor Pro. It has 2 mono outs, as well as a separate headphone monitoring jack.

Any Ideas?

[sj03w4t]

It should work with internal mixing, but not with external mixer because there are not enough outputs. To route audio signal from traktor to your Mbox go to preferences->output routing. Make sure internal mixing is selected.
For output monitor select the headphone jack (you might need to fizzle around with the settings because I can't tell you exactly which output number it is)
Do the same for the master output but make sure you select different outputs (you want the two mono outputs to be the master, and the headphone jack to be the monitor so you can cue up songs, and pre-listen)
Good luck!

[sine143]

alright, so, epic thread res, but I got a bit of a problem.

Inside of traktor, I can only find 2 outs for the mbox2, output 1, and output 2. The headphone jack is nowhere to be found. Anybody got any ideas on what I can do with this?

Can I just set 1 to master, and one to monitor? I feel like this wouldn't work, but isnt that what the audio 2 does?

[sj03w4t]

just try output one master, output two monitor, and see what comes out of your headphone jack. If it's the wrong one swap output 1 and 2

[sine143]

Yeah, that does work... but i mean, the output 1 and 2 are on the back of the device, and the headphone jack is on the front. setting both to master and plugging my sound setup up to the headphone jack (its 1/4) gives a.... fuller sound, than if I just plug my monitors up to the 1 output set to master.

[Villinus]

Any follow up on this? I've got an MBox and have been wondering the same thing...

[sine143]

as far as I know.... its not really going to work with traktor. Works great with Protools...... but, the latency is not great in traktor, and you cant headphone cue.

[Villinus]

It should work with internal mixing, but not with external mixer because there are not enough outputs. To route audio signal from traktor to your Mbox go to preferences->output routing. Make sure internal mixing is selected.
For output monitor select the headphone jack (you might need to fizzle around with the settings because I can't tell you exactly which output number it is)
Do the same for the master output but make sure you select different outputs (you want the two mono outputs to be the master, and the headphone jack to be the monitor so you can cue up songs, and pre-listen)
Good luck!

Can you elaborate here a bit? If i'm using say, a VCI-100, Traktor, and no outboard FX, will this work fine? 1 output for main, 1 output for headphone monitoring?

^^^ ah nevermind, just saw the above post. Looks like I'll be getting an Audio 8 or something similar

[sj03w4t]

Can you elaborate here a bit? If i'm using say, a VCI-100, Traktor, and no outboard FX, will this work fine? 1 output for main, 1 output for headphone monitoring?

^^^ ah nevermind, just saw the above post. Looks like I'll be getting an Audio 8 or something similar

Sorry I have never touched the Mbox but I did google it and from that + his own description I helped

[sine143]

Yeah, thanks for the try. It seems like the headphone jack is not recognized by traktor. the headphone out is a stereo out. The Two 1/4 jacks on the back are both mono outs, and are the only 2 recognized inside of traktor. Somehow this card interfaces with protools to give you pre listening, but I just cant get it to work inside of traktor.