So-so...not the best with OSX 
by Kevin B. from New Orleans, LA USA, June 2008
Music Background:  Electronic Musician

It is a good interface for beginners, but comes with some catches:
-you can only use it if you have installed ProTools...lots of PACE things to worry about.
-if you care to reduce pops & clicks, you have to go hi-latency
-compatibility issues with OSX Tiger (caused kernel panics)
-died when interrupted during a firmware update

I liked how portable this unit was and the preamps are better than many in this price range. However, the issues mentioned above would prevent me from ever buying this interface again. If you want your DAW to be ProTools (and nothing else) and if you're on PC, you may have better luck.

  Mbox 2 Great!!! 
by Eric from Anderson, IN USA, November 2007
Music Background:  Musician, Recording Engineer, Student

This Product is great. When I recently bought the Mbox 2 I was a little sketchy about it I thought I wasn't going to really help me with only 2 inputs. But I've loved it. I've done a few projects with it and it works great does what I need it to do.

  NOT as easy as 1-2-3 
by A. Guillen from Portland, OR USA, September 2007
Music Background:  Musician, Former Tascam 4-Track God

Hey Everyone! Please know that in order to use ProTools and its plug-ins effectively you will have to dedicate HOURS and HOURS of your time to this software. This is not an exaggeration. Here are the other items you should have before purchasing ProTools:

* Windows XP WITH service pack 2(not yet compatible with Vista).
* 2GB of RAM as ProTools is resource intensive.
* A quality set of active monitors for accurate playback and mixing (although your desktop speakers will work despite what the manual states).
* A motherboard that does NOT use the VIA400 chipset. The samples from the BFD drumming software would only snap, crackle, and pop on my system because my board used the VIA400 chipset. Do the math with me:
New Motherboard = New Computer!
* Midi keyboard controller for synth and drum software.
* Great microphone if you want quality results.

The point: You may have to invest hundreds of dollars in computer upgrades and recording equipment before the MBox2 works for you. Go to digidesign's website for all of their compatibility specs before buying this item.

Good Luck!

  Pro Tools For Everyone! 
by Sanchez , December 2006

I love this little box dearly. Very good entry level digital recording interface. A tad pricy, but hey, it's Pro Tools. The mic pre's are rather cold, but clean and well rounded, especially on the budget. If you don't absolutely NEED Pro Tools (like me) then perhaps you should look into something else. Setup was difficult, and I still haven't gotten the Melodyne Lite thing to work (after 8 months). Once again, it's a great little box to jump start beginners into Pro Tools

  MBOX is a good interface! 
by Gustavo Renovalez from Louisville, KY, November 2006
Music Background:  Recording Musician, Producer

This is a nice piece of studio hardware,
you have a Pro Tools(industry Standard)inside a portable recording unit. Some negative comments about this unit just make me sick!! if you have the right computer hardware, OS updated, USB with the right drivers, enough RAM, you wouldn't have any issue with it. Keep using the original "USB" cable with the ferrite (provided with the unit) to avoid interference during the AD conversion. You wouldn't find in the market a hardware/software piece like this for that money (M BOX-MINI only beats that price and is a DIGI unit too)add an Apogee Mini Me for million dollar studio sound and you are done!!

  Best in Class! 
by Dan B from Upstate New York, October 2006
Music Background:  Hobbyist

For the money you can't beat this unit! Portability, compatiblity with pro studios, features and price. I've been using this for a while now and it's the perfect unit for a home studio scenario. Small learning curve and you're on your way!

  Great Interface! 
by Zach Dumais from Sabattus, ME, September 2006

I purchased the mbox 2 with mediocre expectations for the mic pre-amps due to some somewhat negative customer reviews. So far however, the mbox has given me really clean results. The software that comes standard is also very cool. This is a perfect buy for those that want to build a semi- professional studio without spending a huge ammount of money.

  Love my Mbox 
by Charlie from Indiana, July 2006

Clean preamps and great software for a good price are the best things about the Mbox. Offers a great practice ground for Pro Tools and high-quality on-the-go recording when combined with a laptop. There other options in the same price range with more channels, but there's no Pro Tools. Great package.

  bad first impression 
by Johnny from Seattle, WA USA, June 2006
Music Background:  10 years performing musician

I bought my mbox2 no more than 2 hours ago. Upon attempting to install it on my Computer I ran into problems. I am not a computer guy and the way the instructions read is counter intuitive for a person of my back ground. My computer is brand new and top of the line and it was giving me contradictory messages and freezing up at random times. Finally I decided to repackage the whole thing and take it back. If your looking for a product that will be a shove into the world of pro audio, this is a worthwile purchase. However, if It's just to have a device to store multi layered song ideas, better stick with a good old fasioned 4 track....

Awesome 
by Donovan Murphy from Sacramento, CA, May 2006

The prices of the original Mbox are dropping fast and with good reason. I too thought about buying a used original Mbox and am very pleased to have been able to get not only the ability to record 4 tracks at once but the factory bundle as well.

So easy! 
by Michael from SC, January 2006

After using Pro Tools TDM system at school for over a year, I decided to make the investment and purchace an mbox 2 for home use. It was up and running right out of the box. It was so easy to use and set up, and it looks great next to my MacMini.

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