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mbox from digidesign...help?

I would like to have s/pdif ins and outs on my computer that has none via USB so I went down to the local pro audio place and they sold me something called an M Box...I hooked it all up and the audio from my computer does not play through it...it comes with protools software and I am beginning to think that I bought the wrong box. I want to be able to play music in itunes and have a digital output.
Any suggestions?
ntscdan
tombowlus
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I had forgotten about the Apogee Mini-Dac. Great little unit! Well worth checking out.

Tom.
tombowlus
416 posts
 
Going through a catalog last night, I came up with a couple of additional options that you might want to look into:

Aardvark USB3
Edirol UA1X (this seems like the best option, to me)
Edirol UA1D
UA3FX
Edirol UA5

The UA1X sells for under $80, and is a 16-bit/44.1 kHz USB audio interface with stereo RCA I/O as well as digital SPDIF output (and a headphone minijack). The UA3FX and UA5 seem to offer better A/D-D/A converters, but might also incorporate features that you don't need.

And the more I look into it, the M-Audio Audiophile USB does look like a very nice unit, though again, it is packaging some features that you don't really need (though not to the same extent as the MBox).

Good luck, Tom.
gdieyoungc492
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i have a power g4 and a digi001. i was running os9 and protools 5.0. I recently upgraded to 10.2.8 with protools 6.0 and the protools doesnt work. does anyone have any suggestions?
audioengr
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Tombowlus - I modify the Transit to have coax S/PDIF output, so the Toslink can be eliminated. I also can add a Superclock2 to stabilize the clock.
Steve N.

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