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USB audio interface from M-Audio belonging to the Fast Track series

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  • bullivbulliv

    M-Audio Fast Track ProPublished on 08/13/11 at 13:44
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    USB 2.0 soundcard, use home with GarageBand and macbook pro.

    USE

    Mac, no driver, no concern for compatibility with macosx and GarageBand. I had problems on PC, but it was there 7 years, there are potential conflicts with the sound card integrated on the motherboard, it was enough to disable it.

    IMPLEMENTATION

    plug and play

    NOTICE GLOBAL

    10 years and holds up, she fell heavily on many occasions and it still works great. No delay problem. Impeccable for the Direct to disk with 1 instrument.
  • TrantorTrantor

    Perfect except drivers, preamp, headphone ...

    M-Audio Fast Track ProPublished on 10/11/13 at 02:57
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    I bought this interface to record guitar and vocals, just in order to listen to me and correct me. I plugged in entering the microphone singing and microphone combo.

    My choice of this interface was motivated by the price, the correct opinion here and there and little resources to a PC to rotate. (We are still in USB1, it can turn with little memory and CPU). I was able to connect an old laptop that was given to me (although I have since received a workstation slightly less old).

    UTILIZATION

    This interface problems of co-habitation with the sound cards of all pc on which I connected. Obviously, it would have to do it there (which is not always possible).
    On the other hand, if…
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    I bought this interface to record guitar and vocals, just in order to listen to me and correct me. I plugged in entering the microphone singing and microphone combo.

    My choice of this interface was motivated by the price, the correct opinion here and there and little resources to a PC to rotate. (We are still in USB1, it can turn with little memory and CPU). I was able to connect an old laptop that was given to me (although I have since received a workstation slightly less old).

    UTILIZATION

    This interface problems of co-habitation with the sound cards of all pc on which I connected. Obviously, it would have to do it there (which is not always possible).
    On the other hand, if it is disconnected while a program is using the pc crash, but if it is connected during a pc goes to sleep, it crashes too.

    As she served me as a PC dedicated to recording, it was bearable.

    GETTING STARTED

    Installation was carefree but cohabitation with some programs (guitar pro, for example) is laborious ...

    OVERALL OPINION

    Next record, nothing to say. The quality is there, above what my ears perceive.
    Side connection, everything is also: the headphone jack, the headphone mix input / pc, direct broadcasting, I lack nothing.

    Or that gene, the preamp input: I do not know judge its quality, but it has no progressive: 1/8 of the race, a weak signal passes to a saturated signal.
    I fixed it by buying a two preamp inputs.

    Same for the headphone output: my headset is high impedance and the output volume is too low (it is very correct on a low-impedance headphones). So, I had to buy a headphone amp.

    In summary, if you have a regular headset and you should not change too often the entry level, it's a great interface.
    A remake, everything depends on the likely cost of an interface with a preamp worthy of the name, but it must be much more expensive. If not, well, I'm satisfied.
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  • harugloryharuglory

    To begin Excellent ...

    M-Audio Fast Track ProPublished on 09/18/12 at 07:02
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    What characteristics have motivated your choice?

    Both preamps, USB and control monitoring!

    With which instruments or systems (console, preamp, DtD ...) you use it and how connections? ..

    I recorded it all before! acoustic guitars, electric keyboards live voice ...

    For what purpose? What is your config (Motherboard / CPU / Ram / Hard, ...)

    I use a PC running a Seven I3 clocked to 3.3 Ghz.

    UTILIZATION

    The drivers are stable?

    Yes, they are very reliable!

    What software do you use most often?

    I exclusively use Cubase.

    What latency you get?

    8ms around with the buffer 512.

    GETTING STARTED

    I have not encountered any problems during installation.
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    What characteristics have motivated your choice?

    Both preamps, USB and control monitoring!

    With which instruments or systems (console, preamp, DtD ...) you use it and how connections? ..

    I recorded it all before! acoustic guitars, electric keyboards live voice ...

    For what purpose? What is your config (Motherboard / CPU / Ram / Hard, ...)

    I use a PC running a Seven I3 clocked to 3.3 Ghz.

    UTILIZATION

    The drivers are stable?

    Yes, they are very reliable!

    What software do you use most often?

    I exclusively use Cubase.

    What latency you get?

    8ms around with the buffer 512.

    GETTING STARTED

    I have not encountered any problems during installation.

    OVERALL OPINION

    I used it for 1 year started computer music, with hindsight I would certainly find flaws (not scalable!) But I do not regret having started with!

    I recommend it to any one who want to start but definitely not for young groups who want to make a model!
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  • Dux'ODux'O

    Disappointing

    M-Audio Fast Track ProPublished on 06/16/12 at 09:54
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    Two input jacks / mic, speakers and headphones, midi etc.. All it takes.

    UTILIZATION

    Plug and play, no external power required. Easy to use. Against it by a galley max ... I do not use more than for voice, my multi effect pedal does a much better job as an external card.

    Latency level that I'm a little quickly come to the cracking in the cassque ... Can not go lower than 512 in buffer. So inevitably the latency patis ... My pedal down to 124 or even less easy.

    GETTING STARTED

    Easy

    OVERALL OPINION

    I use it for two years and I'm really disappointed for the price I do not know if I would do this choice. Especially for the latency, it is not enough.
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    Two input jacks / mic, speakers and headphones, midi etc.. All it takes.

    UTILIZATION

    Plug and play, no external power required. Easy to use. Against it by a galley max ... I do not use more than for voice, my multi effect pedal does a much better job as an external card.

    Latency level that I'm a little quickly come to the cracking in the cassque ... Can not go lower than 512 in buffer. So inevitably the latency patis ... My pedal down to 124 or even less easy.

    GETTING STARTED

    Easy

    OVERALL OPINION

    I use it for two years and I'm really disappointed for the price I do not know if I would do this choice. Especially for the latency, it is not enough.
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  • Raymond BARRERaymond BARRE

    return to sender!

    M-Audio Fast Track ProPublished on 02/06/12 at 13:46
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    Cheap, good press, USB easy to install and to be better than my old card ...

    I fiddle soundtracks for short films in particular.

    I'm working with Sonar X1 for a year now after years of Sonar 3

    UTILIZATION

    no opinion on these issues given the general result

    GETTING STARTED

    bah! how to say?
    does not turn this matter too
    provides the driver does not work, must therefore be downloaded via a website M-AUDIO
    it crashes in reading, recording and best of all, my click is gone ...

    OVERALL OPINION

    distributed quickly where it came from considering the problems of stability and routing I met with, it is difficult to speak well
    Off the sound that is correc…
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    Cheap, good press, USB easy to install and to be better than my old card ...

    I fiddle soundtracks for short films in particular.

    I'm working with Sonar X1 for a year now after years of Sonar 3

    UTILIZATION

    no opinion on these issues given the general result

    GETTING STARTED

    bah! how to say?
    does not turn this matter too
    provides the driver does not work, must therefore be downloaded via a website M-AUDIO
    it crashes in reading, recording and best of all, my click is gone ...

    OVERALL OPINION

    distributed quickly where it came from considering the problems of stability and routing I met with, it is difficult to speak well
    Off the sound that is correct, the preamps that are there to form, there's not much to say except that those for whom it operates must be satisfied for the price and format and easy USB portable

    I've had an Echo Gina 3G card, nothing to do I tell you, but twice as expensive it must be said ...

    https://soundcloud.com/search?q [fulltext] = regenerique
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  • david12david12

    M-Audio Fast Track ProPublished on 03/18/07 at 03:10
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    I was looking for a rather simple card with at least four inputs and the 5.1 output.
    On the advice of Home-studio I opt for the latter
    Personal use, runs on a laptop celeron 1GB ram, small configuration so ...
    the card is plugged into a stereo system and a microphone between apex
    all runs with SX 3

    UTILIZATION

    The installation is Droulez seemingly without problem!
    There is an incompatibility with the chipset sounds Intgr: in this case the card works but can not accder the config panel of the card (very embarrassing for rgler latency)
    Solution: disable the sound card intgre in the bios and windows
    Then the card works perfectly (it is active in its control panel), lat…
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    I was looking for a rather simple card with at least four inputs and the 5.1 output.
    On the advice of Home-studio I opt for the latter
    Personal use, runs on a laptop celeron 1GB ram, small configuration so ...
    the card is plugged into a stereo system and a microphone between apex
    all runs with SX 3

    UTILIZATION

    The installation is Droulez seemingly without problem!
    There is an incompatibility with the chipset sounds Intgr: in this case the card works but can not accder the config panel of the card (very embarrassing for rgler latency)
    Solution: disable the sound card intgre in the bios and windows
    Then the card works perfectly (it is active in its control panel), latency seemed longer than the shows but this may be a bit of the processor used by lightweight!

    GETTING STARTED

    Xp drivers are stable: no crashes while using

    THE BIG problem is that M AUDIO RELEASE DOES NOT SEEM TO UPDATE A DRIVER IN VISTA, and it becomes very painful! It is now over a month that the bone came out and even a version that Beta would be welcome!

    Cubase SX 3, LATENCY RULES of 2ms but costs more in the order of 10ms.
    the card can work in recording the number of tracks in between maximum is 4.

    OVERALL OPINION

    Purchase made nol 2006
    I like the simplicity of Use
    I like not too long update of drivers
    I possde staff from other sound card Terratec EWS88MT (unstable), and a Digi002 (top) and a presonus firebox (though no more: too many disconnects but pramp top)

    good price quality ratio in win xp
    if I were to change I will look at the first follow-up of drivers ... without comment supplmentaire

    BAD NOTE for M AUDIO!
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  • slowbassslowbass

    M-Audio Fast Track ProPublished on 12/15/07 at 11:43
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    - What technical specifications motivated your choice?
    The USB connection allows for use with computers DIFFERENT; the pramps Intgr; / O, the absence of external power (but is ultimately a benefit?)
    - For what purpose?
    Recording and mixing "nomadic"
    - What is your config (motherboard / CPU / Ram / Hard ,...)?
    With an Athlon 64 X2 (winXP) and a laptop aspire intel duo; prcdemment with a less powerful config
    - Which instruments or Systmes (console, prampli, DTD ...) you use it and how connections? ...
    I connect directly to the cables or microphones guitar in the Fast Track Pro and I record in Cubase SX3 is really basic.

    UTILIZATION

    - Installation is it without problem…
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    - What technical specifications motivated your choice?
    The USB connection allows for use with computers DIFFERENT; the pramps Intgr; / O, the absence of external power (but is ultimately a benefit?)
    - For what purpose?
    Recording and mixing "nomadic"
    - What is your config (motherboard / CPU / Ram / Hard ,...)?
    With an Athlon 64 X2 (winXP) and a laptop aspire intel duo; prcdemment with a less powerful config
    - Which instruments or Systmes (console, prampli, DTD ...) you use it and how connections? ...
    I connect directly to the cables or microphones guitar in the Fast Track Pro and I record in Cubase SX3 is really basic.

    UTILIZATION

    - Installation is it without problem?
    Without problem on desktop PC but more complicated on the phone: you must disable the sound card intgre and force the choice of drivers to use the Fast Track pro. - Have you experienced any incompatibility?
    V. above
    - The configuration gnrale is easy?
    Yes, trs simple.
    - The manual is clear and sufficient? ...
    He explained the main lines, but To solve the small problem evokes and optimize the configuration, a visit to the site of the manufacturer is essential.

    GETTING STARTED

    - The drivers are stable?
    All dpend configuration (see below for more details)
    - Are they often put day?
    No!
    - What software do you use most often?
    Cubase SX3 and Wavelab
    - What you get lag?
    256 samples
    - How many tracks you get record / playback simultanment? ...
    All dpend effects utiliss but gnral, I have enough tracks for my needs ...

    OVERALL OPINION

    I possde Fast Track Pro for about two years and it worked well plutt until I add a Powercore firewire and my Systm crashes began: suddenly, and the map freezes cubase "rule", reset the required Systm ... Despite all my trials and advice diligent technical support M-Audio, I did not russi locate the origin of the problem: USB bus? firewire? I have supper failure on my Fast Track Pro, because it causes dfaillances USB on another computer ... She then grow old plutt wrong (especially since the power button is showing signs of weakness).
    I wait in vain for new drivers in hopes to correct this incompatibility, but as a signal by another contributor, the drivers do not seem to put days (Can be think they have reached perfection?)

    So, I rutilise my good "old" Delta 44 PCI of the same manufacturer which is certainly not the same prampli or latencies, but possde 4 inputs and 4 outputs that can be used in 96 kHz ... and is especially much more stable (even if the era, it took a lot of adjustments for the use of good fawn).

    - What is the particular feature you like best and least?
    The main quality of this card is to be compact "portable" and easy to use (no power supply from pramp ...) the default is the lack of stability in my config and weak pramps (turn the potentiomtre 75% to start a microphone and hear even more for a SM57 -> little room)
    - Have you tried many other models before acqurir?
    No, I had a Delta 44 pci of the same manufacturer (I did not not amlioration of the quality of sound from the MODL).
    - How do you report qualitprix?
    It is inexpensive and works in a simple configuration ...
    - With the exprience, you do again this choice? ...
    No, I would have invested in more expensive hardware ...
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  • FegcFegc

    M-Audio Fast Track ProPublished on 03/25/08 at 13:44
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    It was almost six years I wanted to buy an audio interface. I did not really need because I had all my music into the computer (VST, etc..), But this time I wanted dernires record my acoustic instruments (piano, guitar, vocals).
    So I needed an interface with two input and two pre-amps. C'tait the minimum and I thought the FTP silent a good candidate.

    So priori c'tait perfect for me.

    UTILIZATION

    The installation is made without problem, or almost. The first test with the CD but I did not download any drivers and c'tait good. Less than 10 minutes to install.
    The documentation is almost nonexistent, even the manual is in pdf trsdtaill.

    GETTING STARTED

    It comes with…
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    It was almost six years I wanted to buy an audio interface. I did not really need because I had all my music into the computer (VST, etc..), But this time I wanted dernires record my acoustic instruments (piano, guitar, vocals).
    So I needed an interface with two input and two pre-amps. C'tait the minimum and I thought the FTP silent a good candidate.

    So priori c'tait perfect for me.

    UTILIZATION

    The installation is made without problem, or almost. The first test with the CD but I did not download any drivers and c'tait good. Less than 10 minutes to install.
    The documentation is almost nonexistent, even the manual is in pdf trsdtaill.

    GETTING STARTED

    It comes with a demo version of Pro Tools and Ableton Live which apparently is not the latest version of Live complte. Any fawn I have no intrt to use them.

    OVERALL OPINION

    APRS I have installed and I plug my SM58 jou something. Great dception! The pre-amp is trs, trs low-level gain.
    The first take with the misplaced mic I recorded almost nothing and yet gain the maximum silent. The deuxime take with ideal conditions I arrived to record something, but I'm still trsdu.
    May be you have to buy a real pr-amp to make a proper use of this card.
    Any fawn I think I'd be better with AudioFire4 I almost bought instead of FTP.

    But hey, still a good card, the playback is great and it comes as even record something. But deu me a lot.
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  • pied2nezpied2nez

    AH LUA THEN

    M-Audio Fast Track ProPublished on 07/08/10 at 04:34
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    What motivated my choice is the simplicity of use is the rendering quality. I use it on a PC that is 4 years old. I plug my bass directly into a guitar amp and keyboard set for EZdrummer.

    UTILIZATION

    I had a little difficulty to accept the M-Audio ASIO for my Cubase SX3 due to the presence of another internal sound card. Otherwise it drove up there's no long ...

    GETTING STARTED

    no worries of installation, the config is easy to access, I do not even know if there 's a manual

    OVERALL OPINION

    I have since November 2009, I bought it without trying (I knew someone who used)
    I like to use SimpliCTI
    The value for money then I put a caveat. I actually recently one…
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    What motivated my choice is the simplicity of use is the rendering quality. I use it on a PC that is 4 years old. I plug my bass directly into a guitar amp and keyboard set for EZdrummer.

    UTILIZATION

    I had a little difficulty to accept the M-Audio ASIO for my Cubase SX3 due to the presence of another internal sound card. Otherwise it drove up there's no long ...

    GETTING STARTED

    no worries of installation, the config is easy to access, I do not even know if there 's a manual

    OVERALL OPINION

    I have since November 2009, I bought it without trying (I knew someone who used)
    I like to use SimpliCTI
    The value for money then I put a caveat. I actually recently one of my entries (line 2) which produces noise continuously and even its zeroed tjs hear this sound, more and more my line transplanting interferences mentioned above, produces making crackling noises inaudible what I record.
    Where does the problem I dunno, I just hope this does not have the quality and workmanship that I just had no luck and I fell on the wrong lot. Waiting for news of my known German dealers. This is very damaging that after so long I may encounter this problem. To be continued
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  • elkah-officielelkah-officiel

    A nice sound card for model

    M-Audio Fast Track ProPublished on 10/31/10 at 05:55
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    For my part, the choice was motivated by the affordable price, and the Summary option is little that I needed. the view was very positive about this sound card

    I only used with Cubase I've basically taken to work in midi and do some voices.

    UTILIZATION

    The driver are stabble No I have not had to reinstall it, I watch little update, I happened to save a lot of ground without soucy, latency is not widely acceptable audible m hand if n is recording noon, but realigned to correct tt ca!

    GETTING STARTED

    The installation is simple but can be a problem when the feature is not tt to welcome the fast track. I remember that was my first installation I had not no windows xp sp …
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    For my part, the choice was motivated by the affordable price, and the Summary option is little that I needed. the view was very positive about this sound card

    I only used with Cubase I've basically taken to work in midi and do some voices.

    UTILIZATION

    The driver are stabble No I have not had to reinstall it, I watch little update, I happened to save a lot of ground without soucy, latency is not widely acceptable audible m hand if n is recording noon, but realigned to correct tt ca!

    GETTING STARTED

    The installation is simple but can be a problem when the feature is not tt to welcome the fast track. I remember that was my first installation I had not no windows xp sp 2 and it does not lmarchais. on the other hand once you install sp2, it had no soucy nya. configuration is simple and the manual is largely well detailed.

    OVERALL OPINION

    I possess this sound card from 3-4 years, I had used before in a friend who was a motu very well but much more expensive.
    I love the fact what possesses the most part, I think in this price range was the very best
    I love hindsight at least the fact that it has these limitations therm quality.

    I think the price / quality ratio is very good, I think c is a good sound card for model on the other hand I think that it takes at least a good preamp to get to the semi-pro, only it is very good but not enough to compete with quality stuff.

    with lots of hindsight I would not be only choice because I think that he would have been wiser for me to invest, but certainly more expensive prospect of evolution have today. if not the first sound card is very good.
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