All user reviews of 5/5 for the M-Audio Fast Track Ultra

I was looking for a reliable USB audio interface with no latency integrated with good preamps for recording various instruments (guitar, bass ...) and singing.

Enough said! The Fast Track Ultra fulfilled all its objectives. Octane preamps are excellent. The number of entries is quite sufficient for me. 8ms latency drops to 44.1 in 16bits. Perfect for monitoring register online! I very rarely then realigned by compensating these 8ms when really it audible (for very rhythmic passages requiring perfect sync).

The dual headphone is enjoyable!

Config:
Laptop (dual core, 2GB RAM)
Windows 7 Ultimate

UTILIZATION

The drivers are stable (Windows 7)
When recording, I use Ableton Live 8

4 tracks simultaneous max.

I put 9 for the latency of 8 ms. At the same time it is often hard to beat, even by putting a high price!

GETTING STARTED

No problem for installation.
The configuration and the choice of the ratio kHz / bits is no problem via the m-audio interface (SETTINGS tab)
The tab FLOW helps us understand the operation if necessary.
The manual is clear and the VAS technique is very competent!

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for more than three months, I can not see myself without it.

Pros: dual headphone output independently configurable, Octane preamps of good quality, latency, not that bad, I / O MIDI if necessary, SPDIF if need be! Quality semi-pro (quasi-pro?) For this price.

Cons: the number of recording tracks may hinder some, but not in my case.

I turn 10, she became indispensable to me!

-What characteristics have motivated your choice?
Four input preamp, I / O noon, two headphone jacks ...

"With what instruments or systems (console, preamp, DTD ...) you are using and how connections?
nothing at all: I am a poor music

-For what purpose?
computer music and play multimedia

-What is your config (Motherboard / CPU / Ram / Disk ,...)?
I have a laptop running 64bit with 4Gb win7 of ram and a 2.53GHz processor-

UTILIZATION

The drivers are stable?
Contrary to other opinions, in my opinion they are a little ways in stability: I had to reinstall 2 or 3 times before the card is fully operational (at one point I 72.154ms input latency and Output ...)

-Are they often updated?
this I know, I have consumed downloaded once and I'm not returned to the site since

-What software do you use most often?
cubase studio 5 and it works nickel (by the way, when I use vlc, the sound crachotte not bad, surprisingly)

-What latency you get?
after multiple relocations of the drivers, I get to 5.67ms input and output: either something more than enough for what I do (and what a lot of people did, I think

-How many tracks do you manage to record / playback simultaneously?
I dunno, I never managed to reach the limit (there is there a?)

GETTING STARTED

-The installation is done it without problems?
As I said, should be insistent (and persistent too =)

-Have you encountered any incompatibilities?
not at all!

-The general configuration is easy?
to be honest, I never bothered to be interested in the software part of the MPO, but at the hardware level, even an elephant cul-de-bowl can use it!

-The manual is clear and sufficient?
a manual? where it's a manual?

OVERALL OPINION

-For how long have you been using it?
it must now 7 months

"What thing do you like most/least about it?
dual headphone output: a real treat!

-Did you try many other models before getting this one?
nyet, none. and instead I was lucky because I bought a few at random (well loved member of the AF really helped me anyway)

-What is your opinion about the value for the price?
simply amazing

-Knowing what you know now, would you make the same choice?
no, I do not do it again this choice: I would not buy one, I would buy 5 or 6!