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| | Features | includes Pro Tools M-Powered Essential softwareplug-and-play USB connection (USB 2.0 compatible)XLR microphone input with gain control and 48V phantom powerRCA stereo speaker outputs and 1/4" stereo headphone output24-bit/48kHz professional sound quality
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| | Description | Turn your computer into a powerful music production studio with the M-Audio® Fast Track®-the best-selling recording interface in its category. Featuring a simple "plug-and-play" USB connection, Fast Track is the easiest way to record guitar, vocals and more with your PC or Mac. Simply plug in your instruments and you're ready to rock. Fast Track even offers phantom power so you can use professional-quality studio condenser microphones like the M-Audio Nova®. Fast Track is compatible with most popular music recording applications from GarageBand to studio-standard Pro Tools® M-PoweredTM*, and includes easy-to-use Pro Tools M-Powered Essential recording and effects software so you can start making music immediately.* Fast Track is compatible with Pro Tools M-Powered 8 and higher. Pro Tools M-Powered 8 is an expanded version of Pro Tools M-Powered Essential and is a paid upgrade.Bundled SoftwarePro Tools® M-PoweredTM Essential gives you easy access to many of the same Pro Tools software features that professionals use every day to create Grammy® award-winning albums, Emmy® award-winning television shows, and Academy Award®-winning films. This easy-to-use software lets you create pro-sounding mixes with up to 16 mono or stereo audio tracks. You also get 60+ virtual instrument sounds to play and record, plus EQ and other effects to make your mixes sound professionally produced. It even comes with over 5.5GB of music-making tools to help you get started instantly. | |
| | Product Details | | Product Length: | 8.0 inches | | Product Width: | 8.0 inches | | Product Height: | 3.0 inches | | Product Weight: | 2.69 pounds | | Package Length: | 8.2 inches | | Package Width: | 7.5 inches | | Package Height: | 2.7 inches | | Package Weight: | 1.4 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 12 reviews |
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 amazon shipping Sep 08, 2010
i been waiting 2 weeks for this product.
it took amazon 1 week and 3 days to just package and ship it.
hopefully i get it tom.
amazon service is horrable.
shipping is ok but for them to pack and ship this one product only is horrable sorry amazon but i wont buy from you in the future. but price was the only thing good
 Great Interface - some software issues on Mac Aug 31, 2010
First, let me start off by saying that this interface is absolutely worth the money. For the Sub $150 market, I don't think you'll do much better. The interface is clean and works well with GarageBand 09 on Mac OSX. I have only used the instrument in (as I am not a vocalist, and I'm just using this for songwriting and laying scratch tracks right now)
The only problem I encountered was with the included Pro-Tools software. I had difficulty installing on MacOS 10.6.5 (I think). Basically, there is an issue between versions that is corrected by visiting the Digidesign site and downloading an updated installer (8.3).
Convenient Recording Tool Aug 10, 2010
I like this product as it allows me to record vocals and instruments [keyboards and guitar] easily and in high quality using either my laptop or desktop computer. I am not new to computers but surprisingly I initially had a difficult time installing the Pro-Tools software and thereafter enabling it to work with Fast Track. But all is well now.
I appreciate Amazon for having this product swiftly delivered to me. I live here in the Philippines and I expected it to arrive in a week's time but it reached me in just like three days from the time I placed my order.
 Wouldn't work at all on OS X 10.4.11 Aug 07, 2010
After installing the latest drivers and hooking everything up, I got a warning from OS X: "USB Over Current Notice. A USB device is currently drawing too much power. The hub it is attached to will be deactivated."
The only other USB devices I had attached were my keyboard and my wireless mouse. Swapping in a wired mouse had no effect. I've never seen that notice before with any other device, including my USB-powered scanner.
The device continues to draw power, somehow, even after that notice, but all the lights are flickering. I confirmed that my mic and XLR cable worked--I could hear them when I switched to Direct Monitor, although they were overlaid with a rhythmic popping/clicking.
M-Audio tech support, at least through their website, seems determined to avoid dealing with the user. On their support page, you'll find six items: Knowledge base, Manuals, Contact tech support, Drivers & updates, Warranty & repair, and "Avid Support Offerings" (?!). Of those, five link to the corresponding pages, but...the tech support item contains no link. Don't call us or email us! We don't want to hear about it!
So, life is too short, there are other devices out there that do the same thing. Back this goes.
Great bang for your buck. Jul 24, 2010
I bought this interface to use with Propellerhead's Record software, and not having a lot of experience with recording software & hardware in general, and given m-audio's support reputation (or lack thereof) I was a little apprehensive, but given that the next worthwhile interface is nearly three times as expensive, I gave it a shot. After having used this, I have to say I'm glad I did!
Installing this thing is a breeze - just download the latest drivers (running win7 x64 myself - m-audio supports it), plug it in and go. Record picked it right up without me having to do anything but select the M-audio ASIO interface in the audio tab. Everything after that worked as expected - create a new audio track & voila - the single input is mapped directly to the track in Record. No muss, no fuss.
A surprising bonus is the audio outputs on this device aren't just simple pass-throughs, but in fact are hooked up to the computer's audio, so if you're performing with a laptop, this could be an inexpensive option to use as an interface, although the outputs are RCA, not 1/4 inch. The one thing that may be a benefit or a hassle, depending on your opinion, is that plugging into the headphone jack appears to automatically silence the audio outs on the back of the device - you can't use both at the same time.
Sound quality seems to be good, given this thing's price. It sounds a little cold, but for around $100, you're not going to get awesome sound - getting a clean, noise-free tone is about as good as you can expect. This device gets the job done.
One last thing - it doesn't appear that the fact that this thing uses USB is a detriment to the latency. I have a fairly old PC as my workstation - an athlon phenom dual core - with 4 gb of ram, and my latency was something like 5ms. If I remember correctly, I think that's in line with a hardware synth, and anything under 10ms is acceptable to most people, so no problems there.
Best audio interface for under $150, hands down.
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