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Out of stock | | | | | | ?includes powerful yet easy-to-use Pro Tools M-Powered Essential recording and effects software
-studio-standard recording, editing and mixing features
-features powerful effects like reverb, delay and more to polish your mixes
-includes Structure® Essential virtual instrument | | | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Product Length: | 8.0 inches | | Product Width: | 8.0 inches | | Product Height: | 3.0 inches | | Product Weight: | 1.4 pounds | | Package Length: | 8.2 inches | | Package Width: | 7.4 inches | | Package Height: | 2.7 inches | | Package Weight: | 1.4 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 55 reviews |
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| | Features | ?2-input, 2-output audio interface, ?24-bit/48kHz professional sound quality?compatible with most popular recording software including Pro Tools M-Powered 8* and GarageBand?plug-and-play USB connection (USB 2.0 compatible)?XLR microphone input with gain control and 48V phantom power?1/4" instrument input with gain control, ?1/4" stereo headphone output, ?RCA stereo speaker outputs
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| | Customer Reviews | Average Customer Review: ( 55 customer reviews )
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36 of 42 found the following review helpful:
 Popping, cracking, white noise issues. Support forum useless. Feb 25, 2010
By P. Rodelas
I was looking for an easy-to-use audio recording interface and thought I had found the right combination of features and price in this product. Unfortunately, I've had nothing by problems since installing the drivers for this item. While listening and/or recording through this device, I suffer intermittent cracks, pops, and extremely loud bursts of white noise rendering it completely useless. My original onboard sound card works just fine and I've been forced to reset it as the default audio source while looking for a solution to this problem.
I searched the product's support forum to discover A.) Many users with similar problems using this product specifically and other M-Audio Fast Track products generally; and B.) A rabbit's trail of tech-laden "solutions" requiring an unreasonable amount of trial and error diagnosing OS settings, optimizing PC performance, disabling other devices, etc., all of which in my case have unfortunately yielded no solution.
I'm no newbie to computers and this experience has left me befuddled. I will be returning this product as soon as I can find my receipt and the box it shipped in.
Short version: It's fair to expect USB products to simply "plug and play" (assuming updated drivers are available) without having to spend hours researching a solution to a problem. Apparently, this one does not simply plug and play for me. Too bad. I was really hoping this product was going to work.
12 of 12 found the following review helpful:
Great Interface - some software issues on Mac Aug 31, 2010
By JH
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).
10 of 10 found the following review helpful:
Hardware OK, software??? Mar 11, 2010
By K. Holmes
"Learner"
Couldn't get the software to work, which seems to be hit or miss. For me it was a miss. I don't know what the interface looks like, because I've never seen it. Seems to be an issues with AMD processors. If you search for problems with M-Audio you'll find a lot of info on the bundled software.
It works well with my Audacity. Input levels are not a problem. One of my Mics use phantom power and there's a switch for that. Works great. Guitar input works great and the other works as expected great. I didn't expect much more form something priced the way this is. Haven't had problems with clicking and noise.
If I could get the software to work I would add another star.
8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
M-Audio Fast Track USB Oct 26, 2010
By Thomas Downs
I've owned this USB interface for about a year now and for the most part I love it. It is simple, low noise, and so far reliable. When I purchased it, it came with a demo version of Pro-Tools which has been fantastic (Compared to the Audacity I was using before). Although the demo limits the number of tracks you can have and some functions, you can still make professional quality music once you figure it out. Back to the Fast Track, it allows me to interface my guitar right in the ProTools guitar similator, which honestly sounds way better then any guitar cabinet mike job I could do. The only knock I have is with the two gain and one output knobs on the top. Yes they are accesible and easy to manipulate, but say I lay down a vocal track through the mic input. Then I use the mic input to record an acoustic guitar track or backing vocal track. Later if I want to rerecord more vocals or fix an acoustic guitar part, and I've changed the gain level, how, on an analog dial, do I set the gain back to the same setting? It's not like digital where I can reset the gain to 5.3 or whatever. The best I came up with is puttig masking tape next to the knob and marking where I had the vocals, guitar, etc. Is this a reason not to buy it? Not in my opinion. Other than that I have been very satified with it's quality and ease of use.
7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
Wouldn't work at all on OS X 10.4.11 Aug 07, 2010
By Matt
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.
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