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The Fast Track Ultra 8 x 8 audio/MIDI interface takes MAudio's acclaimed mobile recording line to the next level with high-speed USB 2.0 connectivity, MX Core DSP mixer and four preamps with award-winning Octane technology. Featuring both analog and digital I/O, it allows recording on all eight channels simultaneously with pristine 24-bit/96kHz fidelity while M-Audio's mature low-latency drivers ensure rock-solid stability and performance. The on-board MX Core DSP mixer processes eight hardware inputs and eight software returns to the eight hardware outputs, delivering flexible routing and monitoring with delay and reverb. Compatible with most major audio software, Fast Track Ultra lets you record the way you want in the studio or on the go.
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Technical Details
- high-speed USB 2.0 interface- MX Core DSP technology
- 4 preamps with award-winning M-Audio Octane technology
- compatible with Mac and PC
- 6 balanced analog outputs
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By Scooter (Southern California)
I bought two of these. Both were defective, out of the box.
It seems the USB Interface has problems and when powered off and on, the computer does not recognize the unit, e.g., no plug and play. Even with Device Manager, you can not select the drivers and get the computer to recognize it. MAudio's site has a whole one page drill for doing this which involves diabling virus and spyware, uninstalling the program and drivers, re-downloading new drivers, then plugging in the unit and praying.
If you check out MAudio's Support Site, there must be over 100 really angry people who after 30 days (the warranty limit) are left with a paper weight. Add to this MAudio's Impossible to Get To Telephone Support (1 Hour on Hold) and 3 day email support turnaround, and I don't think I'll buy another MAudio product again. I will say this, the tech guy at MAudio was quite frank that the product sucked and I should just return it.
Thankfully, both of mine crashed within three weeks. The best advice is not to buy this unit (go with a firewire or PCIx unit) or never unplug it. One Star is not low enough.
By Cosmos Joseph (St. Lucia)
I've work with this for over a year now, it got all the inputs and outputs I need, the recording quality is nice and clean, the effects on the headphones is the perfect thing to get my artist 'in the mood' to perform. M-Audio Fast Track Ultra got a driver issue, sometimes my pc just don't see it, I've tried and tested it with different systems and OS even 64bits systems. The second problem is input 1 & 2 controls behave more like a switch rather than a level control, very big difference in levels in just a small turn and the meters response to audio is difficult to measure. It's a nice product but should be $75 less, I still give it 4 stars.
By Pernett
I use win xp sp3, so I had to download the driver from maudio website, no big deal, but a little annoying. The product is fine, great sound, good features, great look and easy use.
By Myqlj (OK USA)
I have had this unit for about a year, and have had mixed results--as others have--due to non-recognition of the unit when plugged-in or turned on.
I have found that the timing of activation/connection is important. The best results have been obtained after allowing my laptop to fully boot, logging in and waiting for the hard drive to settle down before turning the M-Audio on. There seems to be a delay in the loading of the drivers until everything else has loaded. I have also exited any unnecessary background programs.
I have also had mixed results in USB-powered mode(stereo-only). Sometimes the laptop fails to recognize the card if the (included) adapter is not attached. Perhaps some of my USB ports do not supply enough power. More testing needed.
Otherwise, a very powerful product, and a clean sound.
By Earl Slick2 (OC California)
This interface was bought to use with a MacBook. It was as easy as any other device to set up on the mac. I used a GT55 condenser mic to test, a mic I have used before in recording. It worked great with Garage Band and Logic Express. HOWEVER, I am a saxophone player. I need to be able to hear myself in the headphones. For some reason, there is not enough gain when you plug the headphones into the 1/4 inch head phone jack in the front.
I tried a couple other things, like coming out of that into a Royal headphone preamp I have also used in the studio, no better. I took a "line-out" of the back into my Roland keyboard amp and came out of THAT headphone jack. NOPE.
One set of headphones I tried are SONYs. The other set were BOSE QC3s. I don't think it was substandard headphones. (Mild sarcasm)
The last thing I will try is taking the head phones out of a SEPARATE amplifier "speaker" output.
M-Audio should REALLY look into a "physical" fix to this problem. I kind of feel like I could have saved my money by just using the Yamaha AW16G digital, stand alone recorder, which blows the mac set up off of the planet. (Because of the lack of monitoring capability of the FastTrack.)
My advice: Use the Yamaha AW16G, or similar device to record. Yeah, you have to menu-surf through little 2X4 inch lcd screens, but you can HEAR YOURSELF!!
Computers are better for typing documents and doing spreadsheets. Really.
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