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M-Audio Fast Track Ultra

With award-winning Octane™ technology!

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High-speed 8 x 8 USB 2.0 Interface with MX Core DSP Technology, taking M-Audio’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.

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The Fast Track® Ultra 8 x 8 audio/MIDI interface takes M-Audio’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.

*Compatible with all ASIO- and Core Audio-based applications.

Features

  • 24-bit/96kHz professional audio on all I/O simultaneously
  • high-speed USB 2.0 interface
  • MX Core™ DSP technology
    • digital effects processing with assignable parameters
    • flexible channel routing options
    • expands DSP mixing interface to 16 x 8
  • 4 preamps with award-winning M-Audio Octane™ technology
    • 4 XLR microphone inputs—including 2 XLR/TRS combo jacks for mic or instrument level inputs
    • 20dB pad on each preamp
    • signal/peak LED indicator lights
    • phantom power
  • 6 balanced line inputs
  • 6 balanced analog outputs
  • 2 analog inserts
  • S/PDIF digital I/O
  • built-in 1 x 1 MIDI interface
  • 2 independent headphone outputs with individual volume controls
  • full ASIO 2.0, WDM, MME, and Core Audio support
  • compatible with most major audio production software*
  • USB bus power**

*Compatible with all ASIO- and Core Audio-based applications.

**USB bus power enables analog channels 1 and 2, S/PDIF I/O, and headphone output 1; included power supply required for full 8 x 8 operation.

Specifications

  • 10" x 5.5" x 1.6" (25.5cm x 14cm x 4cm)
  • 1.9 lbs. (.86 kg)

Compatibility

  • WDM
  • Core Audio
  • ASIO 2.0
  • MME

Requirements

  • PC
    • Windows XP (32-bit) with SP2 or higher
    • DirectX 9.0c or higher (included in XP)
    • USB 2.0 port
    • Windows Vista (32-bit versions)
    • 1.6 GHz processor (CPU may be higher for laptops)
    • 512 MB RAM*
    • *Windows Vista Home Premium, Business and Ultimate require 1 GB RAM.
  • Mac
    • Mac OS X
    • 10.3.9 or higher
    • USB 2.0 port
    • 512 MB RAM
    • 1 GHz CPU
    • Please check your audio software for additional minimum system requirements.
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M-Audio Fast Track Ultra Reviews

3/10

Hardware good, let down by very poor driver software

— Matt January 18, 2011

The hardware looks great on paper but the drivers are another matter. You must power the device up using a very specific sequence and disable your computer\'s sleep/lock mode otherwise it will cause a Kernel Panic (OSX) or BSOD (Windows) every time. M-Audio know about this problem and simply specify that sleep mode is \'not supported\', neglecting to mention this lack of support causes crashes taking the whole computer out at the driver level.

Googling reveals that I\'m not alone with this problem.

I\'ve tried to use it on both Windows 7 and Snow Leopard but after losing a lot of work on both computers and spending countless hours rebooting to inspect the damage, I\'ve had to concede defeat. Unfortunately my patience and persistence with the problem has meant that I\'ve lost my right to return it within 14 days so I\'ll have to eBay it.

Further warning - make sure you install the PC drivers before you connect the device otherwise Windows gets stuck in a loop where it can\'t install the driver and can\'t uninstall it either, even after rebooting.

10/10

M-Audio Fast Track Ultra

— Chris March 5, 2010

Bought this about 2 weeks ago and I am absolutely delighted with it. Excellent stability and crystal-clear sound. Multiple analogue inputs/outputs are very useful to me - e.g. I can use a splitter box to record the output from my Digitech pedal and the clean guitar signal at the same time, allowing greater processing flexibility later.
The other interfaces I looked at in this price range mostly had only 2 analogue inputs - if you want more you have to use S/PDIF which adds cost and complexity.
For my needs, using with SONAR 8.5, this suits me perfectly.
Higly recommended and great value.

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9/10

M-Audio Fast Track Ultra

— Andras March 26, 2009

This is a really good interface. Got it a week ago, and I really like it.
You get 4 mic preamps, 2 instrumentinput, very low latency. And very good sound. This is great value.
Read reviews on Sound on sound, Musicradar ect. They all say the same: That this is a very good interface for this price.


8/10

M Audio Fast Track Ultra review

— Ben Wilson January 1, 2009

Good soundcard, solid balanced outs, good clean pre amps.
no complaints
Good for the price.

6/10

M-Audio Fast Track Ultra

— Dennis White November 26, 2008

As far as functionality against price is concerned, you cant go far wrong with this piece of kit, being USB 2 with lots of ins and outs.

M-Audio have improved driver installation. No more restarting, plugging in at the right time etc.

HOWEVER, drivers aren\'t perfect. In certain situations, depending on your setup, the drivers can change your system\'s USB power settings (i had this on windows XP prof SP2). This results in the unit just disconnecting during use.

I\'ve managed to fix this by tampering with the settings in the device manager - more info is on their forums.

There is also a hardware issue that results in the unit cutting out. Apparently this affects only 1% of units shipped.

Now that (fingers crossed), my unit is fully functional, it seems to be working fine. If, however, i was gigging regularly and needed to rely on a soucdard day in, day out, i would not buy this one.

For home studio use, this product is excellent (provided you can get it to work).

Hope this helps :)

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