Summary of Fast Track Ultra
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User guide 1 fast track ultra 1 introduction thanks for choosing m-audio fast track ultra. Fast track ultra has been designed to give you a professional, portable audio and midi interface for your windows or macintosh laptop or desktop computer. Using the convenience and dependability of the industr...
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User guide 2 fast track ultra 2 3 fast track ultra features ‣ two front-panel balanced/unbalanced mic/instrument inputs on combo xlr/ts jacks ‣ two front-panel balanced mic inputs on xlr jacks ‣ four mic/line input switches ‣ four high-quality microphone preamps, based on m-audio’s acclaimed octane ...
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User guide 3 fast track ultra 4 minimum system requirements windows fast track ultra is supported under windows xp with service pack 2 or later, or windows vista (32-bit editions). It is not supported under windows 2000, windows 98, 98se or windows me. Visit the windows update web pages to make cert...
Page 5: 5 Controls and Connectors
User guide 4 fast track ultra 4 5 controls and connectors front panel 1 . Microphone/instrument inputs 1 and 2 (mic/inst) – these combo connectors provide mic- or instrument-level inputs for analog channels 1 and 2. Each input will accept a low-impedance mi...
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User guide 5 fast track ultra rear panel 13 . Power button (power) – pressing this button will power on fast track ultra, illuminating the front-panel power led 7 . The unit must be connected to a host computer’s usb bus, or to the external power supply. 14 . Phantom...
Page 7: 7 Hardware Connections
User guide 6 fast track ultra 6 6 installing fast track ultra for instructions on installing fast track ultra, please refer to the accompanying quick start guide. 7 hardware connections recording microphones fast track ultra can record from up to four microphones simultaneously, connected to inputs ...
Page 8: 8 Using Fast Track Ultra
User guide 7 fast track ultra 8 using fast track ultra monitoring the internal monitor mixer allows you to monitor any combination of sources from its hardware inputs, along with eight channels of audio from your daw. The control panel gives you access to a 16 x 8 channel monitor mixer, allowing you...
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User guide 8 fast track ultra 8 setting the sample rate the default sample rate for fast track ultra is 44.1 khz. Supported sample rates are 44.1, 48, 88.2 and 96 khz. Most applications allow you to change the sample rate from within your audio software. You can also change the sample rate in the co...
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User guide 9 fast track ultra monitor tabs the four monitor tabs are similar in layout and in operation. Each will allow you to monitor and control the routing of the eight hardware inputs, along with eight returns from your daw, and send those signals to the tab’s corresponding output pair. The mon...
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User guide 10 fast track ultra 10 input channels the first eight channels on each of the monitor pages correspond to the six analog inputs and two s/pdif digital inputs. The next eight channels are returns from your daw application software. Any of these 16 channels can be sent to any of eight possib...
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User guide 11 fast track ultra output channels the right side of each monitor tab provides level meters and faders for its corresponding stereo pair of outputs. Each monitor tab’s output faders control the output level sent to that pair of hardware outputs. The monitor tabs correspond to each pair o...
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User guide 12 fast track ultra 12 external signal status this box displays messages indicating the current synchronization status:. If the status in the clock panel (see the clock section below) is set to “internal,” the external signal status panel will display this message: “because the clock has ...
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User guide 13 fast track ultra driver settings asio/wdm buffer size (windows only) latency is defined as the time it takes for your input signal to pass through your audio software and appear at the outputs. This latency can result in a delay that is undesirable when overdubbing to existing tracks. S...
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User guide 14 fast track ultra 14 meters tab this tab provides an immediate overview of the eight hardware inputs and outputs. This is useful when setting up levels for live tracking or mixdown. Flow tab this tab displays a graphic of fast track ultra signal flow..
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User guide 15 fast track ultra about tab this page contains information on your hardware and current driver software versions. This information may be helpful, should you ever have the occasion to call for technical support. Clicking the buttons in the lower right will take you to useful pages on th...
Page 17: 10 Troubleshooting
User guide 16 fast track ultra 16 10 troubleshooting fast track ultra has been designed to give you high performance and professional-quality audio. It has been tested under a wide range of systems and operating conditions. However, there are a virtually limitless number of operating scenarios, any ...
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User guide 17 fast track ultra 11 specifications line outputs frequency response: 20 hz to 22 khz, +/- 0.1 db @ 48 khz sample rate snr and dynamic range: -104 db, a-weighted thd+n: 0.002%@ -1dbfs, 1khz signal level: +10 dbu balanced +2 dbv, unbalanced impedance: 300 ohm balanced 150 ohm unbalanced cr...
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User guide 18 fast track ultra 18 12 warranty terms and registration warranty terms m-audio warrants products to be free from defects in materials and workmanship, under normal use and provided that the product is owned by the original, registered user. Visit www.M-audio.Com/warranty for terms and l...
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