Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product Fast Track Pro 4 x 4 Mobile USB Audio/MIDI Interface with Preamps M-Audio
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Fast T rack Pro User Guide 1 English 1 › Introduction Thank you for choosing the M-Audio Fast T rack Pro. The Fast T rack Pro has been designed to give you a professional, portable audio and MIDI interface for your Windows or Macintosh laptop or desktop computer .
2 4 › Minimum System Requirements Operating Systems Windows The Fast T rack Pro is supported under Windows XP , with Ser vice Pack 2 or later only . It is not supported under Windows 2000, Windows 98, 98SE or Windows ME. Visit the Windows update web pages to make certain you have the most current updates and fixes supplied by Microsoft.
Fast T rack Pro User Guide 3 English 4. Instrument/Line Selector Button (Inst/Line) – This button selects the input level of the front panel 1⁄4” inputs.
4 Rear Panel 16. Power Button (Power) – Pressing this button will power on the Fast T rack Pro, illuminating the front-panel Power LED (13). The unit must be connected to a functioning host computer’ s USB bus, or to the optional external power supply .
Fast T rack Pro User Guide 5 English 18. Power Supply Connector (9V DC 500 mA) – Connect the optional 9V DC 500mA power supply to this jack when using the Fast T rack Pro as a stand-alone 24-bit A/D converter . Use the optional power supply to power the Fast T rack Pro.
6 7 › The Software Contr ol Panel This section will explain the features of the Fast T rack Pro’ s Control Panel. Bandwidth T ab Fig 7.01 – Windows Control Panel – Bandwidth T ab Fig 7.
Fast T rack Pro User Guide 7 English Open the Control Panel by clicking on the Fast T rack Pro icon in the Windows Control Panel. On the Mac, click on the Fast T rack Pro icon in the System Preferences pane. In most digital audio applications, you may also access the Control Panel via the program.
8 Latency T ab (Windows XP only) Fig 7.03 – Windows Control Panel – Latency T ab Latency In this field, you can regulate the latency you wish to work with. (Latency is defined as the time it takes for your input signal to pass through your audio software and appear at the outputs).
Fast T rack Pro User Guide 9 English About Page Fig 7.04 – Windows Control Panel – About T ab Fig 7.05 – Mac Control Panel – About T ab This field contains information on your hardware, current firmware and driver software versions.
10 8 › Using the Fast T rack Pro The following sections address a number of real-life situations that you may encounter while using your Fast T rack Pro. These brief tutorials should help guide you through them. Also check the M-Audio website from time to time for additional tutorials or F AQs.
Fast T rack Pro User Guide 11 English Selecting Y our Outputs The Fast T rack Pro’ s outputs are selected in the Control Panel’ s Bandwidth page (see Section 7). Signals routed to Outputs 1 and 2 in your DA W application will appear at the rear -panel TRS Outputs 1 and 2, and be duplicated at unbalanced Outputs 1 and 2.
12 10 › T roubleshooting The Fast T rack Pro 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 of which could affect your system’ s performance.
Fast T rack Pro User Guide 13 English 11 › Contact Us If you have any questions, comments or suggestions about this or any M-Audio product, we invite you to contact us by using the following information: M-Audio USA 5795 Martin Rd.
14 12 › Product Specs Digital Audio Interface Specifications 48kHz sampling rate unless otherwise stated Mic Inputs (A/D) Input Impedance 2.7k Ohms unbalanced, 5.
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