User manual M-AUDIO FAST TRACK ULTRA

[. . . ] Fast Track Ultra User Guide 1 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 industry-standard USB 2. 0 bus, Fast Track Ultra provides your computer with an exceptionally flexible audio interface, offering unequalled routing power and versatility while delivering high-resolution, 24-bit audio to and from your computer at sampling rates up to 96kHz, and its on-board DSP gives you a useful selection of reverb and delay effects and versatile monitoring options. Fast Track Ultra also gives you sixteen channels of MIDI in and out ­ all in a sleek, rugged, lightweight and highly portable design. [. . . ] To open the control panel: In Windows, open the Fast Track Ultra control panel by double-clicking on the M-Audio icon Start > Control Panel (Classic View). Double-click on the red M-Audio icon in the system tray, or from Windows XP Windows Vista In Mac OS X, click the "M-Audio Fast Track Ultra" icon in the system preferences window. The control panel offers eight tabs, providing monitoring options for all eight outputs as well as a number of additional features. The first four tabs provide access to each of eight monitor busses, allowing you to route any of the analog or digital inputs, as well as eight returns from your DAW, to any of its eight outputs. Fast Track Ultra Monitor Tabs User Guide 9 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 Monitor tabs' outputs correspond to Fast Track Ultra's hardware outputs. Monitor outputs 1/2, 3/4, and 5/6 correspond to the six analog outputs 16 . Monitor outputs 7/8 correspond to the S/PDIF digital output 21 . Fast Track Ultra Input Channels User Guide 10 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 possible output busses by selecting the Monitor tab for the desired output pair and setting the levels for the input and software return channels respectively. Each channel provides the following: Level meter ­ monitors the channel's input level Pan control ­ sets the position of the signal within the left and right output channel pair Solo button ­ solos that channel's output signal in the output channels Mute button ­ mutes that channel's output signal to the output channels Link button ­ links a pair of channels together. When the Link button is active, changes made to one channel affect the adjacent (linked) channel as well. Level fader ­ controls the level of that channel's signal sent to the output channels. Send control ­ controls the level of that channel's signal sent to the internal DSP effects. Important: Note that changes made to the monitoring mix are completely independent from, and do not affect signals being recorded to your DAW. NOTE: Only Monitor outputs 1/2 and 3/4 can utilize the internal DSP. Therefore the Monitor mixer tabs for outputs 5/6 and 7/8 do not provide Send controls. Fast Track Ultra Output Channels User Guide 11 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 of hardware outputs: Monitor outputs 1/2, 3/4, and 5/6 correspond to the six analog outputs 16 . Monitor outputs 7/8 correspond to the S/PDIF digital outputs 21 . Between the sixteen channel inputs and the two channel outputs is a Bypass button. Activating this button will bypass the internal DSP effects, allowing you to monitor the channel returns without effects. · NOTE: Only Monitor outputs 1/2 and 3/4 can utilize the internal DSP. Therefore the Monitor mixer tabs for outputs 5/6 and 7/8 do not provide Bypass buttons. Settings Tab Sample Rate Settings The up and down arrows select the current sample rate for the internal clock. [. . . ] If you are using a USB hub, try connecting Fast Track Ultra directly to your computer. · For more troubleshooting tips, visit the Knowledge Base at www. m-audio. com Fast Track Ultra User Guide 17 11 Specifications Line Outputs Frequency Response: SNR and Dynamic Range: THD+N: Signal Level: 20 Hz to 22 kHz, +/- 0. 1 dB @ 48 kHz sample rate -104 dB, A-weighted 0. 002%@ -1dBFS, 1kHz +10 dBu balanced +2 dBV, unbalanced Impedance: 300 Ohm balanced 150 Ohm unbalanced Crosstalk: Line Inputs Frequency response: SNR and Dynamic Range: THD+N: Signal Level: 20 Hz to 22 kHz, +/- 0. 3 dB @ 48 kHz sample rate -103 dB, A-weighted 0. 002% @ -1dBFS, 1kHz +3. 4 dBu balanced +1. 2 dBV, unbalanced Impedance: 20K Ohm balanced 10K Ohm unbalanced Crosstalk: Headphone Outputs Frequency Response: SNR and Dynamic Range: THD+N: Working Range: Maximum Output Level: Crosstalk: Microphone Input Pre-amp Gain: SNR (min gain): Dynamic Range (min gain): THD+N (min gain): Freq. Response (min gain): Sensitivity: Phantom Power: Switchable Pad: Instrument Input Pre-amp Gain: Impedance: SNR (min gain): Dynamic Range (min gain): THD+N (min gain): Freq. Response (min gain): Maximum Input: Switchable Pad: Power Requirements 0dB to 40dB or greater 1M Ohm unbalanced -103 dB, A-weighted 103 dB, A-weighted 0. 005% (-86 dB) @ -1 dBFS, 1 kHz 20 Hz to 22 kHz, +/- 0. 3 dB @ 48 kHz sample rate +14dbv max level at min gain (pad disengaged) -20 dB Power is derived from either the host computer's USB bus or from the included 5VDC 2000mA power supply. 60dB or greater -103 dB, A-weighted 103 dB, A-weighted 0. 003% @ -1dBFS 20 Hz to 22 kHz, +/- 0. 1 dB @ 48 kHz sample rate +1dBu max level at min gain, +21dBu max level at min gain (pad engaged) 48 Volts DC no load, 16mA max -20 dB 20 Hz to 22 kHz, +/- 0. 7 dB @ 48 kHz sample rate 96 dB, A-weighted < 0. 065% at maximum volume 24 to 600 ohms 0dbv into 32ohms 55 dB @ 1 kHz < -100 dB @ 1 kHz < -100 dB @ 1 kHz Fast Track Ultra User Guide 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. 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