M-Audio Fast Track and Garage Band

Grettings, friends.
Does M-Audio Fast Track work well with Garage Band? I understand there may be a spread of opinions on this, but any feedback would be appreciated, particualry from those who have experience with both.
And for those who have had problems with Fast Track, can you recommend anything better in roughly the same price range?
Thanks in advance,
DPL

Hi David,
The Fastrack works fine.
More money buys better converters, preamps, etc.
There's a certain class of "competent" interfaces around the same price as the Fastrack that all offer good bang for the buck, OK audio and "work well."
Popular USB interfaces:
http://www.sweetwater.com/c695--USB_Audio_Interfaces
I've had decent results with M-Audio. Not in the same league as higher end stuff from RME or Apogee, but I use both, depending on the circumstances.
MMM

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