Using fast track with GB

I seem to only be able to record and hear one channel when using fast frack with a mic. I can set for steiro or mono and tri to pan with no change.

The Fast Track has two channels one is XLR (mic) othe is 1/4" (instrument, mic). If you are only using one mic then that is mono and you would use a mono track in garageband assigned to the corresponding channel. Mono will play to both output channels and you can pan.
If you have a guitar and mic you would need to have two tracks and assign tracks to their own input channel.

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Problems using M Audio Fast Track with Garageband

According to the blurb, the M Audio Fast Track (USB) 'is class compliant in Mac OSX offering true plug-and-play operation. Just plug in, and you're ready to start recording'. This is why I bought it, but I am experiencing no end of problems actually getting it to register with Garageband '08.
The problems are (a) I cannot hear any sound coming 'through' the Fast Track and Garageband (b) I can hear the guitar if I plug the headphones into the Fast Track, but nothing is recorded in Garageband (c) my mic, which is plugged into the line socket intended for guitars because I don't have the larger connection, reports no sound at all.
Any ideas, or tips to how others have managed to set up this 'plug-and-play' device would be greatly welcomed.

Did you ever get this to work? I just today bought a Fast Track Pro. I have it hooked to my MBP via USB. I can see in control Panel two inputs:
M-Audio Fast Track Pro UDB: Line Input
M-Audio Fast Track Pro UDB: S/PDIF
Problem is, there is no sound registering on the Input Level on either choose.
I have the Power On and have tried both Input 1 & 2, bith in stereo and mono mode.
(Just to be clear, I connect the electric guitar directly to the Fast track pro, correct?)
I have read the owners manual but it is worthless. I thought this would be easy to set up.
Also note that GarageBand preferences the Audio Output and Input are selected to Fast Track Pro.
What am I doing wrong?

"m-audio fast track" with logic 9- signal but no live audio?

Im using m-audio fast track, guitar interface with logic 9. I get a signal and can record but don't hear anything until i record something, unplug the usb & play back the recording?? (os x 10.7.4 & elect guitar)- any idea's would be appreciated thanks
& merry x-mas!

I'd suggest reading this first to make sure you understand the hardware setup.
This is from the Logic Manual, a great place to start.
http://help.apple.com/logicpro/mac/9.1.6/en/logicpro/usermanual/#chapter=2%26sec tion=0
Read: "Configuring Your Audio Hardware"
Also... where are you expecting the sound to come out of?
Do you have headphones and/or speakers plugged into your audio interface?
Read the chapter I posted, you need to know what's going on with the setup.

Problem using Fast track pro... (win7/64)

Hi there, I just bought Audition CC. I'm running Win7/64 and have a Fast track pro using USB.
My windows seems to recognize the hardware without a problem...
But when I try ti find the hardware in Audition CC it's not found...
I finally got it running with an ASIO driver but that's not the way it should be , isn't it? And by the way, the playback using the ASIO-driver sounds awful, full of glitches and noise etc.
I remember using Audition and the same hardware without a problem. Now I did a Win7 re-install and Audition can't find my hardware anymore. Hope someone can help.

Thanks for the reply,
there seem to be extra options, but there not when you click them...
MME, WASAPI...... No luck at all.

Help using Fast Track USB by M-Audio

My mic is 1/4" .. So I'm plugging it into the guitar line of my Fast Track USB .. and its SOOO quiet. Even if I turn everything volume knob up I can barely hear it (and also there's a lot of static)
Does anyone know how to fix the volume problem? Should I buy an XLR mic? Do you suggest any?
Does anyone know how to fix the static problem? All I'm getting is really quiet volume, but noisy with static..
I thought I bought a decent mic though .. Peavey PV Series for like $40-50. Do I need to invest in a better mic or are there other ways around the volume and static problems.
Is XLR the higher quality for recording with the Fast Track USB?
Thanks!

you need an xlr connection, same reason as this:
http://www.bulletsandbones.com/GB/GBFAQ.html#micline

Podcasting: Using Extra Tracks with iChat

Hi,
I'm attempting to do a podcast with three people using iChat. We'd also like to be able to use audio feedback in the podcast.
I've researched and it appears there's no way to trigger sound files live through GB3, so I've settled with hooking my iPod up to my audio input (Mobilepre USB) and setting it up with its own track.
However, when recording our iChat conversation, I no longer have access to this track. The "monitor" turns off and the track does not record. The track itself becomes "greyed out." Also, my voice sounds compressed in the recording as if the sound is going through iChat and being recording from there, as opposed to vice versa.
Does anyone know if there is a way to use an additional track while recording an iChat conversation? If not, do you have any suggestions?
Thanks so much,
Brian

Thanks for your advice. Unfortunately, I cannot seem to get the triggering to work very well. But regardless, that doesn't seem as though that's going to help if a) Garageband does not send information to iChat (then the other people recording with me will not be able to hear triggered tracks) and b) all other tracks are greyed out during the recording of an iChat conversation, and so I cannot get these other tracks to play anything.

Problems with M-Audio Fast Track

I have logic express and recently purchased a m-audio fast track unit. I have been having problems setting it up. The fast track has the guitar come out of input 2 and the mic come out of input 1. If I choose to record in stereo logic chooses input 1+2 and therefore I only have a signal in half the inputs. For example if I try to record my guitar and select stereo I will only have signal on input 2 and input 1 will be blank. Can anyone help?
Does anyone know of an "idiots" guide to using the fast track with logic?

I have been having a similar problem -ish. I have a G4 12 inch powerbook and an M-audio fast track pro.
I want to record two stereo tracks simultaneously through two separate mics - 1 for vocal and 1 for acoustic guitar - but I only seem to have the option of outputs 1-2.
It doesn't seem to allow me to record both in stereo simultaneously nor will it allow me to assign Input 1 to Outputs 1-2 and Input 2 to Outputs 3-4. If I do that they will not record at the same time. AAAAAgh
Ideally I want to record (at the same time) 2 x stereo audio tracks which can each be heard equally on the Left and Right, so that I can then balance/pan so that they are not both in the foreground of the final mix, but given some space to breathe.
Am I going to have to start copying mono regions and panning them to create stereo sound and all that malarky .... I hope not, any help would be most appreciated!
Powerbook G4 12inch Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Macbook Pro doesn't recognize my fast track pro c400

Hello I am using Fast track pro c400 from M-audio.
When I use the fast track pro c400 it works.
However, when I disconnect it from my Macbook Pro and reconnects it,
MIDI setting recognizes it again but this time with out any available input and output.
So when I use mainstage or garageband, it recognizes that there is 1 midi input but
when I go to setting it doesn't uses fast track pro's input, output instead, it uses built in I/O.
So i tried to reinstall my driver and when I did it, it worked again for few time and
same problem occured.

okay, I had connected my MBP to the base station and managed to restore the base station to factory settings. So, my MBP recognized the base station, although there's something weird about it.. you know how when you open the airport utility, on the left hand column, usually there should be a picture of your airport extreme with the name below it, right? Mine doesn't show any picture except the orange dot and my base station name.
In addition, my MBP airport is able to pick up my recently-made network, but unable to join the network. Again, when I opened the AirPort utility, it can't detect my airport extreme wirelessly.
I have tried every method that I can think of, but my MBP won't recognize the airport extreme anymore, wirelessly.
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Using Outboard Gear With M-Audio Fast Track Pro And Logic Express

My Fast Track Pro has 2 insert jacks on the back where you can run a send and return to use outboard gear. The cable you use has 2 female 1/4" jacks (one is send and the other is return) that go to a 1/4" male jack that you plug into the back of the interface.
My question is this:
How can I get Logic Express to send a track through the outboard gear connected to my interface? On the track's output settings in Logic there are "Output 1+2", which run to my monitors I think, and "Output 3+4", which don't have anything plugged into them. There don't appear to be any other options for sending the track. How can I get Logic to recognize the Inserts jack on the Fast Track Pro? I'm running all the latest drivers if that means anything. Any help is much appreciated.

Thanks for helping me on this. I'm still a bit confused on how to send the channel through the insert. The jacks on the back of my interface are "TRS Output 1+2" (my monitors are plugged into these outputs), a RCA "Output 1,2,3, and 4", an S/PDIF out and in, and then 2 TRS inserts jacks, marked 1 and 2. Each jack does it's own separate send and return which is why I had to buy the cable with the 2 female jacks on it.
I've been able to use the I/O plugin and get the track to accept a signal from the insert on input 1 (I have a looping pedal running in the send chain and was able to get it to play a loop over top of the audio already recorded on the channel), but am unable to send the recorded track through the fx send. What would I need to set the output to to be able to do this? Thanks for your time.

Satellite Pro L20 doesn't work properly with USB Fast Track audio i.f.

Hello!
I have used my Fast Track USB on new Toshiba Satellite L40 and I never had problems with it. I could set low latency and I did few songs with it.
Yesterday I bought another notebook, thinking of home recording studio. It's used Toshiba Satellite Pro L20. It doesn't work properly with my interface. When I listen music on Winamp or do anything on Fruity Loops I hear loud clicks, pops, noises. They introduce samples, or they appear during playback or after a sample is stopped.
I noticed, drivers for Satellite Pro L20 are a problem. Its not supported by Toshiba anymore?! The only drivers for chipset are very old and you can download em only from Toshiba website. The chipset is ATI Xpress 200M. Its drivers are with graphic card. Recently I noticed you can download "ATI Catalyst Legacy Display Driver for Windows XP - Motherboard/IGP Drivers 9.11" and CRACK IT to make it possible to install on mobile unit such as L20. Yep its funny but its impossible to do otherwise!
things I have tried and they still not help:
# drivers replacement, original were released in 2004. I installed recent version.
# driver settings, low latency, high latency
# asio and different settings
# pluging the interface to another usb socket.
# trying what happens when I use battery and when I use adapter
# updated bios
# turned off onboard units such as wifi card, sound card
# checked IRQ list
pops still appear.
my config:
Toshiba Satellite Pro L20
Win XP Home SP3
Celeron M 1,5GHz
896Mb ram
M-Audio Fast Track USB, drivers: 6.0.2
Kind regards

Thanks for answer. I still have L40 but I try to run my homerecording on L20. The L40 is now used by whole my family. It's possible to swap them but there's a problem - L20 has Norway keyboard and I'm the only person at home who doesn't often look down while typing. In Poland, we use standard ms keyboard. I'd buy special stickers, it's about only to make special chars get back to their places.
I installed Windows on this computer end set it to best performance possible.
Since I created this thread, guys from M-Audio support tried to solve my problem - nothing helped. I think potential solutions are exhausted.
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I updated to OS X Mavericks and now trying to run Logic Pro X on a MacBook Pro mid-2009, using an M-Audio Axiom 49 and an M-Audio Fast Track Pro... Logic keeps telling me that Mac OS X MIDI Services are not available... How do I solve this problem?

I updated to OS X Mavericks and now trying to run Logic Pro X on a MacBook Pro mid-2009, using an M-Audio Axiom 49 and an M-Audio Fast Track Pro... Logic keeps telling me that Mac OS X MIDI Services are not available... How do I solve this problem?

I just checked to see if the update to OS X Yosemite 10.10.1 solved any of the issues outlined in my previous post, and to my dismay, nothing has changed -- all of the previous problems persist.
My iMac (8) -- it's renamed itself eight times since the recent troubleshoot with the Apple tech rep -- shows up as a shared device in Finder on my MacBook Pro, but when I click on it, I cannot establish a connection using "Connect As". So I've attempted to connect using the menu "Go/Connect to Server...", using both (alternately) the iMac's name and IP address, to no avail. I get a message which reads: "There was a problem connecting to the server 'Peter's iMac (8)'. This server may not exist or it is unavailable at this time. Check the server name or IP address, check your network connection, and then try again."
Here's what I know:
The server -- Peter's iMac (8) does exist;
The server -- Peter's iMac (8) is available at this time;
The server name -- Peter's iMac (8) -- is correct, as specified in the system sharing preferences;
The server IP address is correct, as specified in the system sharing preferences;
The network connection is active when I attempt to connect.
I'm convinced the problems stem directly from the OS X Yosemite update. None of this was ever remotely an issue in the previous OS X's -- any of them. This is maddening! What can be done? Apple?? Anyone???

Can't get sound when using M-Audio Fast Track

I'm using Logic Express 8 and just purchased the M-Audio Fast Track Pro interface so I can plug in my guitar and mic to Logic. I downloaded the driver, the device shows up in Logic, I can even record with it, but I can't hear anything on playback! Not only can't I hear the Fast Track, but I can't hear any of my other (software) tracks either. I can't input monitor at all. But, as soon as I unplug the device, suddenly all my tracks are audible again (including recordings that I make through the device). What's going on? I need to be able to hear what I'm doing!

Go in to Audio midi setup and make sure the default input and output are the M-audio devise ... if you have not done so already .

M-Audio Fast Track Pro doesn't work with OS X Mavericks Garageband or MainStage 3

I used to be able to use MainStage 3 and Garageband with my M-Audio FastTrack Pro with no problem. Then, when I upgraded to OS X.9 Mavericks, it doesn't work. Avid (who now supports the FastTrack Pro) recently came out with an updated driver that supposedly upgrades for OS X.9 Mavericks (http://avid.force.com/pkb/articles/en_US/Download/Fast-Track-Pro-Drivers), but even after downloading/installing the driver and updating the device, I still can't get it to work with Garageband or Main Stage 3.
It seems that the software sees the M-Audio FastTrack Pro USB, I even see an audio signal in both MainStage 3 and Garageband for my guitar or microphone input, but there is no output sound from the FastTrack Pro to my PA system other than the analog sound (no sim amps or vocal effects work).
Anybody been able to solve this problem?

I had the same problem (Fast Track Pro + Mavericks 10.9.2 > no output sound).
After trying several combinations, I found out an non logical solution, but it did work
What I did:
1) Download the most recent driver update 1.9.4 (http://avid.force.com/pkb/articles/en_US/Download/Fast-Track-Pro-Drivers)
2) Uninstall Fast Track Pro Drive and restart computer
3) After restar, do NOT install again. Just go to the System Preferences/Sound and set Fast Track as your in/output port
Hope it helps!

Syncing Fast Track Ultra (Slave) With Logic Express (Master)

I'm trying to get my fast track to slave with Logic Express, using Logic as the master. It doesn't appear to be sending out any messages. On my fast track I can get the midi 'in' light to blink but not the 'out.' in Logic, the transport bar on the bottom, says 'no midi' for both the in and the out. Does this sound like a Logic setup issue or a fast track ultra setup issue?

Hi,
1st: You need to set your drum machine clock to external. That's important if you want to make Logic the master. Be aware any clock signal only is available when Logic is in play mode (naturally, but sometimes i forget even the most logical things).
2nd: In the Audio-Midi-Setup, the Fast Track should be displayed. Open the MIDI window (Window-> show MIDI window). Click on the "add device" icon. A new device will be added (new external device). Now open the inspector for this new device. You can name it, adjust all these things like MIDI clock send/receive and other gizmos and give it a nice icon. Now you must "connect" this new device with you Fast track by simpy dragging a line from it's outputs to the Fast track input and vice versa. The MIDI setup window will now represent your hardware's cabeling.
Once you have done this correctly, you should be able to correctly select the Drum machine in Logic.
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Cannot record any sound with my M-Audio Fast Track Ultra audio interface

Have been using Logic for about 3 months and was able (primarily via keyboards/midi recording) to create some decent recordings (via the 'hard' way, some books, video training and without bothering a lot of people with many of my questions). Time has come to start with analog audio recording and here my problem starts. Have recently purchased the Fast Track Ultra audio interface from M-Audio.
Drivers are installed correctly. The device is saying that it functions properly. It gets recognized by my iMAC. It gets recognized in Logic and can enable the device in my audio preferences. I can clearly see in the control panel of my USB audio interface it is creating sound and meters are going up and down.
I get sound in my head phones (which are connected to the audio interface) but within Logic no sound is coming in while with the build in microphone everything seems to work fine. Have played around all kind of settings in my audio/midi configuration utility but no result.
Who can help me out ?
Thanks in advance.
Jozef.

Have done a test within Garageband and it works correctly overthere

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