Best USB sound and midi module including Phantom mic input !

[imbeaujp]

Hello, I think that I found an interesting product : Fast Track Pro - 4 x 4 Mobile USB Audio/MIDI Interface with Preamps
This external module includes :

• Microphone XLR input with Phantom power to plug the EMC 8000 Mic. (replace my external mixer)
• Midi interface to control the filters on the FeedBack Destroyer Pro
• Digital and analog output to listen music on my HT from my PC

All that for less than 200$


What do you think guys ?

[glaufman]

On the surface it looks great... I wonder how it'll work... I've been dying to find one with a spdif in/out...

Did you purchase? how's the cal look?

Is it Vista compatible?

[mojogoes]

If it also had a soundcard incorperated it would be the dogs.

[imbeaujp]

Yes this is a USB soundcard, 24-bit/96kHz
Powered via USB or external Adapter
SNR -103 dB

PC: Windows XP (SP2)
Mac: OS X 10.3.9 / 10.4.2

Specifications HERE

[mojogoes]

imbeaujp wrote:

Yes this is a USB soundcard, 24-bit/96kHz
Powered via USB or external Adapter
SNR -103 dB

PC: Windows XP (SP2)
Mac: OS X 10.3.9 / 10.4.2

Specifications HERE

So let me get this right.....i would not need to buy a pre-amp for my mic/spl meter nor would i have to buy a sound blast live 24 sound card (phantom) plus neither would i after acquired a midi because this piece of kit does all three job of down loading from my laptop to the bfd..........is this right!!

P.S....And what about the ADS-RDX MarkP does this also perform all three tasks.

[imbeaujp]

My understanding is that this product do it ALL !

No more need for an external sounblaster card, no more external mixer, no more external midi, all in one ! M-AUDIO is an AVID compagny. AVID is well knows for professional audio and video editing.

But I did not test it. This post is to get some feedback from members who knows that product.

[mojogoes]

Just confirmed with my stockest's that it will carry out all three duties , and as i took the sound card i bought back for a refund and would like to go down the midi route although i think that i may have one of the newer 1124p's which is having difficulties in receiving down loads from the pc/laptop.

Does any one know how soon the newer 1124p upgraded midi down load will be available.......is the sound-card in the fast-track pro ok for what we need.....connection wise etc etc.

Just recieved my Monolith a couple of hours ago and the quality of this unit for the money you spend is far higher than my expectations......i'm just braking it in nice and slowly but already it sounds flat and i have moved it from my first position which i suspected wasn't right with peaks and nulls i can hear..............its amazing how once you know what your listening for the faults seem to be amplified..............UFO's not included.

[mojogoes]

imbeaujp wrote:

My understanding is that this product do it ALL !

No more need for an external sounblaster card, no more external mixer, no more external midi, all in one ! M-AUDIO is an AVID compagny. AVID is well knows for professional audio and video editing.

But I did not test it. This post is to get some feedback from members who knows that product.

Yeah as you say it looks good plus does the biz by the looks of things........i will send my Behringer mic800 back to where i bought it (£27+vat) and order one of these babies (£110+) should cut down on the mess on my table if nothing else.......but like you say it would be really good for someone who has used one or knows someone who has used one to speak up and report there findings.

[mojogoes]

Will it do what the mic100/mic800 and what this quoted s/c can do , mensioned in this thread......

The real difference will come when you get a new preamp.

If you look at the specs it reads:

It features a carefully selected 12AX7 vacuum tube with UTC technology for exceptional warmth and lowest noise. Thus, the MIC100 can be used to eliminate the "dull" sound of standard digital recorders and sound cards. Also, it perfectly complements studio-grade condenser microphones. Dedicated Low Cut filter eliminates unwanted noise, e.g. floor rumble. .

hehehe, all this verbiage really means is that it has anything but a flat response that you would require for a piece of test equipment to measure a room using REW. The HPF look undefeatable, so your bottom end would be cut off; which may render it uncompensatable if attempting to include the preamp in the soundcard cal file.

You'd be better off with a solid state preamp that enjoys a flat response...

As far as the ECM8000 is concerned, we've checked a few (three I believe) and they've been identical....... I guess a larger sample would be better....

brucek

[glaufman]

So we're saying "Not appropriate for out kind of work, better to stick with the SB Live Ext?"