M- Audio Fast Track Ultra High Speed 8 x 8 USB 2.0 Audio Interface

Ez guys lol. ;p This thing looks like a beast! I'm looking to upgrade my Focusrite Saffire 6 due lack of inputs - 2?? I'm kinda drawn to M-Audio Fast Track Pro. Thoughts?

http://www.dv247.com...nterface--47568

I bought one of these when I first moved because I needed a usb interface for my laptop. It works great, no noise when recording.

Ez

yeah good choice, probably the best USB audio card you can get in that class. quality drivers too I hear..

I'm using a Delta 44 (PCI) and I'm very happy with it.

or buy a small mixer? would also give you some analog drive, eq

Yeah I have an extra 4 stereo channels and 6 mic/line in at my disposal courtesy of two small mixers. What I need now is to be able to route audio from my various devices separately plus I'm gonna try and get back into working with some vocalists so it seems my Saffire 6 just falls a little short in terms of flexibility. Its a shame 'cause I'm otherwise fairly happy with it.

  On 2/28/2012 at 8:18 PM, missingsense said:

Ez

 

yeah good choice, probably the best USB audio card you can get in that class. quality drivers too I hear..

 

I'm using a Delta 44 (PCI) and I'm very happy with it.

Yeah I remember the Delta 44 from years back! I got M-Audio Audiophile 2496 which is attached to old pc.

  On 2/28/2012 at 6:20 PM, cloud capture said:

I bought one of these when I first moved because I needed a usb interface for my laptop. It works great, no noise when recording.

Cool. What's the mixer software for it like? I read about its internal dsp which has eq, delay and reverb is that good?

If you're happy with your existing Focusrite and just need a few more inputs why not upgrade to something like the 18i6 model - http://www.focusrite.com/products/audio_interfaces/scarlett_18i6/

I'm getting an E-MU 1616m as soon as I can afford to.

How has the Saffire 6 faired for you?

I need a new audio interface myself and the Saffire 6 looks like the best fit. I don't really need recording inputs as much as I need 4 outs for Djing and balanced outs for other situations which the Saffire 6 has both. The only other interface Ive really come across is a Tascam US-200, but it doesnt have balanced outs and I know jack about Tascams products. Scarlett 8i6 also looks nice but probably overkill for my needs, and required extra power.

  On 2/29/2012 at 9:45 PM, Drahken said:

and required extra power.

I think all external audio interfaces require an extra power source as USB & Firewire don't supply enough juice to run them.... or is that not what you meant at all

Unless I'm blind and missing something neither of those interfaces have a power adapter.

12v DC

lots of usb and firewire run off the port, my novation nio doesn't even have an adapter in-plug. it's sometimes better though ye..

Yea I know the Scarlett requires a power adapter. I meant the Tascam US-200 and Saffire 6.

ahhh yes indeed, the Saffire 6 certainly doesn't have a power adapter plug. Running off of 5v, that's a bit paltry

  On 2/29/2012 at 9:45 PM, Drahken said:

How has the Saffire 6 faired for you?

 

I need a new audio interface myself and the Saffire 6 looks like the best fit. I don't really need recording inputs as much as I need 4 outs for Djing and balanced outs for other situations which the Saffire 6 has both. The only other interface Ive really come across is a Tascam US-200, but it doesnt have balanced outs and I know jack about Tascams products. Scarlett 8i6 also looks nice but probably overkill for my needs, and required extra power.

It's a great interface, I've been using it for a while now and ive never had a trouble with it.

  On 2/29/2012 at 9:45 PM, Drahken said:

How has the Saffire 6 faired for you?

 

I need a new audio interface myself and the Saffire 6 looks like the best fit. I don't really need recording inputs as much as I need 4 outs for Djing and balanced outs for other situations which the Saffire 6 has both. The only other interface Ive really come across is a Tascam US-200, but it doesnt have balanced outs and I know jack about Tascams products. Scarlett 8i6 also looks nice but probably overkill for my needs, and required extra power.

Its seems fairly reasonable to me. Its a big bastard though and I'm suprised it runs off usb. I think it'd be nice if it could powered by 5v adapter but doesn't seem to effect its performance. The main issue I had was it wouldn't work with Windows 7 so I was forced to use my old laptop to make music with then one day it decided to work.

Oh well poop glad I asked. I need something compatible with Windows 7.

ye drivers are really important I've learned.. lot's of manufacturers don't update their drivers for older cards on newer OS' when they move on to newer models. this isn't that much of an issue in linux, but for instance my nio won't run on it at all! it needs native drivers. would sell it but I think it looks too weathered.

  On 2/29/2012 at 11:17 PM, Promo said:

  On 2/29/2012 at 9:45 PM, Drahken said:

How has the Saffire 6 faired for you?

 

I need a new audio interface myself and the Saffire 6 looks like the best fit. I don't really need recording inputs as much as I need 4 outs for Djing and balanced outs for other situations which the Saffire 6 has both. The only other interface Ive really come across is a Tascam US-200, but it doesnt have balanced outs and I know jack about Tascams products. Scarlett 8i6 also looks nice but probably overkill for my needs, and required extra power.

Its seems fairly reasonable to me. Its a big bastard though and I'm suprised it runs off usb. I think it'd be nice if it could powered by 5v adapter but doesn't seem to effect its performance. The main issue I had was it wouldn't work with Windows 7 so I was forced to use my old laptop to make music with then one day it decided to work.

I'm running windows 7 64 bit and it works for me

  On 2/29/2012 at 11:26 PM, sergeantk said:

  On 2/29/2012 at 11:17 PM, Promo said:

  On 2/29/2012 at 9:45 PM, Drahken said:

How has the Saffire 6 faired for you?

 

I need a new audio interface myself and the Saffire 6 looks like the best fit. I don't really need recording inputs as much as I need 4 outs for Djing and balanced outs for other situations which the Saffire 6 has both. The only other interface Ive really come across is a Tascam US-200, but it doesnt have balanced outs and I know jack about Tascams products. Scarlett 8i6 also looks nice but probably overkill for my needs, and required extra power.

Its seems fairly reasonable to me. Its a big bastard though and I'm suprised it runs off usb. I think it'd be nice if it could powered by 5v adapter but doesn't seem to effect its performance. The main issue I had was it wouldn't work with Windows 7 so I was forced to use my old laptop to make music with then one day it decided to work.

I'm running windows 7 64 bit and it works for me

Yeah its working for me now too but before I tried everything but I kept getting this weird interference.

  On 3/1/2012 at 9:22 AM, Promo said:

  On 2/29/2012 at 11:26 PM, sergeantk said:

  On 2/29/2012 at 11:17 PM, Promo said:

  On 2/29/2012 at 9:45 PM, Drahken said:

How has the Saffire 6 faired for you?

 

I need a new audio interface myself and the Saffire 6 looks like the best fit. I don't really need recording inputs as much as I need 4 outs for Djing and balanced outs for other situations which the Saffire 6 has both. The only other interface Ive really come across is a Tascam US-200, but it doesnt have balanced outs and I know jack about Tascams products. Scarlett 8i6 also looks nice but probably overkill for my needs, and required extra power.

Its seems fairly reasonable to me. Its a big bastard though and I'm suprised it runs off usb. I think it'd be nice if it could powered by 5v adapter but doesn't seem to effect its performance. The main issue I had was it wouldn't work with Windows 7 so I was forced to use my old laptop to make music with then one day it decided to work.

I'm running windows 7 64 bit and it works for me

Yeah its working for me now too but before I tried everything but I kept getting this weird interference.

weird interference? like the audio is 'chunking'?

that's a bit of a known issue with ASIO drivers on Windows 7 by the looks of it. I get it on my machine (have to switch audio drivers back and forth to fix it).

It looks like there was an update to the drivers back in August with native support for the Firewire interface, maybe try an update Promo....