[ddots-l] Re: M-audio fast track pro

  • From: Bryan Smart <bryansmart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 16:31:07 -0400

This is true. You can put the system on suspend/hibernate if you power down the 
ProjectMix first. That's annoying, though. You must also close Sonar.

If I'm closing Sonar and powering down the ProjectMix, I might as well be 
shutting down and rebooting. In that situation, the ProjectMix is starting up 
while Windows is starting up. I have a solid state drive, anyway, so reboots 
aren't all that long.

It's lame, but Avid has pretty much brushed off further development a while 
back, and the ProjectMix is no longer being sold. Go buy a 003, or something, 
except the 003 is terrible with Sonar.

Bryan

-----Original Message-----
From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of D!J!X!
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 2:32 PM
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: M-audio fast track pro

C1E won't affect that issue, that has to do with the processor in particular. 
The setting which might help fix the problem is USB suspend on the windows 
vista/7 advanced power settings.
The other thing is maybe unplugging the unit before putting the system to sleep.
C1E halt state has to do with the procesor and how windows handles power to it, 
reducing and increasing the voltage to the cpu depending on system tasking. 
This might or might not be a good thing to have disabled, depends on your 
hardware configuration, in specific the motherboard you're using.
Having c1e disabled on some boards can cause damage to the processor after long 
periods of use...

HTH, D!J!X!

-----Original Message-----
From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Dan Haley
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 1:16 PM
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: M-audio fast track pro

Have you set the power options in Windows 7 to a high performance profile?

Look for a power management utility called C1E in the BIOS and disable it.

-----Original Message-----
From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Bryan Smart
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 7:56 AM
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: M-audio fast track pro

The ProjectMix is an exception, for some reason. I have a ProjectMix, and have 
been using it on Windows 7 64-bit. It runs fine.

 

It isn't perfect. Like most all of M-Audio's external devices, it doesn't 
support suspend, so, if you put the computer to sleep and/or hibernate, it 
won't work anymore when you wake the computer up. As long as you don't use 
suspend/sleep or hibernate, and just shut the computer down when you're 
finished working, there aren't any problems. The control panel application also 
requires you to use the Jaws cursor, and is only semi accessible.

 

In terms of performance and stability, though, it is fine.

 

Bryan

 

From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of D!J!X!
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 10:48 PM
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: M-audio fast track pro

 

You might since you'll most likely have to upgrade drivers. But it also depends 
on hardware configurations from what I've seen, so you just might be in luck...

 

D!J!X!

 

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From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Charles Marston
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 10:30 PM
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: M-audio fast track pro

Hello:

I currently use M-Audio's ProjectMix on my XP system and it works great.
Will I have these driver problems if I upgrade to Windows 7?

 

 

From: D!J!X! <mailto:megamansuperior@xxxxxxxxxxx>  

Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 8:46 PM

To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

Subject: [ddots-l] Re: M-audio fast track pro

 

Unfortunately that's something I've been discovering on systems that i've built 
for clients and on my own system. Now I'm getting rid of my perfectly fine 
delta1010lt, because m-audio refuses to fix whatever issues are plaguing their 
newest drivers for windows7, which on most modern systems introduce this 
horrible sounds. There are some work arounds which may or may not work, but 
they're not recommendable for everyone, and it should be fixed at the root of 
the problem, now with extraneous work arounds... Supposedly it has something to 
do with the way it buffers between the application and the memory. That's the 
only response we've gotten from m-audio. No word on a fix and if they'll even 
make 1. So any xp users who want a nice interface who are still using 
not-so-recent hardware, if you want a delta1010lt in perfectly working 
condition, let me know!

 

HTH, D!J!X!

 

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From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Brandon Keith
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 7:19 PM
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: M-audio fast track pro

Very interesting. 

I have playback on my M-Audio just fine, but when I plug in my myk and record, 
it's scratchy and not very good. Sad smile emoticon

With my vista, the same thing, great for playback and recording, but it would 
just randomly stop working after a while.

Is this the Audio Interface you're talking about?

http://www.mackie.com/products/onyxiseries/

 

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From: Bryan Smart <mailto:bryansmart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  

Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 4:08 PM

To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

Subject: [ddots-l] Re: M-audio fast track pro

 

Yes. M-Audio used to be well known for rock solid drivers. Strangely enough, 
they're now notorious for terrible drivers.

 

M-Audio is no longer a company. M-Audio was purchased a few years back by Avid. 
Avid now uses M-Audio as a trade name for multimedia products that they make 
for low-cost consumer applications. That's why older M-Audio product seem quite 
a bit more premium than the million varieties of cheaply built plastic junk 
that they sell now. Unfortunately, even the older gear needs newer drivers to 
work with newer versions of Windows. Avid doesn't seem to feel that it is a 
priority to support gear that they no longer sell.
Besides, they aren't worried about M-Audio's professional reputation, since 
pros wouldn't buy any of their current gear. They only care that casual 
purchasers at local computer stores will recognize the M-Audio name, and will 
make their $150 impulse purchase of a M-Audio plastic thing over their 
competitor's $150 plastic thing. M-Audio was good competition for Avid, anyway, 
so killing off M-Audio's better product lines and eating through their 
reputation only helps them out.

 

Sorry to say that there aren't hardly any good, inexpensive, and accessible 
interfaces out now. The great buy, for quality and accessibility, at the 
moment, are the Mackie Onyx mixers. The 820I is $400, and certainly isn't 
little/portable, though. It would be fine at home, but not for carrying around 
with a laptop. Maybe one of the Edirol interfaces would work for dirt cheap 
($100), but be prepared to go through a bit of accessibility frustration.

 

Bryan

 

From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Paul Leishman
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 10:45 AM
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: M-audio fast track pro

 

The fasttrack pro works very well with windows XP if you load up the included 
drivers. However, with vista is is rubbish. I suspect their new update drivers 
are rubbish for windos 7 as well.

--- On Tue, 2/11/10, Nickus de Vos <bigboy529@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


From: Nickus de Vos <bigboy529@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [ddots-l] M-audio fast track pro
To: "Dancing dots" <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, 2 November, 2010, 14:31

Hi all i want to get myself a small sound card and i'm looking at the fast 
track pro, does anyone have one or does anyone have a opinion on it, i don't 
want to buy something that's not going to work for me.

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