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    Fast T rac k Ultra 8R User Guide Rack-mountable 8 x 8 U S B 2.0 Interface with M X Cor e D S P T echnology English[...]

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    User Guide 1 Fast Track Ultra 8R 1 Introduction Thanks for c hoosing M-Audio Fast T rack Ultra 8R. Fast T rac k Ultra 8R is a professional, high-quality audio and M I DI interface for your W indows or Macintosh laptop or desktop computer . Using the convenience and dependability of a US B 2.0 connection, Fast T rack Ultra 8R provides your computer [...]

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    User Guide 2 Fast Track Ultra 8R 3 Fast T rack Ultra 8R Features • Eightbalanced/unbalancedMic/ LineInputsoncomboX LR /TR Sjacks • T wofront-panel1/4”Instrument-levelinputs • Eighthigh-qualitymicrophonepreamps,featuringM-Audio’saward-winningOctane TM technology • Indiv[...]

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    User Guide 3 Fast Track Ultra 8R 4 Minimum System Requirements Windows FastT rackUltra8RissupportedunderW indowsX PwithServicePack2orlater ,orW indowsV ista(32-biteditions).Itis not supported under W indows 2000, W indows 98, 9 8S E or W indows M E. Please see the note below regardin[...]

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    User Guide 4 Fast Track Ultra 8R 5 Controls and Connectors Front Panel                                        1. Instrument Inputs 1 and 2 (Inst) – Thesefront-panelconnectorsprovideinstrument-leveli[...]

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    User Guide 5 Fast Track Ultra 8R Rear Panel        15. Power Input ((9V DC 3.5A - 4A) – Connect the included power supply to this jack. NO TE : Fast T rack Ultra 8R is designed to work with 9V D C power supplies with a 3. 5-4Arating.Ifyouneedtopurchaseanadditionalpowers[...]

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    User Guide 6 Fast Track Ultra 8R 6 Inst alling Fast T rack Ultra 8R ForinstructionsoninstallingFastT rackUltra8R,pleaserefertotheaccompanyingQuic kStartGuide. 7 Hardware Connections Recording Microphones Fast T rack Ultra 8R can record audio from up to eight individual microphones simultaneously , connec[...]

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    User Guide 7 Fast Track Ultra 8R 8 Using Fast T rack Ultra 8R Setting Y our Recording Le vels Using the Mic, Line or Instrument Inputs Connect your microphone, instrument or line level source to the Mic/ Line - Instrument inputs 1 , 20 . Make sure the associated channel’s Mic/Line - Instrument switch 2 is set to the correct position for your chos[...]

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    User Guide 8 Fast Track Ultra 8R Monitor Mixing FastT rackUltra8Rfeaturesfourseparate16x2monitormixers.T hesefourmixersarefoundintheControlPanelunder thetabslabeled“Monitor1/2” ,“Monitor3/4” ,“Monitor5/6” ,and“Monitor7 /8”androute?[...]

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    User Guide 9 Fast Track Ultra 8R $!7 -ONITOR-IXER TO-ONITOR-IX 3OFTWARE2ETURN !NALOG)N 2ECORD UNALTERED /UT )N  /UT ANDHEADPHONE /UT ANDHEADPHONE?[...]

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    User Guide 10 Fast Track Ultra 8R 9 The Sof tware Control Panel The software Control Panel for Fast T rack Ultra 8R is designed to provide a simple, intuitive interface to control and monitor signals from your DA W and from Fast T rack Ultra 8R’s inputs and outputs. T o open the Control Panel: In W indows, open the Fast T rack Ultra 8R Control Pa[...]

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    User Guide 11 Fast Track Ultra 8R The Control Panel features eight tabs across the top of the screen. These tabs provide access to specific features of Fast T rack Ultra 8R. T hese tabs are described in det ail below . Monitor T abs The four Monitor tabs are similar in layout and in operation and allow you to create four separate monitor mixes fro[...]

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    User Guide 12 Fast Track Ultra 8R Input Channels The first eight c hannels on each of the Monitor pages correspond to the eight analog inputs. Inputs 7 and 8 are switchable between the analog inputs and the S/P D I F digit al inputs, via the Sync Source drop-down menu in the ControlPanel.W henthesyncsourceissetto“Exter[...]

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    User Guide 13 Fast Track Ultra 8R Settings T ab Sample Rate Settings   The“SampleRate”drop-downmenuletsyouselectthecurrentsampleratefortheinternalclockof FastT rackUltra8R.A vailablesampleratesare4 4.1,4 8,8 8.2and96kHz.Thedefaultsamplera[...]

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    User Guide 14 Fast Track Ultra 8R Sync Source T his drop dow n me nu l ets you sele ct t he c loc k s our ce o f Fa st T rac k Ultr a 8R . T o sy nc hron ize the inte rfac e to an exte rna l digitalsource(i.e.,theincomingS/ P DI Fsignal),selectthe“External”setting.T osynchronizeFastT rackUltra8[...]

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    User Guide 15 Fast Track Ultra 8R Effects Settings This bo x controls the algorithm and parameters of the internal effects unit. Any channels routed to the internal DSP section will be effected by selections made on this page. ➜ IM P ORT ANT : Only the Monitor tabs for channels 1/2 and 3/4 have “send” knobs. Signals from tabs 5/6 or 7/8 canno[...]

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    User Guide 16 Fast Track Ultra 8R Meters T ab Thistabfeatures16metersthatdisplaylevelsofyoureighthardwareinputsandeighthardwareoutputs.Thisisusefulin setting up levels for live tracking or mixdown. Flow T ab This tab displays a graphic of the Fast T rack Ultra 8R signal flow .[...]

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    User Guide 17 Fast Track Ultra 8R About T ab This page contains information on your hardware and current driver software versions. This information may be helpful, should you ever have the occasion to call for technical support. Clic king the buttons in the lower right will take you to useful pages on the M-Audio website. If your computer does not [...]

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    User Guide 18 Fast Track Ultra 8R 10 Ab out Overdub Re cording and Monitor Mixing Muchofthepopularmusicthatyouheartodayiscreatedusingamethodcalled“overdub”recording.Overdubrecording allows artists to record their music while listening to previously recorded parts of the song. For examp[...]

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    User Guide 19 Fast Track Ultra 8R  3.  Usethepanknobtoadjustthepositionofasoundbetweentheleftandrightchannels.Notethat double-clickingaknobwill“center”it.  4.  W hencreatingmonitormixesviathe“Monitor1/2”or“Monitor3/4?[...]

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    User Guide 20 Fast Track Ultra 8R 11 M I D I FastT rackUltra8Rprovides16c hannelsofM I DII /Ooverst andard5-pinD I Nconnectorsfoundonthebreakoutcable. These I/O ports can be used to connect M I D I-compatible devices to your computer such as controller keyboards, drum machines,orsoun[...]

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    User Guide 21 Fast Track Ultra 8R 12 T roublesho oting Fast T rack Ultra 8R has been designed to give you high performance and professional-quality audio. It has been tested under a wide range of systems and operating conditions. However , there are a virtually limitless number of operating scenarios, any of which could affect your system’s perfo[...]

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    User Guide 22 Fast Track Ultra 8R 13 Spe cifications Line Outputs Frequency response: 20Hzto22kHz,+/-0.1dB@48kHzs amplerate SN RandDynamicRange: -10 4dB,A-weighted TH D+N: 0.002%@-1dB F S,1kHz Signal Level: +10dBubalanced +2dBV ,unbalanced Impedance: 300Ohmbalanced/15 0O[...]

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    User Guide 23 Fast Track Ultra 8R 14 Warranty T erms and Registration Warranty T erms M-Audio warrants products to be free from defects in materials and workmanship, under normal use and provided that the productisownedbytheoriginal,registereduser .V isitwww .m-audio.com/warrantyfortermsandlimitationsapplyi[...]

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