Oct 13, 2004 M-Audio New Fast Track USB For Mac, PC M-Audio announced the release of Fast Track USB. This compact, entry-level audio interface is specifically designed to provide a simple way to record vocals, guitar and other instruments with today’s popular music software such as GarageBand.
- Mar 21, 2010 1) Make sure the Fast Track is set as BOTH your audio input AND output in the Garageband audio preferences (you can, if you're so inclined, even make the Fast Track your audio input/output for your entire computer, you'll still get decent sound, plus it allows you to play your guitar over songs from your iTunes library, which is a big help with guitar practice).
- Dec 30, 2008 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.
Hi,
I have Garageband and would like to take advantage of all its features but am currently only able to record through the mic on my webcam!
Fine for testing it out but not ideal!
I have a Shure SM57 mic which I use with my existing recorder, however to use that and to plug in my electric guitar and get the best results I need some sort of preamp.
I have been looking at things like the M-Audio Fast Track USB gizmo;
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which is just about within my budget, but then I keep hearing people murmuring about 'latency', and firewire and casting doubt into my mind!
Can anyone who's got a similar set up recommend the M-Audio or anything similar that doesn't cost more than say £70? I'm not a hugely techie type as you may be able to tell so would ideally like something I can just plug into and play/record!
Also, do I NEED firewire or will a USB device allow me to record multiple tracks without there being any time delay?
Any help or advice would be VERY much appreciated!!
Thanks
Mark
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Mastering GarageBand on your Mac is much about getting comfortable with tracks and loops. Most musical compositions consist of several tracks, or layers of individual parts recorded by different instruments.
Garageband Audio Interface
You can connect instruments to your Mac or you can take advantage of numerous digitally sampled software instruments, heard as you play one of the aforementioned miniature onscreen keyboards. You can choose a wide variety of software instruments in all the major families. You may have to download some instruments from the Internet. Besides the software instrument tracks, you can choose audio tracks or automatically generated drummer tracks.
Follow these steps to add a new track: Serato scratch live dj interface sl1.
- Click the New Track (+) button in the upper-left corner of the program, choose Track→New Track, or press the keyboard combination Alt/Option+cmd+N.A window slides into view.
- Select Software Instrument.Click an instrument name in the library to change the instrument so that when you click the faux piano keyboard or musical typing keyboard, the audio that emerges sounds just like the new instrument you’ve selected.A new track shows up in the Tracks list, accompanied in the header by its icon, name (Classic Electric Piano until you change it), and several tiny controls. Among other functions, these controls let you mute the track, make it a solo, set volume levels, and more.
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You can add or change an instrument now. In the Library pane, choose an instrument category from the left column of the Track Info pane and a software instrument in the right column. You also get to see an illustration of your chosen instrument. If you can’t immediately find a new instrument to use, use the Search Library field to search for the music-maker you have in mind.
If the name of an instrument appears dimmed, you don’t have access to that instrument on your Mac.
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Apple sells, as an in-app purchase, a complete GarageBand package that includes 150 sounds, 1,500 loops, and 38 basic piano and guitar lessons for $4.99. Make sure you have sufficient storage on your computer. The downloaded content claims 9.5GB of space.