Re: [LAU] M-Audio Fast Track Ultra

On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 02:03:40PM -0500, Chip VanDan wrote:
> Well, I want to thank those that replied. Following Ketil's suggestion I
> managed to get the M-Audio Fast Track Ultra working. I was using the 2.6.33
> (realtime or lowlatency, not sure which right now) but I managed to install
> the 2.6.38 generic kernel from the kernel repository for Ubuntu and it "just
> worked"! The PPA that he referred has the lowlatency kernel available for
> "natty" but not for "lucid" so I may have to do some digging to get a
> lowlatency or realtime kernel 2.6.38 for lucid.
>
> My compiling skills go as far as following step by step instructions, and if
> the dependencies aren't available I find them in synaptic. I should take
> the time to learn how to patch certain files, and maybe how to compile my
> own kernels, but everytime I compile something it never goes to the right
> place on my system.
>
> So as it stands right now, JACK starts up using the correct sound card and I
> have 8 channels available for input and output. The MIDI does not show up
> in JACK, but I'm not concerned about that because I already use a USB
> MIDISport Uno for MIDI input. When JACK is not running the system still
> uses my laptop's built in soundcard, which I'll have to figure out how to
> switch over to use the Fast Track Ultra full-time, but I think I've seen
> instructions for how to do that on some site somewhere. My ideal situation
> would be to run all audio through JACK all the time, but the only page I've
> ever seen that explains how to do that was seriously outdated.
>
> So, again, thank you for your input, it was a pleasure as always. You have
> saved this bit of equipment from sitting in the return bin at the store.
>
> Chip
>
> On 19 February 2011 05:22, Ketil Thorgersen <ketil.thorgersen@email-addr-hiddenwrote:
>
> > Den 19. feb. 2011 04:58, skrev Chip VanDan:
> >
> >> In a complete and utter fervor today with some newfound extra cash I
> >> impulsively purchased an M-Audio Fast Track Ultra, with the hopes and
> >> prayers that it would "just work" on my Ubuntu Studio 10.04 system. My
> >> confidence was quickly shattered when I got it home, plugged it in, and did
> >> some research on it. There is a multitude of links out there with people
> >> that have had problems with it in Linux, and a few have gotten it to work,
> >> but I have no idea how.
> >>
> >> For reference sake, I'm having the exact same problem as referenced on
> >> this forum: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=884329
> >> but I don't really understand the directions on how they fixed the issue.
> >>
> > HI
> >
> > I have one of the fast track ultra pros, and made it work on KxStudio by
> > updating to the 2.6.38 lowlatency kernel in Aboganis ppa
> > https://launchpad.net/~abogani/+archive/ppa/?field.series_filter=natty<https://launchpad.net/%7Eabogani/+archive/ppa/?field.series_filter=natty>
> >

Wait, what?

A USB 2.0 audio interface actually works in Linux, in USB 2.0 mode? When did this happen? 8 channels? This is awesome.

-ken
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Received on Mon Feb 21 00:15:03 2011