[LAU] FastTrack Pro (Was: mute laptop speakers with Intel HDA)

[Ken Restivo]

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On Thu, Aug 02, 2007 at 03:54:20PM +0800, Victor Roetman wrote:
> Ken Restivo wrote:>
> > I use an external sound device (M-Audio
> > FastTrack Pro USB) and it works beautifully.
> 
> I had purchased the FastTrack Pro - I REALLY liked it, but it would only
> work in Linux with USB compliant mode - 16-bit, 44.1 kHz.  Is that how
> you are using it?  To use any other samplerate or to use 24-bit samples
> you need the MAudio drivers and special tool, which only work with
> Windows and Mac.
> 
> (I looked into trying to sniff the USB port to figure out what's going
> on, but USB protocols seem to be a whole lot more complex than I ever
> imagined.)
> 
> I finally gave it to my Mac-loving brother and bought the Edirol UA-25
> which has all such controls as switches and works great with Linux.
> 
> Is there any progress on having the device fully supported?  How come
> MAudio isn't any help here?
> 

It only works in 44.1/16 mode under Linux. But that's fine for me.

UA-25's also tend to be pricey. If I can find one for under US$100 I'll get one and sell the FastTrack.

I haven't thought of asking M-Audio to tell me what magick bits to flip on the FastTrack Pro, because I'm expecting they won't.

- -ken
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