19 Feb
2011
19 Feb
'11
4:58 a.m.
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.
So before I go back to the store I figured I'd reach out to the group to see
if anyone had any up-to-date information about this equipment, or if they
had any suggestions about something good I could exchange it for that might
"just work". I need at least 3 inputs (XLR & Quarter Inch) and cannot
spend
much more than the $299 I got this M-Audio Fast Track Ultra for.
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.
--
Christopher "Chip" Van Dan
http://www.van-dan.com
19 Feb
19 Feb
5:53 a.m.
Regarding the forum post you referenced, it basically was suggesting you
recompile your audio driver with custom modifications. The idea is that
you'd download the source, change the souce code in the ways specified to
make it work correctly with the Fast Track Ultra, and the compile and
install the modified driver (by following the instructions they linked to).
If you're not familiar with compiling programs from source, then this might
be difficult for you, but if you've done it before, the walkthroughs they
link to should be fine for you.
Jeremy
On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 3:58 AM, Chip VanDan <chip.vandan(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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.
So before I go back to the store I figured I'd reach out to the group to
see if anyone had any up-to-date information about this equipment, or if
they had any suggestions about something good I could exchange it for that
might "just work". I need at least 3 inputs (XLR & Quarter Inch) and
cannot
spend much more than the $299 I got this M-Audio Fast Track Ultra for.
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.
--
Christopher "Chip" Van Dan
http://www.van-dan.com
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9:50 a.m.
On 02/19/2011 04:58 AM, Chip VanDan wrote:
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.
So before I go back to the store I figured I'd reach out to the group to see
if anyone had any up-to-date information about this equipment, or if they
had any suggestions about something good I could exchange it for that might
"just work". I need at least 3 inputs (XLR& Quarter Inch) and cannot
spend
much more than the $299 I got this M-Audio Fast Track Ultra for.
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.
Hello,
You could try the real-time kernel from Tango Studio. It has been
patched to work with the M-Audio Fast Track Pro so maybe it also works
with the Ultra.
The apt line:
deb http://download.tuxfamily.org/tangostudio/ lucid-lowlatency main
Afterwards:
apt-get upgrade
apt-get install linux-realtime
apt-get install linux-headers-realtime
Then reboot into the 2.6.33-30-realtime kernel.
Best,
Jeremy
11:22 a.m.
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
Good luck!
Ketil
10:27 p.m.
On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 11:22:26AM +0100, Ketil Thorgersen wrote:
Den 19. feb. 2011 04:58, skrev Chip VanDan:
I've been using a FT Pro for 4 years now. I don't recall having to do anything
special to get it to work, where "work" == 2 audio in, 2 audio out, at 44.1Khz.
You might want to try just basic stereo, USB1.1 mode, 44.1kHz, and see how that goes. If
ALSA can see it, then JACK can be made to see it. What does your /proc/asound/cards , and
the /proc/asound/cardX/codecX say?
There were all kinds of modprobe variables (and driver patches) required to get it to work
at higher bitrates, but I didn't waste too much time trying to get those going. 44.1K
is fine, and stereo is fine too. Works great.
As for the 2 extra RCA jacks on the Pro, there is no way to get them to work as additional
JACK ports without some userspace hacks involving resampling and syncing two separate
audio interfaces together. They show up as separate ALSA interfaces with a separate word
clock.
-ken
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
20 Feb
20 Feb
8:03 p.m.
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(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
Den 19. feb. 2011 04:58, skrev Chip VanDan:
--
Christopher "Chip" Van Dan
http://www.van-dan.com
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<h…
Good luck!
Ketil
10:12 p.m.
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(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
> 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<h…
>
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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