M-Audio - Fast Track Recording Interface - Black

My son is an aspiring music mogul and has wanted Protools for a long time. With this set up, he can connect his instruments and feed into the software, make adjustments and mix incredible music.

I'm still just getting into serious recording. Usually doing acoustic sets, vocal work, and song writting. So I'm not a pro but i love my set up of this and with my MXL mic. I've had my FastTrack for a little over a year now and I love using it. I usually only use the usb power option so I stay with 2 inputs, but when using the DC adapter possibilities are great! Usually playing guitar or bass through it, the fact that I don't have to hover around my computer desk in an awkward fashion to hit record/pause/rewind/etc is pretty great. The onboard effects work great with recording vocals, have compliments on that a lot. Best of all, NO lag or delay in the time something comes out of your mouth/instrument til the time you hear it come through your headphones. Switching between Monitors is incredibly simple. with 3(actually4) sets to work with you can make sure what you're recording is well mixed. I've never had a problem with my computer recognizing it, but I have found that when I update Adobe it will stop ProToolsSE from accessing it, which will essentially render ProTools from opening. To fix this you just unistall the last update and you're good, and sometimes reinstall the Drivers from the website as instructed with your booklet. But the Fast Track never stopped working so this may actually just be a ProToolsSE problem. The computer still recognizes it and it will still record into other programs. The only problem with this package is it will get some comfortable with being satisfied with ProToolsSE, a program which is a basic cut on ProTools and a basic cut to the C600 as well... Having a full DAW will unlock a lot more possibilites for c600. Making it a mixer rather than just an interface using 1 or 2(Stereo) channels at a time. But if you have the money I highly recommend this.. I've never doubted this product