M-Audio Fast Track & Fast Track Pro

[CougTek]

http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/FastTrackPro-main.html
http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/FastTrackUSB-main.html

I have a customer who ask me about the M-Audio USB Midi interface and which one would be better for her and blahblahblah... I don't know anything about MIDI stuff and I don't know what to answer. But I know some of you have a clue about MIDI and audio stuff in general. So, what's up with those USB devices? Are they some kind of USB sound cards with too many plugs?

 

[Stereodude]

Well most soundcards don't have MIDI on them anymore. I think those are really targeted at MAC users who don't have the ability to put a PCI card in their system to improve upon the built in sound card. But, since they are USB they will also work on a PC.

Does your customer need MIDI? Those two devices aren't really very similar.

 

[CougTek]

Apparently she does. I forgot what MIDI is. Only thing I remember about it is that people with long hair and smelling weed asked for this stuff in the nineties.

 

[Stereodude]

MIDI: Musical Instrument Digital Interface.

It's basically the instructions to play music. Note, volume, duration, etc.

The second one doesn't have MIDI, so it should make things easy for you.

 

[CougTek]

Thanks.