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- #M audio m track solo usb audio interface driver#
Less positive on the software side is that the really useful audio plug-ins developed by Air, for example, the versatile Lo-Fi distortion plug-in, are no longer included in the M-Audio bundle. Nevertheless, there’s a fair selection of tools for the novice, including the Lite version of the Eleven guitar amp simulator, no longer readily available outside of a software bundle. Often, with bundled software you just want to give it a quick spin to see if any of the included plug-ins are worth keeping or using this simply isn’t possible in this case.
#M audio m track solo usb audio interface install#
Installing the software is time-consuming and often confusing, requiring multiple user accounts, and it would have been much neater to have a combination installer rather than having to download and install each plug-in separately. MPC Beats is also bundled, but again this is a free product anyway.
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I think potential buyers would pay a little more to have their audio gear work more painlessly with iOS!Īfter registering with both M-Audio and Avid, users get access to the free (First) version of Pro Tools, without subscription and with a few bonuses in the form of a handful of virtual instrument plug-ins that would usually need to be purchased separately (at the cost of around £/$10 each). More helpfully, most other manufacturers include additional ports to help provide power to the interface while also connecting to hardware running iOS. As well as the relevant (costly) Apple brand USB connection kit, users also have to work out a way of powering the audio interface using a USB breakout cable, so more investment and head-scratching required. This won’t be an issue with the M-Tracks.Īdoption of Core Audio also equals iOS compatibility – on the face of it, great news for music-making – but the implementation here is disappointingly clunky.
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That’s an advantage compared to the practice of manufacturers dropping support for perfectly serviceable devices by not ‘signing’ drivers for the most recent operating systems. While such an approach sometimes sees manufacturers hitting the latency performance limits of Core Audio, it also means that drivers don’t readily go out of date. Windows users require a driver, available from.
#M audio m track solo usb audio interface driver#
Getting underway with the hardware on macOS is plug-and-play since the interfaces use the system-native Core Audio instead of a dedicated driver or control panel. If anything, it seems as though the knob spindles are set too tight to compensate for this. Despite some lateral wobble in knobs and slightly flimsy toggle switches, nothing feels like it’d easily fall apart. Overall weight is on the lighter side, but chunky rubber feet stop the interfaces from walking about the worktop. Both the Solo and Duo retain a similar desktop format to previous M-Tracks – composite rather than metal, but this time finished with a pleasing brushed aluminium effect.