« Reply #8 on: June 19, 2006, 04:05:16 PM »
I had this same problem because I wanted to use my MAudio Firewire 410 Card (very similar to the fast track) and you can't route the signal without being hooked to the computer. Bummer. All it needs is a button on the front panel that assigns output to SPDIF.
See if you can try it out in the store.
The docs definitely say it will run standalone!!! (I mean the Fasttrack pro.)
Richard
well i talked to m-audio tech support about a month ago, and asked this question specifically...the guy had to check it out and get back to me. He said there was absolutely no way it would function standalone, which was the main reason I didn't buy one.
haven't looked into it since then, but maybe something's changed?
Well, I would trust the docs more than a single tech/sales rep. To be sure, just try it out next time you're in a music store that has one. Plug the walwart in, but leave the USB off. Then see if there is an SPDIF signal coming out of it.
Richard
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