User Guide
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What’s in the Box?
Your M-Audio Session with Fast Track USB bundle should contain the following
items:
M-Audio Fast Track USB audio interface USB cable
M-Audio Session DVD-ROM
This User Guide
If any of the above listed items are missing, please contact the retailer where you
purchased the product.
About This Guide
This guide covers installation of the Session music-creation software for Windows
and the setup and features of the Fast Track USB audio interface for Windows
and Macintosh OS X. The Fast Track USB audio interface contained in this bundle
can also be used with many Macintosh and Windows third-party music software
applications like GarageBand, Logic Pro, and Ableton Live. Consult your software’s
documentation for more information on this.
Minimum System Requirements
Windows XP
Windows XP (SP2) or higher *
1.6 GHz processor
(CPU speed requirement may be higher for laptops)
512MB RAM
4 GB free HD space for complete installation of Session
DVD drive
AGP 4X or faster graphics **
32MB video RAM
1024 x 768 video resolution (1280 x 1024 recommended)
One native USB port
Windows Vista (edition) 32-Bit
Windows Vista (edition) 32-Bit
1.6 GHz processor
(CPU speed requirement may be higher for laptops)
1024 MB RAM
4 GB free HD space for complete installation of Session
DVD drive
AGP 4X or faster graphics **
128MB video RAM
1024 x 768 video resolution (1280 x 1024 recommended)
One native USB port
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Windows XP (SP2) or higher *
Intel Pentium / AMD Athlon 1 GHz or higher
512 MB RAM
DVD drive
One native USB port
Windows Vista (edition) 32-Bit
Windows Vista (edition) 32-Bit
Pentium III – 1 GHz or higher
1024 MB RAM
DVD drive
One native USB port
Macintosh OS X
G4 1 GHz or higher
Mac OS X 10.2.8 or later
512 MB RAM
One Native USB port
*Home and Professional Edition only. Windows Media Center Edition is not
currently supported.
**Session does not support video cards based on any of the following chipsets:
S3/VIA UniChrome, SiS EL315, Matrox
Please also check the minimum system requirements for third party software
applications that are to be used with your new M-Audio hardware, as they may be
greater than the above.
Installation and Setup Overview for Windows
It is important that installation and setup take place in the following sequence (these
steps are explained in detail in following chapters):
1. Install the Session music creation software. This software enables support for
the Fast Track USB audio interface, and must be installed before Fast Track
USB is connected.
2. Connect the Fast Track USB audio interface. This device not only serves as a
high performance USB audio interface, but also as the copy protection key for
Session. Fast Track USB must be connected for Session to launch.
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Session Installation for Windows
NOTE: If you have already connected your Fast Track USB audio interface to your
computer, please disconnect it before beginning the Session software installation.
Leave the Fast Track disconnected until instructed to connect it.
1. Insert the M-Audio Session DVD-ROM into your computer’s DVD-ROM drive.
2. The computer will automatically display the install screen If your computer fails
.
to launch the installer, manually start it by clicking on Start > My Computer >
Session.
3. Follow the software installer’s on-screen direction prompts.
4. Session comes with a
large library of loops and
instrument samples for
music creation, known as
Session Content. During the
installation process, you will
be asked if you would like to
install this content, as well
as the Session Application,
and the driver for the Fast
Track USB audio interface.
You must select the Session
Application and the Fast Track
USB options in order to use
Session.
NOTE: Session’s Factory Content Library requires approximately 4 GB of disk
space and may take as long as 30 minutes to install. This behavior is normal.
If you do not have 4 GB of disk space available, you can choose not to install
the Session Content, but you will then have to place the Session DVD in your
DVD-ROM drive whenever you run Session. Accessing Session’s content via
the DVD-ROM drive results in slightly slower computer performance, and if the
required hard drive space is available, installing the Session Content on your
computer’s hard drive is recommended.
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5. At various points in this installation process, you may be notified that the driver being
installed has not passed Windows Logo Testing, or asked whether the program you
wish to run is a trusted application. Click Continue Anyway or Install to proceed with
installation.
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