<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785897071792910311</id><updated>2012-03-08T13:09:34.952-08:00</updated><category term='copper'/><category term='strat'/><category term='Fast Track Pro'/><category term='ALSA'/><category term='shield'/><category term='interference'/><category term='aluminum'/><category term='Debian'/><category term='Real Time'/><category term='Linux'/><category term='fender'/><category term='hum'/><category term='Mixbus'/><category term='24 bit'/><category term='Kernel'/><category term='Ubuntu'/><category term='EMI'/><category term='Ardour'/><category term='noise'/><title type='text'>Joe Giampaoli</title><subtitle type='html'>Some bits of everything thrown here and there, although I'm not sure where these bits come from.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joegiampaoli.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5785897071792910311/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joegiampaoli.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Joe Giampaoli</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08342786032569371797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4rCU26GzaxQ/Twy6IxneqOI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/VhxoRD0MGfs/s220/111.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785897071792910311.post-3184823513880636889</id><published>2011-06-16T17:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2012-01-27T03:58:01.831-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mixbus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ALSA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Real Time'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Linux'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kernel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Debian'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='24 bit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fast Track Pro'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ardour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ubuntu'/><title type='text'>M-Audio Fast Track Pro for Debian Linux @ 24 bit with RT Kernel</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;PART I - INTRODUCTION&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Fast Track Pro by M-Audio is a really nice USB Audio interface, although small, it can perform well in a professional environment. I was given one of these a while back by one of my best web design clients and good &lt;a href="http://www.lesliehallpinder.com/" target="_blank"&gt;friend&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The basic specs on this device are:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;24-bit/96kHz audio interface with dual mic/instrument preamps &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Balanced/unbalanced analog I/O &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;S/PDIF coaxial; MIDI I/O &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;¼” headphone output with level control and A/B source switch&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;a href="http://joegiampaoli.blogspot.com/2011/06/m-audio-fast-track-pro-for-debian-linux.html#more"&gt;Read more »&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5785897071792910311-3184823513880636889?l=joegiampaoli.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joegiampaoli.blogspot.com/feeds/3184823513880636889/comments/default' 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term='copper'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='aluminum'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='strat'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EMI'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fender'/><title type='text'>Shielding a Strat Guitar to Eliminate Hum and EMI Noise</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;For those of you who have a single coil pickup guitar or have had one such as a Fender Stratocaster or Fender Telecaster, know what a nice instrument it is and its trademark tone, but also know how noisy it can get, not like humbucker guitars, especially if played through high gains and heavy distortions.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://joegiampaoli.blogspot.com/2011/06/shielding-strat-guitar-to-eliminate-hum.html#more"&gt;Read more »&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div 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