Fat Track FIREWIRE - TL Audio to Launch DO-F Interface

SarahTLA · 18th September 2008

I'm pleased to make known that we will be announcing our newly designed IEEE-1394 Firewire interface at the 125th AES convention in San Francisco 2nd – 5th October 2008.

The new interface will be compatible with the new M1-F 8 and 12 channel consoles and also TL Audio’s award winning Fat Track Tube Production Suite.

The DO-F is designed to offer an easy and high quality solution for interfacing TL Audio’s leading products with your Mac or PC based DAW.

With Plug and Play operation with OSX Apple Mac computers and 1 simple driver for Windows XP and Vista PC’s, configuration couldn’t be simpler.

The DO-F provides 24-bit operation at 44.1, 48, 88.2 and 96kHz sample rates, with high quality AD/DA conversion.

The DO-F allows you to access all inputs and outputs of the analogue hardware via just one Firewire cable, making it a tidy, portable and reliable system.

This also means that the Fat Track is no longer just a unique piece of hardware, it is now also able to be a unique interface and the true heart and soul of your DAW.

The DO-F is estimated to start shipping just in time for Christmas and the New Year and can be ordered to be pre-fitted to the Fat Track or new M1-F consoles.

Thanks,

Sarah ;-)

Field Marshall · 1st December 2008

How about a lil' more info? There's not a single trace of the DO-F on the TL Audio HP...

roc · 19th February 2009

What's up with the firewire, any news ?

Cutoff · 19th February 2009

Hope is available soon !!

sergioelectro · 21st February 2009

My distributor told me TL audio was going to stop the production of the Fat Track ? ?

Can you confirm me this ?

Sergio

antonbuys · 22nd February 2009

Hi Sarah,

I'd like to find out if there is a rack mount kit avalaible for the Fat Track? I saw one adverised here, is it an official TL Audio product, or 3rd party?

Thanks,
Anton

SarahTLA · 23rd February 2009

Hi guys,

Firstly, we are definitely NOT discontinuing the Fat track!!!

It is still doing very well and the Firewire card for the Fat Track and the M1-F's should be shipping first week of March. Web page will be coming shortly with full specs and the necessaries :-)

Regarding the rack kit, yes this is an official TL Audio add on kit and it lets you rack the Fat Track into a 7U space.

Thanks,

Sarah.

antonbuys · 24th February 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by SarahTLA

Hi guys,

Regarding the rack kit, yes this is an official TL Audio add on kit and it lets you rack the Fat Track into a 7U space.

Thanks,

Sarah.

Thanks Sarah,

I'm looking to use it to fit my Fat Track into an Argosy Raven console, so, it would be perfect.

Are there any images? There is no reference to it on TL Audio's website...

Anton

sergioelectro · 24th February 2009

Hello,

Just a litlle question to ask you guys owners of a Fat Track , IF your unit is working 100% perfect.
I am asking this because I bought a new unit 2 weeks ago, and got a problem on the sound on the jack main outputs: sometimes the sound drops or go lower, and then come back .
I am asking this because here another slutz GOT EXACTLY THE SAME PROBLEM.
I had to send the unit back to my seller so he sends it to TL AUDIO.

Thanks

Sergio

lore · 16th March 2009

Hi Sarah,
The firewire interface is already advertised in magazines , but no news on Tl Audio website .
any update ?

SarahTLA · 19th March 2009

The cards are in and in final testing, we are just waiting for the metal blanking plates for fitting... its all very exciting!

Product page will go live next week, and shipping will be very soon, backorder single card orders will go out first, products with pre fitted cards will start shipping in April.

Please email me with any further questions,

Thanks,

Sarah TLA

sarahyule (at) tlaudio (dot) co (dot) uk

lore · 7th April 2009

Hi Sarah,
still no news on your website ?

PKP · 17th April 2009

TL Audio DO-F - Firewire interface Card

lore · 17th April 2009

thanks !
any idea of the price?

Jorn Lavoll · 2nd December 2009

hows it working out for whoever has gotten this?

tonerowlabs · 24th December 2009

bump?

Jorn Lavoll · 25th December 2009

humptybumpty?

Jorn Lavoll · 18th March 2010

Anyone tried this yet?

SarahTLA · 18th March 2010

Hi Jorn,

Thought this news story may interest you.

Should be some magazine reviews coming soon too...

C-Swing gets "Fat" - TL Audio News

Sarah TLA.

depulse · 19th March 2010

I like the idea of the Fat Track but you have to do something about the price for the FW option. The Fat Track can be found for around 1000 Euros but adding the FW option brings it up to 1600 Euros, i.e. the same price range as the Allen & Heath ZED-R16, although it does not have tubes, it does provide with much more options and inputs.

SarahTLA · 19th March 2010

Dear depulse,

I understand your request and we would love to make it lower in price, but it is not possible, in fact it should be a lot more!

The card contains a number of AD/DA convertors that are the same as used by products like the Lynx Aurora - very high end quality conversion. We also use quality Bridgeco chipsets and all cards are manufactured and designed in Europe.

On the Fat Track FW you get a tracking, summing, monitoring and mix down, compact, fully analogue tube unit, with a high quality 4 / 10 FW device all in one!

The card was originally designed to with our M1F Tubetracker consoles which retail for several thousand pounds, but with some clever thought and engineering, we made it possible to do a card for the Fat Track to using the same lovely components.

On the M1F you can do up to 12 x 14 channels with a fully analogue tube mixing console over one firewire cable. Nice.

Let me know if you have more questions, or email TLA for a prompt response (dont always check online)

Thanks.

Sarah TLA

grainmachine · 24th March 2010

Hi Sarah

Wow, this has really taken some time ... it was supposed to be shipping Christmas 2008 ... then a little later I remember exchanging a bunch of mails with you about it & at that point it was supposed to be tested & ready to go and to be and shipping in a week or two ... that was well over a year ago ... then nothing ...

So it did actually come out then ?

How come I can't find any reviews anywhere ?
when did it actually make it into stores ? ...
how many have you sold ? strange that it is so invisible ...

A friend of mine bought a Fat Track a few months ago and at that time his dealer told him that he didn't think the card actually existed at all... !!!

I'm actually still quite interested, but need some feedback from people with real world feedback, since the card REALLY isn't that cheap ...

Can you point me to any reviews, tests, forums, anything at all ????

Jorn Lavoll · 27th April 2010

anything?

grainmachine · 28th April 2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jorn Lavoll

anything?

i'm subscribed to this thread, so i saw it was updated there ... but ...
"anything ?" is apparently still the question ...

and the answer is ...

?

sarah ?

anybody ?

Maspro · 14th May 2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by grainmachine

i'm subscribed to this thread, so i saw it was updated there ... but ...
"anything ?" is apparently still the question ...

and the answer is ...

?

sarah ?

anybody ?

Hi Grainmachine,

Sarah is not longer with Tlaudio.
I was contacting her and 4/5 days ago I got an email from TL Audio saying so.
I am having a lot of issues with the DO-F card.
I cannot use the DO-F at samplerates above48 kHz. my computer freezes.
I waited so long for the card and now...

18th September 2008	#1
SarahTLA Gear Head Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 54 Thread Starter	Fat Track FIREWIRE - TL Audio to Launch DO-F Interface I'm pleased to make known that we will be announcing our newly designed IEEE-1394 Firewire interface at the 125th AES convention in San Francisco 2nd – 5th October 2008. The new interface will be compatible with the new M1-F 8 and 12 channel consoles and also TL Audio’s award winning Fat Track Tube Production Suite. The DO-F is designed to offer an easy and high quality solution for interfacing TL Audio’s leading products with your Mac or PC based DAW. With Plug and Play operation with OSX Apple Mac computers and 1 simple driver for Windows XP and Vista PC’s, configuration couldn’t be simpler. The DO-F provides 24-bit operation at 44.1, 48, 88.2 and 96kHz sample rates, with high quality AD/DA conversion. The DO-F allows you to access all inputs and outputs of the analogue hardware via just one Firewire cable, making it a tidy, portable and reliable system. This also means that the Fat Track is no longer just a unique piece of hardware, it is now also able to be a unique interface and the true heart and soul of your DAW. The DO-F is estimated to start shipping just in time for Christmas and the New Year and can be ordered to be pre-fitted to the Fat Track or new M1-F consoles. Thanks, Sarah ;-) __________________ “Inspire. Create. Be The Best With TL Audio” Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/TL-Audio-Ltd/54847133607 Twitter: http://twitter.com/tlaudio My Blog: http://sarahyulesaudiokitchen.blogspot.com/

22nd February 2009	#6
antonbuys Gear maniac Joined: Mar 2007 Location: Taiwan Posts: 196	Rack Mount Kit for Fat Track? Hi Sarah, I'd like to find out if there is a rack mount kit avalaible for the Fat Track? I saw one adverised here, is it an official TL Audio product, or 3rd party? Thanks, Anton __________________ www.melissabuys.com I have more than I need, but not nearly as much as I want! - Anton Reverb Nation youtube facebook

19th March 2010	#20
depulse Lives for gear Joined: Oct 2008 Location: Europe Posts: 717	I like the idea of the Fat Track but you have to do something about the price for the FW option. The Fat Track can be found for around 1000 Euros but adding the FW option brings it up to 1600 Euros, i.e. the same price range as the Allen & Heath ZED-R16, although it does not have tubes, it does provide with much more options and inputs. __________________ Gear: FocusritePro40+Octopre2, MackieOnyx32, Korg TritonExtr+MOSS+EX800+TRRack, Roland XV5080+D550+MKS7+MKS50+MKS70+MKS80+S550+JP8080+Juno60+JD990+DR660, NordRack2, ATC1, ESQM, Yamaha A5k+An1x+TX802+TG77+TX7+MotifRackES, Akai S5k+MPC1k, Blofeld, Pulse, Mopho, Indigo2, ESynth, Emax, Rogue, MachineDrum, KawaiR100, ProOne, Drumulator, M1AM1, Linndrum, CZ101, CR78 Effects: API 512C+525, Boss SE50+SE70+CE300, UAD2Duo, Powercore, SRV330, MPX550, Rev2496, 1204, DP2, Filterbank, 9010, 1178clone

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1st December 2008	#2
Field Marshall Gear nut Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 88	How about a lil' more info? There's not a single trace of the DO-F on the TL Audio HP...

19th February 2009	#3
roc Gear addict Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 328	What's up with the firewire, any news ?

19th February 2009	#4
Cutoff Gear Head Joined: Jun 2006 Location: Belgium Posts: 39	Hope is available soon !!

21st February 2009	#5
sergioelectro Lives for gear Joined: Apr 2005 Location: France Posts: 520	My distributor told me TL audio was going to stop the production of the Fat Track ? ? Can you confirm me this ? Sergio

23rd February 2009	#7
SarahTLA Gear Head Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 54 Thread Starter	Hi guys, Firstly, we are definitely NOT discontinuing the Fat track!!! It is still doing very well and the Firewire card for the Fat Track and the M1-F's should be shipping first week of March. Web page will be coming shortly with full specs and the necessaries :-) Regarding the rack kit, yes this is an official TL Audio add on kit and it lets you rack the Fat Track into a 7U space. Thanks, Sarah.

24th February 2009	#9
sergioelectro Lives for gear Joined: Apr 2005 Location: France Posts: 520	Hello, Just a litlle question to ask you guys owners of a Fat Track , IF your unit is working 100% perfect. I am asking this because I bought a new unit 2 weeks ago, and got a problem on the sound on the jack main outputs: sometimes the sound drops or go lower, and then come back . I am asking this because here another slutz GOT EXACTLY THE SAME PROBLEM. I had to send the unit back to my seller so he sends it to TL AUDIO. Thanks Sergio

16th March 2009	#10
lore Gear maniac Joined: Jan 2009 Location: Brussels Posts: 177	Hi Sarah, The firewire interface is already advertised in magazines , but no news on Tl Audio website . any update ?

19th March 2009	#11
SarahTLA Gear Head Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 54 Thread Starter	The cards are in and in final testing, we are just waiting for the metal blanking plates for fitting... its all very exciting! Product page will go live next week, and shipping will be very soon, backorder single card orders will go out first, products with pre fitted cards will start shipping in April. Please email me with any further questions, Thanks, Sarah TLA sarahyule (at) tlaudio (dot) co (dot) uk

7th April 2009	#12
lore Gear maniac Joined: Jan 2009 Location: Brussels Posts: 177	Hi Sarah, still no news on your website ?

17th April 2009	#13
PKP Gear maniac Joined: Nov 2008 Location: Espoo, Finland Posts: 175	TL Audio DO-F - Firewire interface Card

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Jorn Lavoll Gear maniac Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 180	hows it working out for whoever has gotten this?

24th December 2009	#16
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18th March 2010	#18
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24th March 2010	#22
grainmachine Gear Head Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 71	Hi Sarah Wow, this has really taken some time ... it was supposed to be shipping Christmas 2008 ... then a little later I remember exchanging a bunch of mails with you about it & at that point it was supposed to be tested & ready to go and to be and shipping in a week or two ... that was well over a year ago ... then nothing ... So it did actually come out then ? How come I can't find any reviews anywhere ? when did it actually make it into stores ? ... how many have you sold ? strange that it is so invisible ... A friend of mine bought a Fat Track a few months ago and at that time his dealer told him that he didn't think the card actually existed at all... !!! I'm actually still quite interested, but need some feedback from people with real world feedback, since the card REALLY isn't that cheap ... Can you point me to any reviews, tests, forums, anything at all ????

27th April 2010	#23
Jorn Lavoll Gear maniac Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 180	anything?