Who here has purchased Spike since the price drop to 249$?
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- KVRist
- 48 posts since 16 Jun, 2005
I think the Presonus could make for a very enjoyable threesome.
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- KVRAF
- 1820 posts since 28 Mar, 2005
remember fellas, the spike is only a package deal. it was put together to sell hardware. that's the reason they took on tracktion and ableton, because they needed something cheap to throw in to lure customers into the world of home recording on their hardware... simply.
it's my thought that one should think carefully about the purchases that they make and read thoroughly the specs to make sure that they are going to be able to use other softwares and products with the hardware they buy from such promotions.
coming from pt le, i was looking for something that didn't limit me in the aoftwares that i could use, so i went with the onyx. the only software that i know of that won't work 100% with the onyx card is audition. but i may be wrong there as well.. ...and who really cares?
all im saying is, expect the prducts to shift around surrounding that hardware that was with spike. they're (mackie) still in their infancy stage of getting into the home recording market. don't expect perfection from them right away... they're still cutting teeth.
that said, i love tracktion, i love my onyx and im happy with them both.
i'd have never bought spike... never.. it looked like trouble, even in the ad, lol!
it's my thought that one should think carefully about the purchases that they make and read thoroughly the specs to make sure that they are going to be able to use other softwares and products with the hardware they buy from such promotions.
coming from pt le, i was looking for something that didn't limit me in the aoftwares that i could use, so i went with the onyx. the only software that i know of that won't work 100% with the onyx card is audition. but i may be wrong there as well.. ...and who really cares?
all im saying is, expect the prducts to shift around surrounding that hardware that was with spike. they're (mackie) still in their infancy stage of getting into the home recording market. don't expect perfection from them right away... they're still cutting teeth.
that said, i love tracktion, i love my onyx and im happy with them both.
i'd have never bought spike... never.. it looked like trouble, even in the ad, lol!
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- KVRist
- 48 posts since 16 Jun, 2005
Just for the record, my Spike has not been "fraught with problems" or "troublesome". It runs glitch-free on my system at 44.1kHz (P4 2.4, AsusP4P8, 1GB RAM, XP SP2) and I've run demos of Live and Cubase without a hitch. I think most people in the market for a audio interface DO go through the specs and probably agonise over the decision. I know I did. The Onyx 400F no doubt kicks Spike's pointy arse, but it will set you back about €900.
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- KVRian
- 664 posts since 5 Jun, 2005
Yes, actually, there's only one poster in this thread with a personal, negative experience with it, which seems like the consequence of a known incompatibility. Spike really is a solid piece of gear - I hotplug it all the time, yet it hasn't let me down once.doffenheim wrote:Just for the record, my Spike has not been "fraught with problems" or "troublesome". It runs glitch-free on my system at 44.1kHz (P4 2.4, AsusP4P8, 1GB RAM, XP SP2) and I've run demos of Live and Cubase without a hitch. I think most people in the market for a audio interface DO go through the specs and probably agonise over the decision. I know I did. The Onyx 400F no doubt kicks Spike's pointy arse, but it will set you back about €900.
The fact that they advertised it as capable of 96kHz still pisses me off a bit though.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 4908 posts since 10 Aug, 2004 from Colorado Springs
Over on the official Mackie forums, spike gets pretty poor reviews.krank wrote:Yes, actually, there's only one poster in this thread with a personal, negative experience with it, which seems like the consequence of a known incompatibility. Spike really is a solid piece of gear - I hotplug it all the time, yet it hasn't let me down once.doffenheim wrote:Just for the record, my Spike has not been "fraught with problems" or "troublesome". It runs glitch-free on my system at 44.1kHz (P4 2.4, AsusP4P8, 1GB RAM, XP SP2) and I've run demos of Live and Cubase without a hitch. I think most people in the market for a audio interface DO go through the specs and probably agonise over the decision. I know I did. The Onyx 400F no doubt kicks Spike's pointy arse, but it will set you back about €900.
The fact that they advertised it as capable of 96kHz still pisses me off a bit though.
I would love to believe that it works flawlessly, but there seems way to many people that are having issues - perhaps they are the only ones who post.
It's good to see that yours is working krank. Do you mind sharing some of your other specs on your machine(s) you use it with?
-Scott
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- KVRer
- 10 posts since 26 Nov, 2004
We are working on improving the usability of 96k on spike with T2 and hope to have some news soon.
Spike works with most systems well, I use one at home with my Mac G5 and Dual AMD PC. There are reports of problems with certain PC mother boards but this unfortunately is a problem with specific usb implementations, and we are working to identify them so we can see if a fix is possible - and many other usb devices have similar problems.
Firewire is a better platform for audio - less latency and more robust drivers and more bandwidth. USB 2.0 still lacks good drivers. For many usb is still the best solution if they are using older hardware etc.
Ken
Spike works with most systems well, I use one at home with my Mac G5 and Dual AMD PC. There are reports of problems with certain PC mother boards but this unfortunately is a problem with specific usb implementations, and we are working to identify them so we can see if a fix is possible - and many other usb devices have similar problems.
Firewire is a better platform for audio - less latency and more robust drivers and more bandwidth. USB 2.0 still lacks good drivers. For many usb is still the best solution if they are using older hardware etc.
Ken
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- KVRian
- 664 posts since 5 Jun, 2005
A 1.2GHz iBook. I should add that I haven't used midi or s/pdif, only the instrument input.rockstar_not wrote:It's good to see that yours is working krank. Do you mind sharing some of your other specs on your machine(s) you use it with?
-Scott
Ken, I'm glad to hear that you're looking into the 96kHz issue - I hope this isn't limited to improving its usability with T2?
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- KVRer
- 10 posts since 26 Nov, 2004
No other vst type DAWs support 96k over usb so until they do (and no one else does 96k hardware (at least not that I know of) for usb 1.1. So for now we are working on 96k support in T2 only. But hopefully we can get that working well.
Ken
Ken
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- KVRian
- 664 posts since 5 Jun, 2005
Eh... what?kpbpsw wrote:No other vst type DAWs support 96k over usb so until they do (and no one else does 96k hardware (at least not that I know of) for usb 1.1.
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- KVRian
- 649 posts since 18 Dec, 2004
The Edirol UA-25 supports 24 bit/96 kHz over USB 1.1. Because of USB 1.1 bandwidth limitations, you can only record or play back at that setting.kpbpsw wrote:No other vst type DAWs support 96k over usb so until they do (and no one else does 96k hardware (at least not that I know of) for usb 1.1. So for now we are working on 96k support in T2 only. But hopefully we can get that working well.
Ken