electro-music.com   Dedicated to experimental electro-acoustic
and electronic music
 
    Front Page  |  Radio
 |  Media  |  Forum  |  Wiki  |  Links
Forum with support of Syndicator RSS
 FAQFAQ   CalendarCalendar   SearchSearch   MemberlistMemberlist   UsergroupsUsergroups   LinksLinks
 RegisterRegister   ProfileProfile   Log in to check your private messagesLog in to check your private messages   Log inLog in  Chat RoomChat Room 
 Forum index » News... » Gear News
Mackie Spike: A desktop solution for 24-bit/96kHz audio
Post new topic   Reply to topic
Page 1 of 1 [3 Posts]
View unread posts
View new posts in the last week
Mark the topic unread :: View previous topic :: View next topic
Author Message
seraph
Editor
Editor


Joined: Jun 21, 2003
Posts: 12398
Location: Firenze, Italy
Audio files: 33
G2 patch files: 2

PostPosted: Sun Aug 22, 2004 5:49 am    Post subject: Mackie Spike: A desktop solution for 24-bit/96kHz audio Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Posted Image, might have been reduced in size. Click Image to view fullscreen.
Recording music on a Mac or PC just got exponentially easier with Spike, a complete digital recording solution from Mackie. Spike consists of the XD-2 USB 24-bit 96kHz Audio/MIDI Interface featuring clean, high-headroom Mackie mic preamps and onboard SHARC dynamics processing; incredibly easy-to-use Tracktion multitrack audio recording software with unlimited track count and VST plug-in support; and the Nomad Factory Blue Tubes Warmer Phaser plug-in. Quite simply, this is the easiest open-ended system for computer music production.

http://www.mackie.com/products/spike/

it looks very similar to the Digidesign M-Box Exclamation

_________________
homepage - blog - forum - youtube

Quote:
Don't die with your music still in you - Wayne Dyer
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website
mosc
Site Admin


Joined: Jan 31, 2003
Posts: 18197
Location: Durham, NC
Audio files: 212
G2 patch files: 60

PostPosted: Sun Aug 22, 2004 10:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Come packaged with Ableton Live - a nice feature I'd say...
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website AIM Address
Oskar



Joined: Jul 29, 2004
Posts: 1751
Location: Norway

PostPosted: Sun Aug 22, 2004 10:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

I'm an mBox user, and that's got a MAJOR problem as far as I'm concerned: It's USB powered, which means that the internal preamps become really saggy when they are fed rough transients. I know you're supposed to back off the gain, but then you lose the dynamics, so I had to take my old Mackie mixer out of the cupboard and put that in front of the mBox. That gives me three advatages:
- The signal has been "tamed" before entering the mBox
- I can utilise the mixers inserts to add compression before the mBox
- I can eq the signal in the analog domain. The eq plugs that come with ProTools LE are not very musical, and I don't at the moment have funds to buy third party stuff.
Anyway, the Spike looks interesting; I've had VERY good service from my Mackie mixer, and the mic pres in that little bugger are really good. Reckon if I'd been in the market for my first computer based recording setup, I'd be very tempted to go with the Spike.

_________________
Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice.
Lin Yutang (1895-1976)
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic   Reply to topic
Page 1 of 1 [3 Posts]
View unread posts
View new posts in the last week
Mark the topic unread :: View previous topic :: View next topic
 Forum index » News... » Gear News
Jump to:  

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You can download files in this forum


Forum with support of Syndicator RSS
Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group
Copyright © 2003 through 2009 by electro-music.com - Conditions Of Use