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Mackie Spike USB Audio Interface Inc Tracktion 2

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Mackie's new USB MIDI / Audio interface with Onboard SHARC chip for full channel dynamics & EQ with intuitive computer-based control - all without a drain on the host computer. Also includdes Tracktion 2 Software worth £99.00 totally free!

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Now Includes Tracktion 2, A fully fledged audio/MIDI sequencer totally FREE, Gratis and for nothing!!
(Normally £99.00)!!

We believe this is the best sub-£100.00 deal going! Why?.... Read On!
Fantastic Mic Pre's.
On-board DSP with inlcuded software.
Tracktion 2 Software Included free - Full Audio/MIDI sequencer!

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 with 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.

The XD-2 is a two-channel, mic/line/instrument USB audio and MIDI interface with 24-bit, 96kHz resolution, high quality internal effects for tracking and monitoring, and support for ASIO 2.0, WDM and OS X Core Audio. Its footprint may be small, but this compact interface offers great sound, channel dynamics & EQ for tracking and monitoring, and comes with enough software to get up and running right out of the box. Since the XD-2 has an onboard SHARC processor, it allows things like low-latency monitoring and powered dynamics processingall controllable via an intuitive on-screen graphic display.

Features:

  • 2-channel 24-bit/96k USB audio and MIDI interface for Mac or PC
  • 2 mic/line/instrument inputs with high-headroom Mackie mic preamps (XLR / TRS) 
  • Onboard SHARC chip for full channel dynamics & EQ with intuitive computer-based control - all without a drain on the host computer
  • Low-latency monitoring with effects
  • DSP available for mixdown
  • Easily fits in a laptop bag with unique, "swivel foot" design
  • +48v (Phantom Power)

Please note that Tracktion 2 is a free upgrade from Tracktion 1.5 that you receive when you register the product

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Mackie Spike USB Audio Interface Inc Tracktion 2 Reviews

1/10

Mackie Spike

— Michael December 9, 2006

I followed the installation instructions and it just kept crashing my computer. I contacted Mackie a few times to resolve the problem and they never bothered getting back to me.

7/10

Spike- easy desktop recording and mixing?

— Dave Richards January 29, 2006

As a studio and mobile user of the Mackie Onyx firewire interface, I bought the Spike in order to capture simple stereo recordings on the move with my Dolphin Music Hi- End laptop (highly recommended!).
It hasn't let me down once, and I find the sound quality good for such a low priced device.
It serves me beautifully as a mixdown interface, and the software dynamics processing is of good quality. The immediately to hand control of the monitor mix is a great bonus- one knob will balance the sound from the laptop against the zero latency foldback of the mic inputs- easy!
The only drawback I've found is the lack of urgency with which Mackie seem to upgrade firmware- I want 96khz now, not 2 years after buying a device which should already be capable.

All in all I've had a positive experience of using the Spike to work on mixes away from the studio, and I'm glad I bought it!

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1/10

Mackie Spike

— Mark McKee November 28, 2005

Mackie has departed from their rock solid dependability with the Spike, which works well enough on the Mac, but fails miserably in Windows XP. It is obvious that this is a poorly ported Mac-based system as it uses USB 1 and doesn't play the IRQ game well at all. Mackie should only offer this package for Mac users, as I haven't been able to find a single satisfied Windows user, outside of Mackie support, which makes claims of Spike running just fine on Windows. I smell a class action suit in the making.

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