Hi,
After a few weeks of testing and getting a feel for the KPA I'm left sitting on the fence as to whether to keep it or not. The main issues I'm struggling with are inter-related. That being the S/PDIF limitations and latency. I'm one of those people who is very sensitive to latency when playing solos due to the style of music I tend to play, along with my playing style and what I'm used to hearing when recording. Latency never crossed my mind when purchasing the KPA. I understandably assumed it had full S/PDIF capability and the performance would be at least as good as my ancient modelers. However, the last few days left me frustrated until I figured out what was happening. Then followed many hours of research on the forum and more testing. If my tests are correct the KPA is roughly 2.5x the latency of the older POD bean. This is mind boggling to me. Along with the S/PDIF limitations. The irony to all this is that the latency is reduced by a helpful amount when running S/PDIF - but S/PDIF is only supported under a restrictive set of circumstances.
I would hate to keep the KPA with the current limitations only to find out shortly thereafter that a KPA 2.0 is being released that "fixes" the issues at hand. Does anybody have any idea what the chances are of S/PDIF or latency improvements, or a KPA 2.0 on the horizon?
It's not a matter of IF I will own a KPA, rather only a question of when....
Sonic
**** UPDATE ****
Jump to thread #116 on page 6 if you wish to hear the resolution, it was not primarily due to latency. It was a niche situation unique to my DAW and interface.