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by gblock
Thu Jan 25, 2007 9:10 am
Forum: MachFive
Topic: So, Winter NAMM attendees...
Replies: 46
Views: 5381

I don't know what the cause is; I'm not sure I'm going to care. I'll keep my M5 license around in case they finally sort everything out... But the new feature announcements and immediate availability of Independence have won me out. Box should arrive over the next couple of days. If M5 comes out and...
by gblock
Fri Mar 24, 2006 12:00 pm
Forum: MachFive
Topic: MachFive in a Nutshell-- POLL
Replies: 98
Views: 11015

Unfortunately: a 2. 1) I'm on the AudioUnit version, and so I'm missing features that many of the RTAS folk have access to. 2) It's glitchy. 3) I'm demoralized by the complete lack of updates to the product. Which is a shame, because I do like the sound of it - but I'm afraid it hasn't managed to re...
by gblock
Wed Feb 01, 2006 11:08 am
Forum: MachFive
Topic: mach 5 II still not yet
Replies: 93
Views: 8458

I use this example often, but look at the way Bose does things. It's different. They make "things". Things have a huge amount of cost to develop and prototype, but then you've got to engineer for mass production after that. Things can't be updated once they're out of the factory, so there...
by gblock
Wed Feb 01, 2006 11:03 am
Forum: MachFive
Topic: mach 5 II still not yet
Replies: 93
Views: 8458

Look at Ableton Live... Man, thier product is strong... Its fairly much like a tank.. I think that these guys are doing the right thing. Everybody has a hard ship now and then; however, broad quality control problems are a sign of underlying problems in quality control during development, not just ...
by gblock
Wed Feb 01, 2006 10:13 am
Forum: General Macintosh
Topic: UNIX executable files
Replies: 2
Views: 385

OS X moves towards a more endings-based environment. If you've got lots of files, and some of those files don't have their source application available anymore for the 'historical' system of application association to work the same way, *and* those files don't have extensions, you can make it think ...
by gblock
Wed Feb 01, 2006 10:09 am
Forum: MachFive
Topic: mach 5 II still not yet
Replies: 93
Views: 8458

At this point? I'd rather have the option of playing roulette with different versions of the product. At least then I can pick and choose the set of bugs I want installed. :) Hopefully it'll come with a different sample library. I've got to be honest - I don't like what it came with. On the upside, ...
by gblock
Wed Feb 01, 2006 9:57 am
Forum: MachFive
Topic: Triggering Parts(Zones)
Replies: 4
Views: 394

I'm an old fan of Bitshift Audio's plugin for this; phatmatik pro. Won it, believe it or not, on one of those bizarre website competitions; now I kind of wonder how I ever got on without one. I hope M5 picks up on these features as well - it's in the spec list, I guess, but there's no telling how us...
by gblock
Sun Jan 29, 2006 3:15 pm
Forum: MOTU Theoretical Discussions, Gripes, Petitions & Off Topic
Topic: State of the Unicorn...
Replies: 31
Views: 3662

Well... I have problems too but I try to read the manual and then if there's something that I just can't grasp, then I look to this great bunch here to help me and I try not to have conjecture when I ask a question so I don't catch too much flack he he. I'm not the most savvy guy out there but ther...
by gblock
Sat Jan 28, 2006 4:55 pm
Forum: General Macintosh
Topic: DP 4 Kicks Me Out In New Imac G5 With Intel Processors
Replies: 22
Views: 2366

Rosetta won't run if an application requires Altivec engine to be present (most well-optimized PPC music apps use Altivec) or if an application turns directly to hardware (this includes Audio/MIDI drivers). Sidenote: While there may be lots of problems, this shouldn't be one of them. Altivec emulat...
by gblock
Sat Jan 28, 2006 4:49 pm
Forum: MachFive
Topic: Multiple Audio Outputs in Mach 5 = impossible?
Replies: 14
Views: 1429

Tried MachFive at my local dealer and he could not assign anything else than main out from MachFive into Logic either. I just scratched my head on this one... I could have sworn I had this working. Actually, I'm totally wrong. :) There's specific mention that AudioUnit hosts don't get multiple outs...
by gblock
Sat Jan 28, 2006 4:32 pm
Forum: MOTU Theoretical Discussions, Gripes, Petitions & Off Topic
Topic: State of the Unicorn...
Replies: 31
Views: 3662

If the guy is having problems and posts them here, I see that as asking for help, not just a bitch session. I don't know what it is; to be honest, I'm upset. If I've been stupid, I've been stupid. I'm at least partially upset that I came here and read, then bought, then felt totally unprepared for ...
by gblock
Sat Jan 28, 2006 3:09 pm
Forum: MOTU Theoretical Discussions, Gripes, Petitions & Off Topic
Topic: State of the Unicorn...
Replies: 31
Views: 3662

Actually, you know what bugs me more? Write something honest, wearing your heart on your sleeve and feeling a bit gutted, and... and suddenly feeling like somebody's just slammed a door in your face for darkening their doorstep. ...*and* moving your post, just to prove the point. Looks like I will h...
by gblock
Sat Jan 28, 2006 3:07 pm
Forum: MOTU Theoretical Discussions, Gripes, Petitions & Off Topic
Topic: State of the Unicorn...
Replies: 31
Views: 3662

I don't think I was missing the point. Looks like you did post here just to bitch. I came here, before, to find out what I might expect from the product. I came here after to (amongst other things, but in this specific post) voice my disappointment. What, you want me to wear fluffy ears and smile a...
by gblock
Sat Jan 28, 2006 1:17 pm
Forum: MOTU Theoretical Discussions, Gripes, Petitions & Off Topic
Topic: State of the Unicorn...
Replies: 31
Views: 3662

DP2.5GHz, 2G ram, 120G disk, running (now) 1.2.3 of Mach Five. Logic 7.1.1. But you're missing the point. - The box ships with an invalidatable 1.2 version of the plugin - The download of 1.2.3 doesn't validate *either*, and you have to go hunting to find out why. - I've got reproducible crashes on ...
by gblock
Sat Jan 28, 2006 10:46 am
Forum: MOTU Theoretical Discussions, Gripes, Petitions & Off Topic
Topic: State of the Unicorn...
Replies: 31
Views: 3662

State of the Unicorn...

How... disappointing. I'd expected a lot better than this. 1) Get it home and install. Crashes during validation. 2) Upgrade - still crashes during validation. Dig through tech support to find out that this is "normal" behaviour - but they certainly didn't take the time to either add a not...