Mach V ver.2 *review*!!

3over3 · Post by **3over3** » Wed May 16, 2007 5:40 am

Frodo wrote:I wonder if MOTU will ever offer an official explanation of the unusually long delay?

... despite all the whinging and gnashing of teeth, a free upgrade (with or without library) to a very good product will suffice for me.

monkey man · Post by **monkey man** » Wed May 16, 2007 10:00 am

Frodo wrote:
kurtl wrote:.. 32G sample library...
That alone is a brow raiser, considering that's almost four times the version 1 sound bundle.

Shouldn't be; I predicted this many times, after all.

I pointed out that most reviewers weren't impressed by the original library offering, and that MOTU would surely address this weakness in kind.
I've always said that it'll blow K2 away; remember the chants?
No need to chant now; MOTU magic is on its way! Yay!
Just watch MOTU dance their way onto the floor with this one...

Good ol' MOTU, and shame on all you nay-sayers.
RCory, go on, roll your eyes and sigh now, sucka!

You realise, of course, that I meant no malice by this, RC?
It's just that I've had to wait sooo long to say it! Sigh.

williemyers · Post by **williemyers** » Wed May 16, 2007 10:45 am

Frodo wrote: I wonder if MOTU will ever offer an official explanation of the unusually long delay?

my guess...it'll be the same explanation that they're giving for the MIDI problems in DP5 (a.k.a. deafening silence)

tblanchard · Post by **tblanchard** » Wed May 16, 2007 12:58 pm

mhschmieder wrote:I don't have an Intel Mac and have no plans of buying one any time soon. At this point, due to Leopard slipping, probably March 2008 agt the earliest. I'm more likely to buy a Muse Receptor instead.

As one who does software development for a day gig, the performance difference of a G5 vs a Core Duo is amazing. As soon as I could I upgraded my work machines. In particular, the second processor is a big help. On large compiles, both processors were fully utilized and the same build task was 2 minutes on the G5 vs about 20 sec on the lowly iMac Intel v1.

I can only imagine what life with the new 8 core mac pro is. Now we just need the software...

lordtoranaga · Post by **lordtoranaga** » Wed May 16, 2007 2:46 pm

this is exciting news, it has been a long wait.

I have long since sold my copy of mach5.

it was my favorite sampler, but it does not work w/ ableton live.

I really want to give it a try.

RCory · Post by **RCory** » Wed May 16, 2007 3:14 pm

monkey man wrote:
Good ol' MOTU, and shame on all you nay-sayers.
RCory, go on, roll your eyes and sigh now, sucka!

You realise, of course, that I meant no malice by this, RC?
It's just that I've had to wait sooo long to say it! Sigh.

A review is just a review.. *sigh* If only it could jump off the page and into my hard drive... oh wait... that's been the problem all along...

*sigh*
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MIDI Life Crisis · Post by **MIDI Life Crisis** » Wed May 16, 2007 3:19 pm

RCory wrote:...

A review is just a review.. *sigh* If only it could jump off the page and into my hard drive...

The fact that MachFive doesn't even appear on the MOTU splash page is not very promising. DP, Ethno and SI are prominent, but poor old M5 along with MX4 are just orphans...

Come to think of it, wasn't M5 the name of the computer in that old Star Trek episode where the computer is programmed to take over the ship and starts blasting away at the other star ships?

Frodo · Post by **Frodo** » Wed May 16, 2007 3:20 pm

monkey man wrote:
Frodo wrote:
kurtl wrote:.. 32G sample library...
That alone is a brow raiser, considering that's almost four times the version 1 sound bundle.
Shouldn't be; I predicted this many times, after all.
I pointed out that most reviewers weren't impressed by the original library offering, and that MOTU would surely address this weakness in kind.
I've always said that it'll blow K2 away; remember the chants?
No need to chant now; MOTU magic is on its way! Yay!
Just watch MOTU dance their way onto the floor with this one...

You predicted it, indeed, but confirmation always comes as music to ones ears. Call it elation. You could even call it vindication, in a sense. We don't always get what we hope for, but this is clearly a nice plus.

garymadi · Post by **garymadi** » Wed May 16, 2007 5:15 pm

3over3 wrote:
garymadi wrote:
the end of the Mayan Calendar

2012 for the calender I think, many thanks Bill.
Yup, I can confirm a Mayan I once met thinks it's 2012*, which explains why there's no Mayan team in the London Olympics**.

Hooray for Mach5v2012!

*This bit's true
** This bit's a weak attempt at a gag

I put the release copy of MachFive V2.0 in my will just in case the skydiving thing becomes an issue and I don't see 2012...see "This is what's up with MachFive according to MOTU 4-23-07" thread

thracks · Post by **thracks** » Wed May 16, 2007 8:44 pm

lordtoranaga wrote:this is exciting news, it has been a long wait.

I have long since sold my copy of mach5.

it was my favorite sampler, but it does not work w/ ableton live.

I really want to give it a try.

What problems with Live? I had a few at first but figured out how to get past it.

lordtoranaga · Post by **lordtoranaga** » Wed May 16, 2007 8:58 pm

no text in plug in window
unusable as vst or au.

this was version 4.

I om on 6.0.7 now and no longer have M5 so i cannot test it.

it worked real well in DP, but I switched to Live for compostion

3over3 · Post by **3over3** » Thu May 17, 2007 4:41 am

multiple post, sorry.

3over3 · Post by **3over3** » Thu May 17, 2007 4:43 am

multiple multiple post, sorry again.

3over3 · Post by **3over3** » Thu May 17, 2007 4:44 am

garymadi wrote:I put the release copy of MachFive V2.0 in my will just in case the skydiving thing becomes an issue and I don't see 2012...see "This is what's up with MachFive according to MOTU 4-23-07" thread

Sorry, I'm getting a bit confused - are you skydiving in the London 2012 Olympics? Is it a demonstration sport? Why do you use a sampler? Perhaps a parachute would be better? Or is software development also now an Olympic sport? Come on MOTU! Come on MOTU! Ooooh! etc.

thracks · Post by **thracks** » Thu May 17, 2007 11:46 am

lordtoranaga wrote:no text in plug in window
unusable as vst or au.

this was version 4.

I om on 6.0.7 now and no longer have M5 so i cannot test it.

it worked real well in DP, but I switched to Live for compostion

I'm using Live for composition as well. You'll be happy to know that Mach5 works fine with Live as an AU. So does MX4. You just have to make sure you have both the MAS and AU version installed to go between DP and Live.

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Mach V ver.2 review!!