Mach V ver.2 *review*!!

bkshepard · Post by **bkshepard** » Thu May 24, 2007 8:56 am

These two quotes from Steve Oppenheimer's "First Take" article at the front of EM are interesting.

...we discovered that two major products were entering beta testing and both would be shipping at or near our newstand date. (emphasis mine)

The big breakthrough came when, after careful negotiations, both Digidesign and MOTU agreed to give us early beta copies of their new software samplers. We had to wait until the companies were confident that the betas were reasonably stable...

Is it time to start holding my breath yet?

monkey man · Post by **monkey man** » Thu May 24, 2007 9:11 am

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Can't... talk...... holding... breath....

Doh!...... can't..... laugh........... holding... (gasp).... breath.

bkshepard · Post by **bkshepard** » Thu May 24, 2007 9:31 am

I'm startin' to turn blue here...

monkey man · Post by **monkey man** » Thu May 24, 2007 9:57 am

bkshepard wrote:I'm startin' to turn blue here...

At... least...... we're..... gasp...... still.......... alive......... for.... now...

RCory · Post by **RCory** » Thu May 24, 2007 11:50 am

*ssssiiiiiiggghhhhh*

Boy I sure need this ver2...it's such a great sampler..

SixStringGeek · Post by **SixStringGeek** » Thu May 24, 2007 2:03 pm

RCory wrote:Boy I sure need this ver2...it's such a great sampler..

Well, yeah - I don't have any sampler at all until it ships (OK - I've got the nano-sampler that comes with DP5 - but it seems kind of gimmicky).

Mach5 is the thing I'm waiting on to start this next project (and I want to retire a bunch of hardware drum boxes I've got laying around by sampling them).

RCory · Post by **RCory** » Thu May 24, 2007 4:09 pm

SixString -
Well you can certainly start sampling them! It's a long process!

RCory · Post by **RCory** » Thu May 24, 2007 4:14 pm

A few things from the review that caught my attention:

1) Standalone
2) option for separate window for waveform editing
3) open formats directly w/o converting first

SixStringGeek · Post by **SixStringGeek** » Fri May 25, 2007 5:52 pm

RCory wrote:SixString -
Well you can certainly start sampling them! It's a long process!

They're pretty old - not that many sounds to sample.

Perhaps a total of about 60.

thracks · Post by **thracks** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 4:35 pm

FYI, the review has now been posted online.

Scroll down to Mach 5 II review

MIDI Life Crisis · Post by **MIDI Life Crisis** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 4:53 pm

thracks wrote:FYI, the review has now been posted online.

Scroll down to Mach 5 II review

Basically, the review appears to be a list of features and interface gadgets. Apparently, the reviewer spent little to no time actually loading and playing samples and I wonder if it was written from documentation of actually running the software?

monkey man · Post by **monkey man** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 6:03 am

MIDI Life Crisis wrote:Basically, the review appears to be a list of features and interface gadgets. Apparently, the reviewer spent little to no time actually loading and playing samples and I wonder if it was written from documentation of actually running the software?

Agreed.
I couldn't find a single subjective comment.
When it's all hard fact, it's a dead giveaway, really.

Sue him, Gorilla, for masquerading as some sort of reviewer.

MIDI Life Crisis · Post by **MIDI Life Crisis** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 9:21 am

monkey man wrote:
Sue him, Gorilla, for masquerading as some sort of reviewer.

Sorry. I only sue for personal injury and infringement.

garymadi · Post by **garymadi** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 6:09 pm

MIDI Life Crisis wrote:
monkey man wrote:
Sue him, Gorilla, for masquerading as some sort of reviewer.
Sorry. I only sue for personal injury and infringement.

Please refer to Legal Issues post by James Steele.
You boys have been caught with you knickers down.

I think I see a pattern ':shock:'

MIDI Life Crisis · Post by **MIDI Life Crisis** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 6:20 pm

garymadi wrote:
MIDI Life Crisis wrote:
monkey man wrote:
Sue him, Gorilla, for masquerading as some sort of reviewer.
Sorry. I only sue for personal injury and infringement.
Please refer to Legal Issues post by James Steele.
You boys have been caught with you knickers down.

I think I see a pattern ':shock:'

No, you're wrong. James was referring to a specific, non-verified claim against a company, NOT legal issues in general. In fact, the instant discussion is so general and non-specific as to be innocuous. Search the forums for "legal" and you will find many posts. These are NOT what James was referring to in that single post you seem to be referring to.

Nice try. No cigar.

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Mach V ver.2 review!!