MachFive2 Standalone not Launching

billf · Post by **billf** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 4:48 pm

I have just spent the past several weeks migrating from a PPC to an Intel Mac (which was completely unplanned, but that's another story). Anyway, I have most everything back up and running (including Unisyn thanks to some help from Magic Dave), but MachFive2 is giving me some fits. It's launches fine as a plugin, so it's working perfectly, but the standalone version yields nothing when I try to launch it. I've uninstalled twice and reinstalled, and that hasn't helped at all. So I'm scratching my head over this one. Here's the specs:

OSX 10.4.10
Intel Mac Dual 3.0
5 GB Ram
DP 5.12 and Logic Studio 8 run the MachFive2 plugin
MachFive 2.0

Anyone run into this?

RCory · Post by **RCory** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 8:44 pm

You'll need to install the 2.01 update.

carrythebanner · Post by **carrythebanner** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 4:49 am

Might as well follow up 2.0.1 with 2.0.2, as it seems to be an improvement for most (if not all).

RCory · Post by **RCory** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 2:59 pm

Is there a 2.02? I think I missed that...

Thanks for the heads up!

lukebxt · Post by **lukebxt** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 2:47 am

Dear Bill,

Same problem over here! I have contacted MOTU about this and several other issues but they have ignored this one completely. In my case M5 most recent uupgrade (v2.02) doesnt improve things at all!

If you come up with a solution let me know!

Luke

billf · Post by **billf** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 10:33 am

lukebxt wrote:Dear Bill,

Same problem over here! I have contacted MOTU about this and several other issues but they have ignored this one completely. In my case M5 most recent uupgrade (v2.02) doesnt improve things at all!

If you come up with a solution let me know!

Luke

hi Luke,

I'm still having the same problem even with the update. Fortunately the plugin runs fine in both DP and Logic, but standalone is not working.

frankymax · Post by **frankymax** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 12:01 pm

Hi Bill- I don't have an answer but I have a very similar setup to yours and I migrated from a PPC to an intel and M5 is running in standalone (so far, at least, knocking on wood). I don't know why the standalone wouldn't run - the only difference I see in our setups is I don't have Logic. I hope you get it sorted out.
-Frank

billf · Post by **billf** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 12:30 pm

frankymax wrote:Hi Bill- I don't have an answer but I have a very similar setup to yours and I migrated from a PPC to an intel and M5 is running in standalone (so far, at least, knocking on wood). I don't know why the standalone wouldn't run - the only difference I see in our setups is I don't have Logic. I hope you get it sorted out.
-Frank

Hi Frank,

Thanks for the info. I'm not sure why the standalone is borked on my system. It's more annoyance than anything as long as the plugin works. I've tried the uninstall, reinstall, upgrade technique twice, and no luck. But at least M52 works as a plugin, so all is not lost.

mjc · Post by **mjc** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 8:48 am

I'm having the same problem on my PPC: plugins work fine, standalone won't launch at all. Done all the upgrades and reinstalled - nada! Oh well!

Mike

Gear: G5 Dual 2Ghz, 6 GB RAM, OSX 10.51, Powercore PCI, 828 II, 896HD, DP5.12, MachFive 2.02

billf · Post by **billf** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 9:22 am

mjc wrote:I'm having the same problem on my PPC: plugins work fine, standalone won't launch at all. Done all the upgrades and reinstalled - nada! Oh well!

Mike

Gear: G5 Dual 2Ghz, 6 GB RAM, OSX 10.51, Powercore PCI, 828 II, 896HD, DP5.12, MachFive 2.02

Yep, the new versions did not help in the least. It really is the strangest thing, but thank god the plugin versions work.

bjornln · Post by **bjornln** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 9:57 am

billf wrote:
mjc wrote:I'm having the same problem on my PPC: plugins work fine, standalone won't launch at all. Done all the upgrades and reinstalled - nada! Oh well!

Mike

Gear: G5 Dual 2Ghz, 6 GB RAM, OSX 10.51, Powercore PCI, 828 II, 896HD, DP5.12, MachFive 2.02
Yep, the new versions did not help in the least. It really is the strangest thing, but thank god the plugin versions work.

Have you checked the Console for any logged messages ? You may have a clue there if you find anything.
I have a PPC, and it starts just fine...and I've heard people who runs MacPros without any problem
(The obvious question that I'm not gonna ask... iLok plugged in ?)

/B

mjc · Post by **mjc** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 12:05 pm

billf wrote

(The obvious question that I'm not gonna ask... iLok plugged in ?)

Nothing wrong with obvious questions billf!

Yep, iLok dongle is glowing good, software registered at iLok etc.

I'll check the Console log tomorrow, same time as I'm checking if DP 5.13 update will let me record audio again!!!

Meantime, back to planet Chardonnay....

Mike

mjc · Post by **mjc** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 3:35 am

Failing launch of standalone yields the following Console Message:

22/11/2007 11:10:59 com.apple.launchd[77] ([0x0-0x1f01f].com.motu.MachFive2[152]) Exited with exit code: 251

More of a Clouseau than a clue to one as technically blessed as myself, unfortunately!

I've posted a report to Tech Support, so there's at least one incoming Xmas missive to look forward to this year!!

Mike

bjornln · Post by **bjornln** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 4:57 am

mjc wrote:Failing launch of standalone yields the following Console Message:

22/11/2007 11:10:59 com.apple.launchd[77] ([0x0-0x1f01f].com.motu.MachFive2[152]) Exited with exit code: 251

More of a Clouseau than a clue to one as technically blessed as myself, unfortunately!

I've posted a report to Tech Support, so there's at least one incoming Xmas missive to look forward to this year!!

Mike

Have you tried re-installing M5.2.x ?
It's probably a good idea.

/B

mjc · Post by **mjc** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 5:55 am

bjornln wrote: Have you tried re-installing M5.2.x ?
It's probably a good idea.

Yep! Tried that - no good. Then re-installed updates - still nothing.

Mike