MachFive 3 at NAMM

[joker77]

Hi mhschmieder,
Thanks for the extra info..but this isn't confusing.I actually did this crossgrade from Emulator X2 to Mach Five 2.A simple pdf is all I sent in,I don't recall if it showed a serial number of my Emu manual,but nonetheless it worked and they shipped it fast. The Motu support is very helpful as well.I would suggest potential customers who meet the upgrade/crossgrade option to contact Magic Dave @ Motu,he's very quick to respond.
sales@motu.com

[corbo-billy]

What do they mean by first page (page 1) ?
Here is the first page of the PDF of my French manual: is it enough ?
I think I didn't understand!

[joker77]

Hi,
YES it should be, and btw The best advise I can tell ya is to contact sales@motu.com, send them a message tonight.My Emu pdf manual was what got me in the door with them and Mach Five 2.

[joker77]

Hoping to hear soon from Motu regarding the upgrade pricing. Again for new users,if you buy Mach Five v2 in the next two weeks,you'll get Mach Five v3 for free,that's a nice gift I think! So I wonder what previous Mach Five 2 owners will have to pay? If anyone gets the details,post them here..thanks

[b-righteous]

The pricing from v1 to v2 was $195.00 as a reference. Would not be surprised if it is similar to v3.

[mhschmieder]

Oh, I guess we need to be conscious of shipping time and registration deadlines then.

Sweetwater is out of stock but expecting more soon. I think Pro Audio Solutions and Musicians Friend have the cross-grade copy in stock.

[mhschmieder]

I ordered the Mach Five V2 competitive upgrade from Guitar Center tonight, and sent an email to sales@motu.com regarding the five eligible products I own and the expected delivery date that will probably be just past the window of time for the free V3 update.

I don't know how to snip a single page from a PDF document without owning a PDF Writer app (e.g. Acrobat Pro), so I guess I'll have to find time to Google the subject tomorrow, unless someone knows how to do this.

I sure hope I don't get caught up in some procedural nonsense that disqualifies the free V3 update, but I have always had good luck with MOTU -- though I have generally used the telephone vs. email, so am slightly more nervous this time due to the email suggestion.

[mhschmieder]

I got an immediate response from Magic Dave (Roberts), so all is good.

As for Version 3, I'm guessing it's an entirely new set of content that completely replaces the content in Version 2.

Also, I have high hopes that this update, and the recent update to Ethno, means a new Symphonic Instrument is coming soon. I sold mine long ago after getting VSL, but was overly optimistic that good sources of historic instruments would show up quickly. I would love it if MOTU released a Symphonic Instrument 2 that included even more Baroque and Renaissance instruments. The few that are out there are mostly 80's-era low-resolution single-velocity.

[MIDI Life Crisis]

I wonder if it will be Intel only... hope not.

[mhschmieder]

The answer to that is probably found in Ethno 2's requirements. They share the same updated UVI engine, do they not?

[Frodo]

I don't know how to snip a single page from a PDF document without owning a PDF Writer app (e.g. Acrobat Pro), so I guess I'll have to find time to Google the subject tomorrow, unless someone knows how to do this.

Open the PDF in Preview and then choose Print (command-P)

Select the print range from "1 to 1" (or whatever the page happens to be)

Save "as PDF".

No need for Acrobat Pro.

[mhschmieder]

Hah; good old recursion at work -- I figured that would produce the same document all over again! Most likely though, I'm already done OR will need to mail a printout of the first page by mail (I'll know soon).

[joker77]

Motu please grant us a bit more details on the instruments/content please

[mhschmieder]

I went ahead and installed on the Mach Five 2 content last night, even though it appears it is being 100% replaced in version 3(?).

Disc Two gave me trouble, but on the fifth try it got all the way through. It was totally scratched up, even though it was firmly secured in its socket inside the package. Bizarre.

registration went without a hitch, and the product works fine.

I did try some Ethno patches in Mach Five, but decided I prefer the Ethno interface for those patches as well as what seems to be a faster loading time (and immediate/direct access to the patches vs. having to load the monolith via the file browser in Mach Five first).

It will be interesting to see if things like Ethno load differently in Mach FIve version 3, given the direction that "mother ship" products like Kontakt and Atmosphere (as well as PLAY) have gone in, regarding the virtual absorption of the GUI's of subsidiary libraries/products.

[FutureLegends]

Someone over at Gearsluts posted this video of the entire (?) Magic Dave NAMM presentation of M5v3:
http://www.gearwire.com/motu-machfive-3 ... -2011.html
Sorry if it's already been posted here already.