 Motu Mach Five - Anybody Using It? Is It Our Yet?, MOTU Mach Five sampler |
 Tue 8 Jul 2003, 18:04
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Anybody using the Mach Five sampler yet? Is it available? I know MOTU had said available end of June but you know them....
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Thu 29 Apr 2004, 11:59
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Bought this about a week ago, now I consider returning it. The hardware copy protection (iKey dongle) makes the software almost unusable on a PowerBook: you have to carry the dongle around, everytime you launch an app that understands Audio Units, MachFive searches for the dongle, no matter if you want to use the sampler (say, in Garage Band) or not. Wrote an AppleScript to activate/deactivate the plug in - messy. MOTU makes it more convenient to use a pirated version than a purchased copy - not smart. The Pace copy protection messes with the system - it installs a kernel extension (!!!) and startup items in system/library (not home/library!!). Overall performance and startup time of the PowerBook have suffered since installing MachFive. All of the samples that come with the app are quite conservative (GM sounds, pianos, organs...), only a handful of them sound really good. Using more than one sound at a time results in regular processor spikes (-> drop outs, distortion), even after optimising all recommended settings (buffer, number of voices etc.). Loading presets is buggy. The EQs are unintuitive. Poor manual. No information about the sample format used (tags etc).
Not recommended. 1GHz 12" PowerBook G4 768 MB RAM DP4 as host app |
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TiguerSound Motu Mach Five - Anybody Using It? Is It Our Yet? Tue 8 Jul 2003, 18:04
renell A forum post over at osxaudio.com claims that Mach... Wed 9 Jul 2003, 11:04 soundesignr I purchased Mach Five about a month ago, but haven... Thu 27 Nov 2003, 01:22 lepetitmartien we have already a few users that have been a bit t... Thu 27 Nov 2003, 05:13 mook noodler I got MachFive about a week ago. I'm diggin... Tue 9 Dec 2003, 08:50 azusa I've been using it for a while now. Like it a ... Tue 9 Dec 2003, 10:38 macdummy04 I am a software sampler newbie.
I use DP 4.11 in... Wed 7 Jan 2004, 16:32 joepp379 Hello I currently have MACH FIVE running under DP... Wed 7 Jan 2004, 21:51 azusa QUOTE (macdummy04 @ Jan 7 2004, 07:32)Are the... Thu 8 Jan 2004, 02:13 midilance It's quite possible that your drum sounds are ... Thu 8 Jan 2004, 18:02 Javier Calderon Hi all. I think I'm going to be getting DP 4 ... Sat 28 Feb 2004, 06:48 krisg I'll put another one in - kotakt. The three ar... Fri 26 Mar 2004, 09:02 sbolinger I'm currently using MachFive in ProTools LE 6.... Tue 20 Apr 2004, 03:01 jklimeck You are totally right, Mach 5 on a Power Book 1Ghz... Thu 29 Apr 2004, 17:41 Dave Bourke I don't own Mach 5, but I just thought I'd... Fri 30 Apr 2004, 12:15 stratology jklimeck, do you think the poor performance (proce... Fri 7 May 2004, 00:48 jklimeck I am not sure this is related to the UVI engine, I... Fri 7 May 2004, 01:01 stratology Dave, do you have any information about the new Mo... Mon 10 May 2004, 17:25
Dave Bourke I don't know about this one, Frank.
Sorry :-( Mon 10 May 2004, 18:33 |
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