The Universal Sampler! Meet the new sampling centerpiece of
your studio. Mark of the Unicorn’s MachFive delivers the
balance of superb audio quality, speed of operation and
across the board compatibility. What does it do you ask?
Well, the best way to describe it is that it brings your sample
library into the 21st century! Not only does this Universal
Sampler actually sample, but it reads just about every format
known to man (including Akai, Roland, EMU, Giga, Emagic’s
EXS24, SampleCell, Creamware, HALion, Kurweil,REX), is
compatible with all the major audio formats, channel formats
AND plug-in formats. That’s right, this plug-in sampler will
work with MAS, VST, RTAS, Audio Units, HTDM and DXi
compatible DAWs! What’s more, you can actually save work
within MachFive while you’re working in one application such as
Digital Performer, then open it up and work inside of another
application such as Pro Tools. Amazing! While the sample
playback possibilities are impressive, MachFive also features
a TON of processing, editing and sampling capabilities as well.
It’s incredibly flexible, easy to use yet powerful and deep.
With support for 24-bit/192kHz audio, the sonic character is
solid and ready for the demands of today’s and tomorrow’s
artists and composers. It’s early to tell, but it looks like MOTU
has hit another home run!
In addition to the MachFive, MOTU also showed a pre-release
copy of Digital Performer running under Mac OS X! Free to
anyone who has purchased DP since December 1, 2002, this
version of DP includes Rewire support, Core MIDI, Core Audio
and Audio Units support as well. There are also a number of
QuickScribe (notation) improvements and additions. Due out
early this year (Q1 or Q2), this upgrade to DP is sure to mean
the end of OS9 for many musicians!
