MOTU MachFive 2 - MOTU MACHFIVE MOTU Symphonic Instrument Plug-In

MOTU MachFive 2 - MOTU MACHFIVE MOTU Symphonic Instrument Plug-In

MOTU MachFive 2 - MOTU MACHFIVE MOTU Symphonic Instrument Plug-In

MOTU's Symphony is fantastic. There may be better Orchestra plug-ins that will come out as time goes by and for all I know they'll be in 5.1 surround and take up 500GB on your hard drive, but for $300, I'll take the 8GB worth of sounds MOTU offers. All of the instruments sound beautiful, and even the hard-to-reproduce instruments such as saxophones, church organs and solo strings (violins, etc.) sound almost too real to be emulated by a sampling program like this. Effects like glissandos and trills are included for these instruments as well. The only disappointing sound group is the choir; it's perfectly serviceable for minor oohs and aahs along with a huge Wagnerian orchestra, but upon close listening, you can tell it's a keyboard. E for effort, though.
MOTU MachFive 2 - MOTU MACHFIVE MOTU Symphonic Instrument Plug-In

MOTU Mach MOTU MACHFIVE True Strike 2 Cinematic World & Effects Percussion

MOTU Mach  MOTU MACHFIVE True Strike 2 Cinematic World & Effects Percussion

MOTU Mach  MOTU MACHFIVE True Strike 2 Cinematic World & Effects Percussion

• Cinematic World & Effects Percussion library
• Build your percussive action cue, ground-shaking chase sequence, suspenseful cinematic scene or out-of-this-world fantasy track
• Over 52 individual world percussion instruments have been sampled, covering the following regions: Japanese/Asian, African and European/Turkish.
• True Strike 2 sounds in Giga, Kontakt, HALion 2, EXS24 & MachFive formats

 

True Strike 2 also offers you a wide variety of various small percussion. In all, True Strike 2 delivers you the powerful drums and special effects needed to build any percussive score. or True Strike 2, over 52 individual world percussion instruments have been sampled, covering the following regions: Japanese/Asian, African and European/Turkish. You will find okedo (taiko) drums, doundoun, udu, gomee, brekete, darabukas, bowls, bendirs, chappa from various regions, atarigane, kangagui bells and cajon. For all main instruments various idiomatic phrases are available. All world instruments have been recorded in studio or stage environments and are available in two microphone sets: close and room. True Strike 2 is a 24 bit Multi-format library, offering you 5 sample formats in one package: TASCAM Gigastudio 3, NI Kontakt 1.5, Steinberg HALion 2, Logic EXS24mkII and MOTU MachFive.  

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MOTU Mach  MOTU MACHFIVE True Strike 2 Cinematic World & Effects Percussion

MOTU MachFive UVI Hip Hop Planet

MOTU MachFive UVI Hip Hop Planet

MOTU MachFive UVI Hip Hop Planet

If you've been making beats a while, then you've got to be sick of the same-old "lo-fi" sample libraries loop collections by now. There's a difference between recognizable hip-hop-style samples and just plain poorly recorded junk. That's probably why Ultimate Soundbank hooked up with New York mastering guru Chris Gerhinger and killer producer Eric K-Roz when they made Hip Hop Planet. Not only does Hip Hop Planet not suck, it has to be one of the best hip-hop sample and loop libraries on earth. Why? Because it sounds ridiculously good. Seriously, you've never heard samples like this before. Massive hits, solid loops, ripping stacks, and awesome phrases - Hip Hop Planet is totally loaded! You've got all the hits, loops, breaks, phrases, and kits you need to make incredible beats in any style. Plus, Hip Hop Planet comes formatted for MOTU's BPM, as well as MOTU MachFive II and the FREE UVI Workstation, so you can produce beats any way you like. 

MOTU MachFive UVI Hip Hop Planet

General, incomplete, largely superficial MOTU MachFive

General, incomplete, largely superficial MOTU MachFive
About a third of the book contains material one might think of as fitting for a "bible", if that's to mean "authoritative". Well, the "real" Bible's authoritative but full of cr-p (unless pre-stoning mass rape is your trip). This book's not full of cr-p, just about 2/3 full. The "authoritative" third covers Pro Tools in about 10% of the detail the manuals will provide. The other 2/3 of the book contains blurby paragraphs about this that and the other plugin - about as informative as a free technicolor catalog from your neighborhood music store. If you want this because you're thinking of maybe getting Pro Tools, and you want a very slight hint of what having and using PT is about then get it, why not: it's nicely written, great pix, looks chunky, doesn't cost a fortune, and maybe most importantly will (if you read between the lines) give you a picture of just how expensive PT really is, since without a slew of mighty expensive plugs you will get nowhere fast. If you want it for learning more about Pro Tools than the manuals offer, forget it.
General, incomplete, largely superficial MOTU MachFive