Within minutes after you begin using MachFive 3, you'll appreciate the years
of user interface design and engineering that have gone into this 3rd-generation
release. From the configurable part list to the full-screen envelope editor,
MachFive 3 has been designed to spur your creative muse while delivering
state-of-the-art virtual instrument technology in a streamlined, efficient
environment. After all, music, sound design, and audio production are creative
endeavors that deserve a worthy partner in creativity.
Instead of guitar presets, you get a guitar player¡¦
Compared to a typical software instrument, MachFive's scripted virtual
instruments are like the difference between a simple guitar preset and a real
guitar player. MachFive's sophisticated instruments are truly technological
marvels: they model not only the sounds of an instrument, in minute detail, but
also the playing characteristics. For example, MachFive's included Telematic
electric guitar instrument models strumming and picking techniques, which you
can dial up as desired. Imagine strumming chords with proper fingerings,
up/down-strokes, and other utterly authentic playing techniques. It's like
having a real guitar player in your studio, who never spills beer or leaves
practice early.
MachFive's signature scripted instruments give you incredibly realistic core
instruments that are basic necessities for any studio: drums, bass, guitar,
piano, and percussion. But that's just the beginning. MachFive also includes
thousands of loops and phrases. From break-beats to mixed choirs, there's an
entire universe to explore. MachFive Biosphere¢â further broadens your sonic
vistas with fresh, rich synth textures that are out of this world. And for the
truly adventurous, the Xtreme FX bonus library from UltimateSoundBank.com gives
you 5,000 creative sound effects, foley effects, and ambient textures suitable
for both music production and sound design.
From modular analog pioneered in the 1950's to milestone breakthroughs like
FM and wavetable synthesis in the decades that followed, MachFive 3 delivers
twelve synth engines that make it a powerful multi-synthesizer in its own right.
When combined with MachFive's multi-sample instrument capabilities and extensive
effects, the possibilities for hybrid synthesis and sound design are
limitless.
The IRCAM institute in Paris is renowned worldwide as a leading research
institute in music and audio technology. MachFive holds licensed, cutting-edge
IRCAM technology that you can unleash on your sound design.
MachFive's extensive automation and modulation architecture is perhaps the
most extensive and flexible ever devised in a virtual instrument. You'll never
run out of modulation sources, destination, or ideas.
MachFive's effects architecture has been completely re-architected and now
allows you to apply effects at any level, from individual oscillators to
MachFive's master output.
MachFive's new Xpander filter is based on the venerable Oberheim Xpander
filters, and provides no less than 37 modes, each a separate filter effect in
its own right. MachFive now includes 47 different effects.
MachFive's enhanced IR Verb¢â is so CPU efficient, you can apply it freely
throughout MachFive. Enjoy dozens of new impulse responses, including classic
high-end studio reverbs from the last 30 years.
MachFive directly reads all major
3rd-party hardware/software sampler
formats, including Kontakt, Giga, EXS24 and HALion, plus legacy formats from
Kurzweil, Akai, Roland, Ensoniq, Sample Cell, and many others.
Event processors add a new and exciting element to your performances and
sound design. Included processors such as MachFive's extensive arpeggiator and
Micro Tuner are only the beginning.
Type a word into the search field and up pops a list of all related presets.
MachFive's multi-column browser lets you load sounds into multiple parts without
having to close and reopen it.
MachFive was the first sampler to introduce the concept of in-line slice loop
editing, and the Version 3 LoopLab has been updated and expanded to offer the
most complete environment for loop editing and beat-slicing.
The MachFive window expands to fill your entire computer monitor. This
immediately injects surgical precision into your edits, from editing a loop
point to sculpting the perfect filter envelope curve.