MOTU has stepped things up considerably with MachFive 2, making it not just a great sampler but a fine sound design tool too. Can be CPU-hungry. Some lacklustre effects. No auto-keygroup select.

A flexible and complete sound design environment that not only rivals Kontakt 5 as a sampler, but also is a splendid synth. It's been over four years since we reviewed version 2 of MOTU's MachFive ...

McDonald's, Sony music promotion not Mac compatible Sony and McDonald's have teamed for a promotion -- similar to the Apple/Pepsi campaign -- that allows Big Mac purchasers to redeem special codes for ...

We have received some insightful reports from the first receivers of the highly anticipated MOTU MachFive virtual sampler. Performance issues Kevin Ryan writes "The problem with a lot of the samples ...

Mark of the Unicorn (MOTU) has announced three new products: the Symphonic Instrument plug-in and the second versions of the universal sampler plug-in MachFive and the “hybrid synthesis engine” MX4.