Ask Video - Digital Performer 8 201: MachFive 3 Unleashed (2013)

MachFive 3 —MOTU’s massive, mothership of a sampler— is full-featured and very deep! But have no fear because MOTU software consultant Matt Vanacoro is here to demystify it! So get ready to learn MachFive 3 faster than the speed of sound in this inspiring 29-tutorial course! Matt starts off this course on MachFive 3 with an in-depth explanation of everything you need to know to get up and running fast. He introduces MF3, shows the plugin vs. standalone versions, explains the audio and MIDI settings and then pushes the quick start button to get you launched! From there Matt dives into an exploration of the MachFive interface. This is where you’ll master the GUI, learn all about the included instruments and start creating Splits, Multis and Keyswitches. Now it’s time to do some sampling. In this section you’ll learn how to make your own sample libraries and how to load and manipulate some of the unique sample instruments that are included with MachFive.

What sets MachFive 3 apart from other samplers is its powerful synth engines and effects. In this set of tutorials Matt reveals all the amazing energy that MF3 has locked inside. He explains all the different types of effects that take your samples to a whole other sonic world. He also shows you all the different kinds of synthesis that you can deploy within MF3 to make sonic combinations that you just can’t get anywhere else.
By the time you complete this course you’re going to know more about MachFive 3 than you thought was even possible. And better yet, Matt will have you totally inspired to dive deep below MachFive’s virtual faceplate to find all the wild sounds that lie below its mild-mannered surface.

01. Introduction (00:35)
02. MachFive Plugin vs Standalone (04:37)
03. The MachFive Library and UFS Files (04:34)
04. Audio and Midi Settings (07:22)
05. Quick Start (Using Standalone) (06:18)
06. The Main Window (07:28)
07. The Included Instruments (08:26)
08. Creating ‘Multis’ (05:07)
09. Creating Splits and Layers (05:58)
10. Key Switches (04:06)
11. The Mixer and Effects Windows (04:26)
12. Midi Automation Basics (04:13)
13. Setting Up Multiple Outputs (01:59)
14. Basic Sampling (05:26)
15. Instruments, Ram and Resources (04:47)
16. The Fazioli Instrument (04:05)
17. The Telematic (06:28)
18. The Basses (05:38)
19. Star Drums (03:49)
20. Mark 79 (03:48)
21. Percussiv (02:06)
22. Xtreme FX (02:22)
23. Universal Loops and Instruments (03:40)
24. The Biosphere (04:17)
25. The Synth Engine (06:23)
26. Events and the Arpeggiator (04:08)
27. Effects - GUI vs Scripted (04:10)
28. Third Party Sample Libraries (05:38)
29. The “Tree” and Advanced Editing (02:46)