EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

teddybut wrote:
> a Phatmatik Pro ripoff from NI... and by that I mean, it looks almost
> EXACTLY the same down to the font. I'm thinking Art either sold them the
> rights to Phat or is thinking of suing. loads REX2 files, yeehaw. I
already
> done spent my $ on Phatmatik Pro though... bla, I hope there's a
crossgrade
> offer.

I must say that I am a bit dissapointed about bitshift.
IMO it's just too clear that he's collaborated with N.I. Not necessarily a
bad think, but sort of leaving PPro users in the rain (unless there really
is some very attractive crossgrade offer).
Let's realize that there hasn't been a single PPro update - and it surely
would've deserved one. There's quite some bugs and more or less important
annoyances - such as the non-existant file handling which makes backing up
almost impossible.
I was even further dissapointed when I saw the introductory video about
PhatFactory. One of the very first things I was complaining about when
checking out PPro was the fact that the first one or two slices of the loop
would allways be cut away when using its internal play function (for the
sliced loop, not the loop preview). Art said that never happened to him...
well, just watch the video (done by himself!) and you know that this (major,
IMO) bug is there in all glory...

And while I liked the way Art supported his product a lot at first (fast
responses straight from the programmer, he even coded me some test version
in 5 minutes), this is just not what things should be like. There's been no
product support (updates that is) in almost one year and now people will
just have to stay with what they allready have or shell out some more money
to get Intakt.
And, from Arts "no comment" (with a smiley) answer on his forum (that I
still can't post to due to the lack of activation - maybe Art is fearing my
flames, and right he is...) I just take it that he collaborated with N.I.
Now let's see what this will lead to... I doubt we'll see any PPro bugfixes,
I'd even take a bet on that. And as long as N.I. doesn't come around with a
reasonable crossgrade offer I don't buy into that either.

Not amused,
Sascha