Re: [EXS] Mach5-vs-EXSP
2004-07-02 by Sascha Franck
phillymaestro > provide me with any additional info that u feel > may be relevant and worthy of consideration. Here's some additional info: If you're using Logic Pro (and it sounds like that...) you allready have the EXS. So why not give it a try until it doesn't fulfill your needs anymore? I'll only halfway answer the other questions because I don't own Mach 5. > 1. Which 1 has "ROCK SOLID", reliable performance with LOgic Audio Pro? Undoubtedly: The EXS. Almost any third party plugins have a potential to crash Logic at one time while none of the internal ones ever crashed Logic over here. > 2. Which has the best polphony? No idea about the Mach 5, but I heard it's rather CPU intensive while this is one of the serious strengths of the EXS: It's VERY efficient. > 3. Which1 crashes least? See 1. > 4. Which 1 has the best continued, regular updates and improvements? While the EXS had some minor changes (well ok, the "new" routing options and filters are nice, but they're 2 years old allready...), very essential things haven't been fixed or updated since day one. Sample management and patch editing capabilities are still nothing else but a bad joke. So, regarding that the EXS is an absolute loser, it just couldn't be worse. > 6. Which 1 has the best user interface? Once you got your patches ready I find the EXS to be a better choice than Kontakt and HALion, but I don't know about Mach 5 (which seems to be VERY powerful). In case you wanted to do a lot of patches by yourself the EXS editor is some sort of a nightmare as it lacks a whole few of the most important features all the others just have. > 7. Which 1 is easiest to learn & use. Personally I think the EXS is easy to learn but hard to use (due to the mentioned serious shortcomings). Sascha