Couldn't agree more. It was dumb not to have a deal in place out the door. UVI's libraries are mostly pretty old, simple compared to what's out there now for Kontakt. PSP would be an obvious choice, I think the thing they're trying a little too hard to do is separate Falcon from M53 which IMO has more to do with marketing than actual facts. Third party UVI libraries made for MachFive translate with zero compatibility issues for instance. One thing though, those of us who decided to purchase before the upgrade offer directly from UVI got another $100 voucher, puts the amount at a reasonable $200.mikehalloran wrote:UVI apparently didn't think some this through. Since they do have an old general library in Plugsound Pro, including it should have been a no-brainier. They offered it for $75 on sale just last month (I didn't bite).
Someone should have figured out that a Crossgrade path available to M5 owners from the start would have been a good idea. They know who the M53 owners are since we had to register the UVI effects separately from M53 when we purchased so that our iLok codes would work. If I had an earlier version of M5 and wanted Falcon, I'd be contacting them through the web site and asking for the Crossgrade. They do respond in a timely matter.
I think the main difference between Falcom and MachFive is why some here won't be interested and I bought it outright, Falcon is leaning even heavier towards sample mangling rather than sample playback. So if you're looking for a good piano or violin sound it's got nothing on Kontakt, (or M53/UVI Player) but if you're interested in taking a sample and making it into something completely different, experimenting etc. then Falcon offers a lot of new features.
I caveat IMO is the redesign of the layout, I don't find it as intuitive as M53, maybe because I'm used to M53? Also, it is still possible that MOTU have rights to use the sample engine in M53 and plan on putting out M54 as an embedded MAS plug in, in DPX or and update to DP9.. Unlikely but possible. <-- this could explain why UVI are going to some length to separate Falcon "ideologically" from M53.