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Exactly.

I think it might be an idea for this forum to have forced registration.

You are no nearer to knowing who someone is or the legitimacy of what they post, registered or not. It's a handle from some part of the globe as much as "guest" is.

Well, thats obvioulsy true. But the amount of posts or the reputation that someone has gained on a forum will add some legitimancy to their comments. Someone who just came in with their first post going -
grex are great, etc... - would have to be looked at with some scepticism, especially given the track history of this operation.

I'm not pro this or anti that, I'm just stating that after waiting and having to go through the same process as everyone else that I finally got a machine, and I don't regret it, as it is perfect for what I'm doing. I went through the same struggle as everyone else with my emails being ignored, I finally called their number and spoke with them, they were having a hard time getting them produced they said, but he had about four machines and he sent me one, as I had been waiting a while. Do I wish that the customer relations were better to begin with? Yes. Was I happy feeling the runaround? No. Am I happy with the results of finally getting a machine and it being what I've been looking for? Yes. Thats all I'm saying, and my name is Zach whether or not it makes any difference. Hopefully this whole mess can get straightened out for everyone, because it is a quality built product.

Since you seem to be the only person in existence admitting to actually having recieved an MXF8, could you tell us more about what makes it so different from any other controller?

Since you seem to be the only person in existence admitting to actually having recieved an MXF8, could you tell us more about what makes it so different from any other controller?

I really have not tried many other controllers out there, because the feel of most of the mass produced ones these days are not to my liking. As far as the MXF8 is concerned, it is built very well, the knobs, and crossfader have an excellent feel, and the buttons are actually bearings that have a nice feel as well. It basically plays like a quality instrument, a comparison would be that a X-Session is a Squire guitar and the MXF8 is a Gibson. For features, its got its own powerful midi processing, such as the Beatgate, which basically creates a stutter effect in rythym with the track providing that you're using it to send midi clock as well, or have its tempo the same as live. It is possible to map multiple parameters to the crossfader and tweak as many as you want at the same time, I've really been getting alot of crazy ideas with that. Also, the Ratio Sequencer, that feature is just sick, I can make rythyms and paint sounds together in ways that I wasn't even thinking before (allthough I don't recomend using that when you're playing live, its more compositional) I have not owned this piece for very long, and I am still learning how to get more out of it everytime I use it, so it's hard to just say everything you can do with it. But for me, this is a piece of gear that I will never get rid of. I am more than happy with it, and my mixes will never be the same. There are only a few of them out there at the moment, but when and if more get out into the hands of Live users, there will be others saying what I'm saying. Obviously there are many pissed off at Grex, and I understand why, I was seething in anger my self at one point, but all that aside, I think if people got their hands on one, all would be forgiven (possibly)

All will never be forgiven in my book.

I got myself a faderfox lv1 & for 1/2 the price its very cool, proper professional dealings & its runs on batteries. Cool