Native Instruments MASCHINE
Groove Production Control Surface with 5GB of Samples
Hardware and Software Groove Production in One Package!
Native Instruments' MASCHINE combines the power and convenience of computer-based production with the hands-on, "instant results" you get from a hardware groove box! MASCHINE lets you use its 5GB of built-in samples or your own files to unleash your creativity in real time! It works as both an instrument and a controller, giving you 16 pads, 11 rotary encoders, and 41 buttons. You can build songs intuitively by layering, sample and re-sample in concert with your computer, and even use the MASCHINE as a plug-in in your computer's sequencer! Native Instruments MASCHINE Control Surface/Groove Production Hardware and Software at a Glance:- Unleash your creativity
- Built songs easily
- Instrument and controller
- A groove-production Maschine
Unleash your creativityMASCHINE comes loaded with over 5GB of production-ready sounds and patterns. Everything from fat drum kits to state-of-the-art synthesizer sounds and pristine acoustic instruments have been sampled, sliced and tagged for your convenience. MASCHINE also features studio-quality effects ranging from dynamics processors to beat-mashers and even mastering tools, all tweakable in real time via the hardware controller. Build songs easilyMASCHINE's pattern-oriented concept frees you from the limits of linear arrangement. Build song "scenes" by layering patterns, and re-arrange the scenes on the fly. MASCHINE offers external sampling through your computer's audio interface as well as internal re-sampling, precise editing and slicing, auto-mapping, effects and an ultra-convenient browser - all perfectly attuned to the hardware controller. Instrument and controllerThe MASCHINE hardware is both instrument and controller in one. Sixteen illuminated, velocity-sensitive pads form an interface to intuitively make beats, tweak sounds, create patterns and sequence whole songs with the powerful MASCHINE software. Two large, high-resolution displays with eight corresponding rotary encoders, buttons, and transport controls integrate perfectly with the MASCHINE software. A groove-production MaschineMASCHINE unifies and vastly improves on familiar groove production workflows. Using the MASCHINE hardware controller you can jam out ideas in a pattern-oriented environment, and use them as the building blocks to create your track within MASCHINE. New samples, loops, effects or arrangements can be added, edited and tweaked in the same intuitive way, utilizing the ultra-convenient hardware interface. Native Instruments MASCHINE Control Surface/Groove Production Hardware and Software Features:- Combines intuitive sequencer, sampler and over 20 high-quality effects with real-time control and flexible routing into an inspiring Groove Production Studio
- Dedicated controller with 16 high-quality pads, 41 buttons, and 11 rotary encoders
- for playing, recording, sequencing, automation and arrangement
- Fastest workflow with pattern-based arrangement and perfect hardware, software and host environment integration
- Features step sequencing, real-time recording, note repeat, slicing, and auto-mapping
- Over 5 GB of studio-quality sounds with over 10,000 samples and hundreds of patterns
- Extensive MIDI-mapping capabilities
- Easy-to-use browser with tagging of kits, instruments, samples, and effects
- Intuitive automation recording and step automation editing
- Sampling from external and internal sources with threshold detection
- Works as a plug-in for any software sequencer supporting VST, AU, or RTAS
The Native Instruments MASCHINE combines computer-based production with a hardware groove box!
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Sage SanMartin
Hardware integration is the next wave in computer-based music production, and Native Instruments is boldly paving the way. MASCHINE integrates one-to-one tactile control of all the software parameters, letting you create patterns on the fly as though you're using a standalone unit. The sounds, effects, and pads are all killer. Go ahead, suspend your disbelief, and grab hold of a MASCHINE.
Carson McClain
Maschine is the next evolution in beat production. When I create music on my computer I am using Battery or Ultrabeat. When I am DJing I use my Korg Electribes. I also use Ableton Live for live performance. Maschine merges all of these worlds into one unit. The live performance aspects of this are more than equal to its studio production aspects. The bi-directional communication blows my mind - you don't even need to look at your screen.
The Maschine
by Mike from South Elgin IL
March 12, 2009
Music Background: Hobbyist - Hip Hop and Dance
The maschine is a great it gives you the ability to work with software and hardware at the same time. The sounds are great with 15,000+ sounds that come with it. You can bang your beats out or go to p ... read more [+]attern mode and lay the patern out on the pads. I have not sampled on it yet but will soon. The work flow on this is great. I would of gave it 5 stars but it needs more sample chopping options which might happen with an update. If you are thinking about maschine go to NI website and watch the videos to learn how it works. I have made my best beats in the last 2 weeks with Maschine. close [-]
1.5 Beta is a regression in some respects
by earl brackett from Greensboro, NC
March 12, 2010
Music Background: ee & rec eng/producer/lifelong musician with 32 yrs experience
since the other reviews have covered most topics, I\'ll just say that the Beta release of 1.5 is very buggy and actually f\'d up bugs that were fixed in 1.1 !!! wtf is up with that ? I used to test so ... read more [+]ftware, and someone should get fired for releasing that to the public...in addition it added some great functionality, but it\'s the little things that grate me after I\'m used to them working...don\'t update until you hear the reviews, you\'ll just end up being stuck with projects that won\'t load from the new version if & when you reinstall and get the previous version running...NI is a great company, but they seem to been very challenged in combing hardware & software...it\'s still going to be a truly innovative product for the foreseeable future... close [-]
Not an evolution, but rather a revolution.
by Thom Luawe from Austin, TX, USA.
December 8, 2009
Music Background: Sound Designer, Mix Engineer, Musician
Comparisons to the famed Akai MPC series is inevitable, but Maschine is not another imitation. Once you get past the now archetypal 16 pads, the speed at which you can work will likely blow you away. ... read more [+]Native Instruments has successfully merged the world of ever more capable software and the great feel and immediacy of hardware, in one product. Despite the initial growing pains, with the 1.1 update Maschine has matured into a winner and will only get better with the already announced 1.5 update. There are still a few features missing, like no time-stretch, no scene repeat counters, and such...but for what it is, nothing bridges both worlds of hardware and software better than Maschine, at the moment. I haven't touch my beloved MPC in months, and that's a surprise for me as I bought the Maschine initially to augment, not replace. This is an electronic producer's dream, a songwriter's go to tool, a sound designers new secret weapon, and an old crate diggers new inspiration. Maschine is quick becoming the yardstick to measure the competition by. NI has a winner on their hands. Give me Maschine, and Live 8 and I happy. close [-]
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