Reply to The Maschine

Hey Guys!
I wanted to ask you what you believe about the Maschine from native instruments.
I am believeing about starting to produce songs, but i am an absolute newbie in that matter. Would be the maschline alone be enough to produce or what would you need?
Moreover i would like to know if you could use it like a midi-fighter, because then it would be a 2 in 1 solution.

Plus there are the new machine micro would that be sufficient?

thank you!
greets,
chris de lux