Native Instruments Maschine
Native Instruments Maschine Posted on: 19.06.2010 by Drew Bonn Hey guys & gals...Ordered myself the Maschine from NI yesterday, should arrive in the first day or two of next week... Wanted to see if any of you have already picked one up and what some of your favorite attributes are...Seems like a great piece of gear for beat production... As of right now I'm not planning on using it much for DJ sets, but I'll remain open to the possibility as I learn it! | |
| Leeanna Ayla 18.12.2010 |
Originally Posted by thegeek
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| Lakeshia Garrod 22.11.2010 |
Originally Posted by jtbez06
there is no difference in package content. Its just a different license you are officially not allowed to use for comercial purposes... |
| Kandy Ahdoot 22.11.2010 |
Originally Posted by darrel855
shall be picking up one in the next month or so in time for the new update |
| Susann Blachford 22.06.2010 |
Originally Posted by bartboy
It's full version btw not academic. |
21.06.2010 |
Originally Posted by bartboy
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| Drew Bonn 19.06.2010 | Hey guys & gals... Ordered myself the Maschine from NI yesterday, should arrive in the first day or two of next week... Wanted to see if any of you have already picked one up and what some of your favorite attributes are...Seems like a great piece of gear for beat production... As of right now I'm not planning on using it much for DJ sets, but I'll remain open to the possibility as I learn it! |
| Leeanna Ayla 18.12.2010 |
Originally Posted by thegeek
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| Maisie Marras 17.12.2010 | EDIT: ignore post. i didnt realize the thread was 2 pages long. i hate when that happens |
| Meaghan Kallmann 17.12.2010 | It's absolutely badass. My roommate and I are getting into production and DJing, him more into production as he has more of a musical background, me more into DJing since I'm new to any sort of musical performance. Starting piano lessons next week, once I have 6 months or so under my belt, I'll be more on the production side, too. Anyway, I bought the S4, he got the Maschine. We haven't even played with it for live performance, but the potential is INSANE for doing beats on the live, and collaborating with someone who is spinning, on, say, an S4, or anything that can send / receive a MIDI clock. But even better is that the beat production is fucking retarded easy. Really amazing. There is such a small barrier between you and the sound that you want to make that the creativity that it unleashes is just astounding. (I'm talking about 10 days in a row of 5-8hrs / evening of working on tracks until 4am, AFTER 2hrs of DJ practice. So addictive. My roomie and I joke that heroin is for pussies, Maschine is the hardest drug in the world). I mean, there are things that aren't perfect, things I don't like, things that are frustrating when you just want to make a graded volume change and it's 3am and you've been working on a track for 5 hours, and it just WON'T FUCKING DO IT the way you believe it should. All that said, it's awesome and I could not recommend it more wholeheartedly, both for the software and hardware. (For the record, no experience with Live / Logic Pro / etc. so I can't say how it meshes if you're used to other workflow.) |
| Audrey Pinda 17.12.2010 | Honestly, the more I learn about the Maschine, the more I really enjoy it. If I was dedicated to getting Traktor for a DVS, it's something I would consider a lot more. But as far as production goes? I'd probably get this over any other pad controller out there at the moment. DJ Endo has some videos on youtube w. Dubspot.com that really highlight this for use with Traktor. And actually, one of my favorite local DJ's also uses it (with an external mixer) to put on some really fantastic sets. Seeing it used live probably sold me more than anything. I really see it as a perfect tool for someone who wants to do production, and DJing. It really can hit both brackets. It's price is fair for what it is as well, and it matches well with the other gear from NI (have to say, vanity is a fair trait lol) |
| Danae Dumler 17.12.2010 | I played with one of these in Guitar Center the other day and I am pretty hooked on it... damn I wish companies would stop making shit I want to buy. How is the workflow with this and Ableton? Can you use this inside Ableton to run the drum rack? The software for Maschine was really cool; I felt like I was able to make beats right away with very little learning curve, at least for very basic stuff. With Ableton making drum tracks is a bit more challenging, but it would be a lot easier if I could play the drum kit on these pads, as I'm sure you can. But does that work if you have Maschine running too? Or is the hardware only able to talk to one prog at a time? I already have a goddam list of expensive shit I need to buy. But I believe this one might move up that list pretty quickly... |
| Lakeshia Garrod 22.11.2010 |
Originally Posted by jtbez06
there is no difference in package content. Its just a different license you are officially not allowed to use for comercial purposes... |
| Kandy Ahdoot 22.11.2010 |
Originally Posted by darrel855
shall be picking up one in the next month or so in time for the new update |
| Patty Mcgilbra 22.11.2010 | academic only means you can't sell it and i THINK you're not allowed to use it comercially only for educational purpose... |
| Don Nakasone 22.11.2010 | It's full version btw not academic. --- WHATS THE DIFFERENCE? I HEARD THAT ACADEMIC JUST MEANS IT HAS A STICKER... LET ME KNOW AS ITS CHEAPER TO GET IT THIS WAY SAVES ALMOST $200 |
| Susann Blachford 22.06.2010 |
Originally Posted by bartboy
It's full version btw not academic. |
21.06.2010 |
Originally Posted by bartboy
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| Dana Ordinario 21.06.2010 | I've seen it mapped to Traktor before I know Carl Cox uses Maschine and only Maschine to do his live sets I believe it's all in how you map it. As it is with any controller it has very few limitations besides touch sensitive jog wheels which I don't have as it is so I'm not losing much. I really wish I could rent one for a week or knew someone in my area that had one. I don't know any DJ's in the Rhode Island/S. Mass area |
21.06.2010 | I wouldn't recommend using the maschine controller for anything besides maschine... I've had it for a year and modding it to do anything else really isn't worth the effort IMHO. |
| Susann Blachford 21.06.2010 | The encoders don't function as endless encoders in midi mode. They function as knobs. That severely limited my use of the Maschine controller with Traktor. I was very disappointed at that. What the hell is the point of having encoders if they just work as knobs? It causes endless frustration due to the software parameters "snapping" to wherever the "knob" was last set. |
| Drew Bonn 18.06.2010 | @bartboy I'll keep you posted when I get it! I'm feeling pretty confident in my decision to pick it up... @darrel855 I was hesitant to buy it before the 1.5 update, I'm glad to see they smoothed things over a bit for integration with other programs...right now I don't have Ableton, but it's probably going to be a future investment...I have been doing quite a bit of research on it, and checking out some videos, like I told bartboy, I'm feeling pretty confident that with practice I can put it to good use...thanks for the recommendation! |
| Anushka jayamaha 18.06.2010 | Just take you're time with it and work it into your production process . I had to take my time and really work into my Ableton work flow . 1.5 makes it a whole lot more flexible with host programs like Ableton or Logic as I can finally just drag and drop grooves or sequences from Maschine to my host program as midi or audio . I highly recommend checking out as many tutorial videos of Maschine as you can so you can start to really see what it can do . |
| Dana Ordinario 19.06.2010 | I've been saving my pennies. Please let me know how you like it. I believe this is going to be my next big purchase |
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