Maschine + successor

Alex1974

How likely is it that NI is working on a Maschine + MK2?

I'm thinking about buying a M+ but if they are working on a successor I might wait for the newer version.

Acidizer

Not likely at all.

The original has been borderline neglected sadly. Don't think they have the will or the resources. They would need to step up big time, but they should have made the Plus more capable to begin with, that was a major mistake. I would invest in lots of NI products if they would run standalone but it seems Plus is too underpowered. So... now if they make a newer model that has a decent processor that will alienate all existing customers or stick with the original which doesn't seem to have the grunt beyond running a few decade+ year old plug-ins.

Sad state of affairs. If you like what M+ can already do it is very fun and capable. I only had mine a very short while and would upgrade to a v2 if it looked like they went all in supporting it.

I would be extremely surprised if a new model came out. It would be a nice surprise though, but I don't have confidence.

Peter Harris

Seems very unlikely in the foreseeable future IMHO but who knows.

Acidizer

Not likely at all.

The original has been borderline neglected sadly. Don't think they have the will or the resources. They would need to step up big time, but they should have made the Plus more capable to begin with, that was a major mistake. I would invest in lots of NI products if they would run standalone but it seems Plus is too underpowered. So... now if they make a newer model that has a decent processor that will alienate all existing customers or stick with the original which doesn't seem to have the grunt beyond running a few decade+ year old plug-ins.

Sad state of affairs. If you like what M+ can already do it is very fun and capable. I only had mine a very short while and would upgrade to a v2 if it looked like they went all in supporting it.

I would be extremely surprised if a new model came out. It would be a nice surprise though, but I don't have confidence.

Peter Harris

Seems very unlikely in the foreseeable future IMHO but who knows.

Alex1974

Thank you both for your insights!

basehead617

I think it’s likely - companies often release updated and more capable versions of hardware, that isn’t alienating anyone unless it’s like a year later.

Plus they could probably just make almost the same device with a replacement better CPU and call it a day.

tetsuneko

I'd be quite upset if M+ MK2 came out now. M+ has just barely reached a stable form, and still needs at least a few years to properly mature.

Users wishlisting for a more powerful M+, but I don't see how a more powerful CPU would solve the current issues even the MK1 suffers from. Immature codebase is immature codebase.

Space Cat 303

I am very happy with the Maschine Plus personally, the HW is excellent, indeed the firmware is I think the biggest problem, even if the stability has become very good.

but there is also the fact that Ni puts a lot of M+ aside, and certain features, much requested by users, will certainly never be implemented... (I am fixated on editing automations), in my opinion this function does not should not be missing from an all-in-one standalone machine, the MPC one does it so well.

it's a bit of all this that makes me think of changing to an Akai Force for example, which corrects a lot of missing functions, and above all which benefits from greater follow-up from its manufacturer.