Is this compatible with maschine?
Hey all just wondering if the Akai Midimax is compatible with maschine?
Here is the link https://www.akaipro.com/midimix
I could’nt find any info on if this would work with maschine…
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The only things that at the moment is “not mappable” are the buttons (mute, rec arm, solo, bank,…), which play the pad sound (since they send midi notes). But I made the test very quickly and didn’t take time to solve this.
But Midimix is compatible and everything you asked for can be done 👍🏼
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It depends on what you want to do.
Compatible….yes for sure. It is even Class compliant (aka it doesn’t need drivers) so it’s compatible with almost anything (even iPads)
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But Maschine doesn’t have a lot of things you can map. Macros, plugins parameters, scene selection, lock states,…
In any case I have one of those. Do you want me to check something in particular?
(Btw: are you talking about Maschine software or Maschine+ ?)
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Thanks for offering to test something out! So can you map the audio level from the sounds to the fader knobs bypassing the groups/sounds?
For instance if i have my project sorted by groups ( Group A sample, Group B Drums, Group C Bass) if I were to mix in maschine Group B wouldn’t have just one sound, but multiple kick, snare, etc… so when mixing in maschine I would have to keep moving from group mixer to individual sound mixer view in the mixer tab. Would I just be able to have every sound next to each other in the controller? And mix like a traditional DAW? Also are the panning knobs mapped? And lastly what do you mean maschine doesn’t have a lot of things to map?
Hope the questions weren’t confusing…
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To be sure to make the right tests (yes your description is a little confusing 😂), what you want is:
- the faders of Midimix controlling the sounds of a singular group (drums), one fader for each pad
- the pannings (I suppose always for the individual sounds of the drums group) assigned to knobs
- this made in the Maschine software (since you talk about mixer tab ) and not Maschine+
Correct?
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Ok…already tested:
Everything you asked for is doable without any problem (the zip file is a video, this forum doesn’t allow to post videos directly
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The only things that at the moment is “not mappable” are the buttons (mute, rec arm, solo, bank,…), which play the pad sound (since they send midi notes). But I made the test very quickly and didn’t take time to solve this.
But Midimix is compatible and everything you asked for can be done 👍🏼
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Yes correct
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appreciate all the research done, thanks for all your help!
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No problem, you’re welcome
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I cannot get it to work. I just got the midiMix, and while it is plug-and-play on ableton, it does not work on the maschine 2 software. Pressing the learn button, mashine receives no midi from the midiMix knobs. The midimix is all set on midi-channel 1. Another controller i have has its knowbs sending midi normaly. Can somebody help me set it up ? I already enabled it on the maschine software..
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I updated to windows 11 and it works like a charm
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