Hi follow musicians,
I've started while ago concept of live setup based on:
- Maschine MK3
- Komplete Kontrol A25
- Komplete Kontrol M32
- MBP M1 with just one standalone instance of Maschine and as a power source for all above
- (future extension) Komplete Kontrol S88
- Pioneer DJM900NXS2 as a output interface and 4 channel mixer/effector
and I find a little troubling configuration for 4 people not crossing each others instruments. Audio routing is not that problematic whatsoever but I cannot find the NI way of setting up control for each musicians instruments, changing presets or using independent arp instance.
I believe, as always, problem is in making false assumptions and lack of knowledge.
My ideal setup (please correct me if it's possible):
- Maschine as an only DAW
- 1st person at MK3 holding few banks and controlling performance (patterns + live)
- 2nd person at A25 holding 1 bank with bass synths with full control of instruments, effect chain and arp (patterns + live)
- 3rd person at M32 holding 1 bank with synths with full control of instruments, effect chain and arp (patterns + live)
- 4th person at S88 holding 1 bank with Kontakt instruments with full control (live)
As I found there is no way of using Komplete Kontrol VST/AU inside Maschine SW (which probably would solve my issues but I guess there is architectural reason why it is unavailable).
All those efforts were about crossing out Ableton as DAW from live setup as a source of potential crashes and because I am not planning to use it for session/performance control. Using Push and other non-NI controllers is off the table. I am open to use Touch Designer as a base for quasi-DAW.
I really hope for your suggestions.