Maschine MK I with M1 Macbook Air
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As long as you install its driver, it should be work.
Maschine MK1
MASCHINE Controller Driver 2.8.0 - Mac OS X 10.9 - 10.11 Driver 23.09.2015
MASCHINE Controller Driver 2.7.0 - Mac OS X 10.8 Driver 04.12.2014
MASCHINE Controller Driver 2.6.0 - Mac OS X 10.6, 10.7 Driver 22.10.2013
If a controller template is needed, you should check on Serato website or forums.
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Thanks for the info man. Hope this driver still install in OSX 13.
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As expected, Ventura doesn't install this old driver. Any work around method guys?
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ok, according to this video, you have to downgrade Maschine software to version 2.14. Check it out
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Thanks man his is MK2 mine is the OG 1st Gen hahaha don't think it will work.
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Haha they're just MAC 🤷♂️
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Because Windows has much better retro-compatibility than MacOS, so requires less or no more extra work from devs.
15 year old hardware that needs drivers and very modern Mac’s is a terrible combination.
In this case there’s the added problem of a different architecture, Windows is still x64 while Apple moved to ARM so I am not sure the old tricks still work, I haven’t seen anyone confirming but it’s worth a try, https://www.reddit.com/r/NativeInstruments/comments/ei8mn1/i_got_maschine_mk1_to_work_on_macos_catalina/
in OPs case of the driver failing to install I’d try to force it by opening the installer with an app called Suspicious Package and manually put the files in the propper place. I’m at home atm to give more detailed instructions.
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Hey man thanks for the reply. I did find the reddit link already but to no avail. Mind to explain how the Suspicious Package work? They don't seem to have any tutorials online?
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No need, just mount the Maschine_Controller_280_Mac_p.dmg and open the .pkg inside with Suspicious Package, you can then drag and drop the drivers, here I put them in a temp folder first.
Now move them to their expected locations.
- YourHD_Name/Library/Extensions/NIUSBMaschineController.kext
- YourHD_Name/Library/Audio/MIDI Drivers/NIUSBMaschineControllerMIDIDriver.plugin
NOTE 1: not sure if the MIDI Driver plug is needed or not but it won't hurt to copy anyway.
NOTE 2: Mac has 2 library folders, make sure the path is /Library/Extensions/ and NOT Users/Your_Name/Library/Extensions/. Library folders are hidden by default on MacOS so do a quick google to make them permanently visible or just navigate to the proper folder by using the shortcut CMD+SHIFT+G while a finder window is focused and type "/Library/Extensions/" for example.
If you get any notifications about permissions make sure to allow access.
Now follow the instructions by curious_prism, for the terminal commands he lists you will need to put the word "sudo" before to have perms to execute them. The first command has a comma at the end (;) I don't think that is supposed to be there. So...
- open Terminal.app, then type:
sudo cp -a "/Library/Extensions/NIUSBMaschineController.kext/Contents/MacOS/NIUSBMaschineController" "/Library/Extensions/" - and
sudo cp -a "/Library/Extensions/NIUSBMaschineController.kext/Contents/MacOS/Info.plist" "/Library/Preferences/com.native-instruments.Maschine Controller.plist"
Reboot and do check again in the prefs for permissions needing access:
- Authorise any pending Native Instruments dialogs: System Settings > Privacy & Security (scroll down, anything pending should be just above the FileVault panel near the bottom of this page). For me this was NTKDaemon
- Manually authorise NIUSBMaschineController: System Settings > Privacy & Security > Accessibility > + (bottom left; requires admin password) > (cmd + shift + G) /Library/Extensions/ > select NIUSBMaschineController (NIUSBTraktorKontrolS4 in my case)
- Ensure that NIUSBMaschineController (NIUSBTraktorKontrolS4 in my case) is now enabled in the Accessibility applications list
- Restart
- Open latest version of Maschine 2 / Traktor Pro 3
- Plug in hardware
- Everything works normally (including mapping of all buttons)
Again, not sure if it works or not as I don't have an MK1 but regardless credit goes to CuriousPrism.
If this is confirmed working I'll just zip all the modified files to make it easy for people.
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If you get any notifications about permissions make sure to allow access
- Authorise any pending Native Instruments dialogs: System Settings > Privacy & Security (scroll down, anything pending should be just above the FileVault panel near the bottom of this page). For me this was NTKDaemon
Hey man, I followed everything but the above didn't pop up.
So unfortunately it didn't work.
May be it was due to my 1st attempt of trying to install the driver the usual way and failed?
Oh and I couldn't install Maschine software on this M1 laptop but my intel Macbook doesn't have Maschine installed but I can use it to control my Serato.
Do let me know if I missed anything else.
Thank you!
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Well it was worth a try, I seems the driver/executable is really intel only.
TBH I'd just sell that Mk1 for 25$ and add 30$ more and just buy a used MK2, they're aren't worth more than 70$ tops...
Last ones sold on ebay:
PS: EUR is pretty much the same value as USD.
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Thanks for the effort to help man. I live in Malaysia so a used MKII will cause me same as new Novation Launchpad Mini here. I better get the latter :) more pads for me to map to Serato. And this is Midi Class Compliant so will not face the same issue later.
Cheers
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been trying to resurrect an old Maschine MK1 and landed here. Disappointed to learn that I now have another hardware piece made by NI that is now obsolete. Adding this to my pile of junked out Kontrol X1’s and Audio DJ sound cards. I have other midi devices that are older than this stuff and they work fine. This is hardware that should in fact be supported but NI is just being lazy and not developing new drivers. Why? Because they want you to throw out your old stuff and buy new. Well I will be buying new but it won’t be NI stuff because I’m now boycotting this company. I have already switched from Traktor to Rekordbox and now I’m done with NI for good!
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You should blame Apple, not NI!
I still have my old MK1 and it is fully functional in Windows, where i mostly use it as a second controller for Traktor, dedicated exclusively to FX tweaking and samples/loops.
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