After nearly a year I am happy to say I finally figured out how to make the Maschine Mikro MK3 work with Logic Pro like a regular plug-in! At first it seemed impossible, but now I am able to select a kit in the Maschine plug-in and then get back to Logic for recording the midi notes, after some careful tweaking within Maschine. This is ideal for staying out of the Maschine plug-in itself and doing all the creative work in Logic.
With that solved, now I am curious about possibly learning how to use the Maschine DAW for creative work. So far I find it unintuitive and confusing even after watching the tutorials by Native Instruments. This is why I was initially afraid of it and had to learn how to make it work with Logic. There was no manual in the box or tutorials included with the product. I am interested in suggestions you all may have for videos and other tutorials that make learning Maschine easy. It seems like something that is difficult to learn but becomes easy after you learn it. Thanks.