Possible to fix low line input gain via software update?

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  • enz0
    enz0 Member Posts: 54 Advisor
    edited March 21

    Or you just didn’t read my post, because i did not once ask for help / advice lol. It was tagged as a feature request from the beginning

  • enz0
    enz0 Member Posts: 54 Advisor
    edited March 21

    Are only help request threads allowed here?

    I posted it because:

    • this is the Maschine forum
    • i was wondering if there was something i was missing or doing wrong (there’s not)
    • i wanted to open the discussion on a feature request, and hopefully raise it to NI developers
  • PK The DJ
    PK The DJ Member Posts: 1,914 Expert

    i did not once ask for help / advice

    Your question was "anyone else have thoughts on this??" and people responded with their thoughts.

    You say you didn't miss anything or do something wrong, but there are ways to boost the signal, so it could be said that you did miss something (although you claim to know how to do it).

    My personal opinion (my thoughts, as you asked) is that there isn't really any "fault" in the Maschine hardware, so it doesn't need "fixing".

  • PoorFellow
    PoorFellow Moderator Posts: 4,823 mod

    Of course you are allowed to have civil discussions about relevant things , no problem in that.

    I think that it's probably your 'headline' in particular that is creating the confusion ! , Quote : "Possible to fix low line input gain via software update?" , That does not sound like a feature request but more as a request for help.

    But to answer your 'not asking for help question' then : I don't know , I have no insight into the Machine internals. But based on my experience with electronics then to me it would appear as if the inputs part of the Maschine is electronic of the kind that is not software controlled , and if it is not then NO ! it's not Possible to fix low line input gain via software update ! For that to be possible then the inputs would have to somehow be depending or be controlled by software which does not appear to be the case here ! That an input can be selected or that internal regulation of received signal level is possible by internal circuits by no means necessarily incur that the input part itself can have it's properties controlled by the unit's software !

  • LostInFoundation
    LostInFoundation Member Posts: 4,466 Expert
    edited March 21

    Ah, life on a typical forum. Somebody posts, expressing very specific things (“increasing input gain can be implemented in software updates?”, “It shouldn’t take an extra amp or software workaround to do that”) and just asking if “anyone else have thoughts on THIS”.

    And also the title says “via software update”…

    Somebody else start answering him whatever he wants and then also accuse him to “dismiss all the responses”.

    What can we do?

    As you can see, things can always be seen from 2 sides.

  • enz0
    enz0 Member Posts: 54 Advisor

    in your testing from previous posts you didn’t mention monitoring an external source **while playing back something you already recorded** which is specifically the scenario i mentioned.

    Of course the level is audible when there’s nothing else playing. Respectfully, you gave your thoughts on something else, not really the scenario i described

  • PK The DJ
    PK The DJ Member Posts: 1,914 Expert
    edited March 21

    you gave your thoughts on something else

    No, actually in an earlier post (page 2 at 4:27PM) I mentioned that I feed in an external signal from a Roland unit when using my Maschine+ (playing other sounds at the same time).

    Fact is, the input gain CAN be increased in several places/ways without requiring any kind of workaround/fix/firmware change etc. which I know from direct experience of doing something similar (why I mentioned it).

  • enz0
    enz0 Member Posts: 54 Advisor
    edited March 22

    yes that post was about monitoring an external sound source you had no intention of sampling . What im monitoring, I am intending to sample. You’re implying that’s the same use case. Cool, i guess we can agree to disagree.

    It is a fact there are ways to increase input gain outside of the sampler but I want to do it on the sampling page to be even more literal

  • PK The DJ
    PK The DJ Member Posts: 1,914 Expert

    you had no intention of sampling

    Who says? I certainly didn't say that I wasn't going to sample it.

    Whether it would be sampled or not doesn't matter anyway. The facts are:

    • The sample input level is not "insanely low". Tested and pictured.
    • The monitor level can be increased to match anything already playing. Proved by personal experience.

    All bases have been covered. There's no need to drag this thread on any further. Over and out.

  • enz0
    enz0 Member Posts: 54 Advisor

    ”if this is not about sampling” — Can you explain what you meant by this, then? because maybe i misinterpreted. I took this to mean you set up this routing without the intent to sample, only to play an external source .


    I’d want to keep it open for the possibility for others to chime in, respectfully. I value others’ opinions and not just yours. I guess we can agree to disagree there too

  • Kaldosh
    Kaldosh Member Posts: 414 Advisor

    As a side note I found myself adding the Maschine stock eq on my input to boost the gain and didn't notice any bad noise or hum

  • PK The DJ
    PK The DJ Member Posts: 1,914 Expert

    @enz0 My comment was in response to several you made after people had started replying, using the word "monitoring" where you'd previously mentioned the sampling input level.

    Yes, I know you're doing both (one after the other) but the responses ought to be obvious from the content of posts in the thread without needing to be explained all the time.

  • enz0
    enz0 Member Posts: 54 Advisor

    Good to know. Would be great to also be able to easily add fx to the sampling page - so sounds can easily be sampled in with fx baked in (in addition to just gain as stated in my op)

  • PK The DJ
    PK The DJ Member Posts: 1,914 Expert
    edited March 22

    so sounds can easily be sampled in with fx

    Already possible. I mentioned this yesterday. It's always advisable to sample clean though, and add FX later, so that if you change your mind, you're not stuck with FX on a sample.

  • enz0
    enz0 Member Posts: 54 Advisor
    edited March 22

    How do you record samples with the fx baked into the recording? I understood your explanation on how to monitor with them. Please don’t tell me it’s the same thing this time 😂

    On your 2nd point, i was advised by one of my favorite producers to record samples in with fx (eq, lo-fi etc) in order to commit, be more productive, and learn to trust your instinct on what sounds good. I do also see the benefit of recording in clean, to your point. I don’t think there’s a definitive right or wrong way. Would be great to have the option

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