I recently started using my Maschine Plus in Controller mode with Maschine 2 on my laptop (macOS Sonoma, M1).
However, for whatever reason, sampling an external device into the Maschine 2 software via the Maschine Plus audio interface inputs does not work correctly. The resulting sample sounds "corrupted" - with clicks, pops etc.
Weirdly, if follow exactly the same sampling process, but this time load Maschine 2 into Ableton Live 11 as a VST then sampling an external device into the Maschine 2 VST works just fine. Maybe the problem is somehow with Maschine 2 software directly communicating to the Maschine Plus audio interface since it works fine when sitting inside Ableton as a VST (where presumably Ableton handles the comms with the Maschine Plus audio interface).
I should also state that the Maschine+ in standalone mode (i.e. without a computer) samples external instruments just fine.
I am hoping somebody else has had this problem and make some suggestions. I have logged a support ticket with NI a couple of weeks back but had no meaningful response.
You can download my project here - Pad 1 was sampled with Maschine 2 running Standalone and Pad 2 sampled with Maschine 2 as VST inside Ableton. Both samples are the same source - a basic drum loop from Korg Gadget on my iPhone plugged directly into the Maschine Plus.