Maschine needs new, cutting-edge sequencing ideas

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This discussion was created from comments split from: Lock State Improvements.

thronechild

to be honest these suggestions for sequencer, pattern and modulation should all be on the roadmap in general as basic enhancements that come as sequencers across the board have improved generally. I don’t particularly think we need to recreate a daw’s functionality, but work better with tools a daw provides.

But also I’m underwhelmed at the scope of the popular requests if this is all we get. When you ask a lot of people who all have limited experience with a range of different types of sequencers (not a criticism, a fact that we all only have a limited amount of money and gear), most people are coming from common DAW type workflows, and are not picking up new sequencers as they come out, so cutting edge features are not going to be commonly requested. So when you look for the answers that are mentioned more, the most requested ends up as requests that are skewed towards basic missing features. Advanced more interesting features found in other sequencers are only experienced by a small subset of respondents, and then further diluted because those respondents also only use a limited amount of gear, for which each persons setup is unique.

I think these should be on the list, but you should be showing us what’s exciting and possible and what will advance the workflow. Show us how you have curated the sequencer landscape and enhanced other sequencers ideas into exciting new features that are possible within the maschine workflow. Snapshots, jam, modulation vs automation, groups are all examples of past maschine improvements that moved the sequencer game forward. Add the basics to but bring some new (to maschine) sequencing ideas and build it better than the competition.

Antonio B

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/162586#Comment_162586

SO well said! As someone from the hardware side of things and switching to software (and why I chose Mascine over other competitors), I too am very underwhelmed by the fact that some basic functionality is missing in Machine that you get from new startups in the hardware arena. I'm sure you've heard it all before, but its worth repeating - over and over…probability functionality + on the-fly performance input is key to a creative and superior musical experience - that's also fun:)

NitroDublin

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/162586#Comment_162586

Again fully agree on every point.