Maschine MIDI Silently Outsourced to Bome

Simon

NI quietly and only recently outsourced MIDI routing for Maschine to Bome, without informing users or documenting the change. This shift was embedded in a software update that silently installed Bome’s virtual MIDI infrastructure, rerouting control surface data through proprietary channels. Users who previously relied on transparent MIDI pathways—loopMIDI, rtpMIDI, or direct DAW integration—now find themselves locked into Bome’s architecture, with no option to opt out.

The implications are serious. Maschine’s control surface no longer communicates via standard MIDI ports unless mediated by Bome, and meaningful customization now requires purchasing Bome MIDI Translator Pro—an overpriced and poorly designed tool that introduces opacity and instability. This is not a technical enhancement…it’s collusion. Native Instruments has betrayed customer trust for a third-party enterprise agreement that undermines honesty and commitment to their own customers.

Sunborn

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/48386/maschine-midi-silently-outsourced-to-bome

Hello Simon

MASCHINE does not officially "use" Bome MIDI Translator Pro as a native, integrated feature, neither is forcing anyone to use it.

Instead, Bome MIDI Translator Pro is a third-party utility software that users often employ to create custom MIDI mappings for the MASCHINE hardware when using it in MIDI controller mode (bypassing the MASCHINE software). This is done to achieve control over other software (like DAWs) with the MASCHINE controller.

Discussions and examples of users using Bome MIDI Translator Pro with MASCHINE hardware (like the Maschine Studio or MK3) for custom mappings go back as far as at least 2016 and 2018 on the Bome forums, suggesting that custom integration has been a practice for years.

In short, there's no official date for MASCHINE "using" it, as it's a separate utility, but users have been combining the two for advanced control since at least the mid-to-late 2010s.