Waiting for Maschine MK4, Maschine Studio MK2, or Komplete Kontrol MK3

…and it would cost twice (or more…) the price of the prior version 😂😂😂

Jokes apart…I agree with your vision. Not talking about the contents you ask for, but exactly about the price.

In my opinion, instead of replacing the existing hardwares, they should think about making “deluxe” versions. The actual line up could be their “entry level” for the (very important) hobbyists market, while an improved, enriched, enlarged line up would be something professional musicians could be interested to. Double keyboard (as per your suggestion), MPE, larger screens,… All of this comes at a cost, but not replacing what they already got would allow them to sell devices to the people with a budget but also to the professionals who knows that even if they spend 2k or 3k, them using it for their job would allow to regain the price.

This is the only way to hope that NI will put ALL the things we dream of into a single device. As I said, features comes at a price, and today’s market is made of users like us saying “I want this and that” but then not buying things because “hey, it’s too pricey”.

And NI seems more like a company who thinks “I want to put out this device and having it be in every house”, not “I want to put out a very complete device and if only some musician will buy it, I will gain my money anyway because they paid a good price for it”

It’s nowadays economy’s dilemma of “better selling a lot of unities at a lower price than few unities at a higher price”

Until we’ll continue to want to spend 400-500 bucks because “it’s an hobby…and in every case in 2 years I want to buy something new”, those very complete devices will not be the focus of companies. Technology has become too fast in modern days…in 2-3 years some very appealing new things will arise and therefore buying something very expensive because we know for the next 10-15 years we will be set up is not the case anymore.

What I would prefer to see is companies expanding the possibilities of the products they have and adding all the features that can be added in the following years (even by paying for them, in order to keep the company having a cash revenue). There are so many things that could be added on the software side of things. Think just about what Mr Kymeia is asking from a long time: we have S series keyboards allowing for aftertouch…and still Maschine don’t recognize it… Or what other companies are doing: Akai released a very valid device with the Force, and through the years they made it even better adding to it an arranger mode, instruments, fxs, workflow improvements… And they did it for free, just knowing that making it a better device, more units would be sold. Ableton thought its standalone device to be expandable (they nailed it? Maybe not…but at least they thought about it…)

Therefore…a better thought device, that will be improved through the years to reach its real full potential (maybe something new that can not be implemented will come out…but if on 20 new features we can have 15 of them on the device we already own we would miss the 5 remaining less). And not creating doubles just because “hey…but this new device has blue keys…I need it!”. Maybe it would be better also for our (not) beloved planet earth… And to cure our consumerism and GAS syndrome

I actually disagree regarding the preset browsing, and that's probably due to difference of workflows and/or use purpose. I find it both more elegant and 'real-time' compared to others, but I also think they completely missed the opportunity to use the screen real-estate when it comes to parameters. This is where I feel MPC/Force nailed it - providing both superb visuals, but more importantly a logical representation and far more visual feedback. I was waiting for NI to ultimately deliver a similar approach, but maybe users prefer jumping through a dozen pages to find a parameter...

Kubrak posted this rendition years ago and quite frankly it is a brilliant idea. I have Maschine MK3 but still love my Studuo because of the big jog wheel and edit buttons. Having a D-One that sits side by side with the Maschine would be the perfect addition. It simply makes sense. Is there anyone at the company who I can email to pitch Kubraks idea. Everyone what do you think?

Yup, I would love to see the new Maschine MK4 like Staykool suggested. I'ts been too long since NI is surprising with new hardware and good integration software with DAW. If it takes longer I will have to switch to Akai or Abelton Push. Don't know why they are taking so long. 😒

no Mk4 is coming.