Our new online community has been improved to offer users a more fresh and rewarding experience. Our goal is to make it the ideal place for creators and music enthusiasts to connect through knowledge sharing and exchanges.
Make sure to have a look at our Code of Conduct to be aware of the do's and don't.
First, check out your profile
The Profile section is all about you so others can get to know you better.
Choose your email address, profile picture or avatar and tell us a bit about you. Indicating your operating system is mandatory and if you’re using any NI hardware or software, feel free to share it!
Decide what you want to receive from us by setting up your notification preferences, be it a popup message or an email.
Find advices
Start a new discussion
Launch a topic that matters to you so we can chat about it and bring meaningful ideas and opinions together.
Example: “Curious to know what are the go-to plugins for acoustic drums?”
Ask a question
Got a technical issue or something you're not sure how to achieve? Feel free to ask here! Our team and community experts will try to bring you a solution.
Example: “How do you route MIDI on Maschine 2.12?”
Writing a post
Title
Titles need to be kept simple and clear with only a few keywords. Please avoid click-bait titles!
🚫 "M32 not working help pls"
✅ "M32 is not recognized with Ableton 11 on Mac 10.15"
Body
We're currently using a RICH editor
Give life to your posts thanks to the text editor’s tool palette:
Embed audio and other media
Feeling like sharing your last track? Any nice tutorials that could help the community? Drop a link in the dedicated box to embed any media into your post.
Supported media: YouTube, Vimeo, Twitter, Soundcloud, Bandcamp, Instagram, Twitch, Getty Images, Giphy, Imgur and more!
Insert emojis, pictures or files to support your post.
Tips
Don't forget to add tags to your posts to target the relevant categories and users.
If someone provides an answer/solution - mark it as ‘Best Answer’ so everyone can see it straight away. Moderators can also mark a reply as such.
Engage and show support
To interact with a post, several actions are possible:
You can drop a 👍 Like or label it as 💡 Informative.
Of course we encourage you to participate in threads, discussions and more to make this community rewarding, lively and fun for everyone.
You can use the FLAG if you want to mark a post as SPAM, ABUSE or simply report it to our team.
Search
Find your way using the search bar for specific topics or filter threads and discussions using the tag feature.
Areas
Visit the different areas for product related chats. Make sure you drop your post in the right one to keep the forum clean and avoid any confusion.
Have fun!
This place is essentially made for you to have fun and connect with like-minded enthusiasts. Let’s make it the best it can be, together, for our community.
-- What's next? --
Read more about how to earn points and climb up the ranks - here 🚀