Arranger improvements

Kai_NI · 2023-12-14T09:39:21+00:00

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An arrangement is what turns our musical building blocks, loops, and ideas into a full song or composition. The Maschine Arranger currently allows you to put sections onto a timeline, fill them with scenes and extend or augment them with clips.

When you think of an Arranger improvement, what are the workflows or features you would like to see changed, updated, or added?
What things would you like to be able to do that you currently can’t?
What things do you currently like and would not want to see changed?

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Shed Maa

I wish there was a section for General improvements but we need ability to mixdown our music as an mp3

Eric Rabb

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/123892#Comment_123892

Remember the EMU XP7 or MP7? It’s was made in 2001, it has performance recording, and it’s awesome. This should be easy guys come on!

Andy Wt

Setup: Maschine+ v1.5.1

As a Maschine+ user

I want to bugs be fixed, especially such annoying as the following one

So that i can boot M+, load project, press play and get flawless playback

As there is no separate thread for 'Overall stability improvements' ideas i suppose you wouldn't mind i post this link here: https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/125004/#Comment_125004

It happens during scene switching so i suppose it fits into 'Arranger improvements' thread just fine.

pauljames510

Add the option to see full clips instead of just blocks. Add a grid that you can change to the resolution you need.

Add themes to customize the colors and contrast to the GUI.

Drag and drop audio clips and midi to arranger.

Add the ability to slice clips. Stretch audio clips by clicking and dragging or from the controller.

Bounce pattern to audio from arranger.

saubr

a feature to flatten patterns structure into one single big pattern/clip/arrangement

ozon

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/126096#Comment_126096

Interesting idea. Sort of an arrangement freeze. What would be your use case for that?

Chris Shelving

- RENDER MIDI and AUDIO with 1CLICK or combination in Maschine MK3.

(NO AUDIO CUTOUTS IN THE RENDER!) TO RUN LIVE (render in the background).

- RENDER GROUPS in ARRENGMENT AND BE ABLE TO SEE THE WAVE.

- SEPARATE AUDIO LOOPS by STEMs :)

- MASCHINE MIX

(another APP or concept for MIXING AND MASTERING).

obviously with MASCHINE HARDWARE MK3 :)

and above all WITH LATENCY COMPENSATION.

- MASCHINE VST3 in Ableton ( ENABLE COMPATIBILITY ) ReSTART / PLAY / REC / STOP

- MIDI FX!!!!!!!!!!! NOW!

- CHANGE!! BPM in SCENE or PATTERNs ( with ramps ) Vinyl OFF :)

- Improve all automation (TOOLs) to create rhythms and variation

mc82

Maschine could stand out by offering unique structural arrangement templates with helpful suggestions, a feature not found in other DAWs. Imagine collaborating with 3 or 4 established artists to create signature arrangements that users can build upon. While Logic has pre-made songs, Maschine could take it further with "Demo Projects" or "Arrangement Templates" in a side window (similar to Ableton's "help" section that opens on the right of the program window), providing an interactive and user-friendly guide to building a song. This additional window wouldn't alter the main interface, making it easier for new music makers to grasp arrangement concepts. My journey started with Maschine, but I explored other DAWs to learn more about automation, arrangement, and mixing. Now, I've come full circle, creating and arranging in Maschine and then refining in a DAW. This approach could streamline the learning process for many aspiring musicians and users new to producing, and keep them in the Maschine environment throughout their journey.

macchinista

Apologies if some suggestions have been already mentioned elsewhere in the thread. Consider that as an upvote from me.

Horizontal list display of song sections. From this list, one should be able to edit each section, move up/down, delete etc. (similar to song mode in MPC)
Live record section changes
Global track for tempo and time signature changes
Global track for recording lock states which one should be able to name and color
Master track for recording master effects automation and do volume fades
Convert pattern to clip (you can’t do this from the controller)
Convert selection to one clip: now when you convert to clip, a new clip is created for each looping part of the pattern. This creates many copies of essentially the same thing with confusing naming and it’s hard to manage all those clips. With the proposed change, only one clip is created per group for the selected region
One should be able to name Sections from the controllers
Proper audio tracks

saubr

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/126120#Comment_126120

Nowadays i'm always struggling to be sure that I don't affect a my track by modifying two pattern at once.

I imagine building the track with the classic scene/pattern mechanic, and then when i will start the arrangement/detailling/automation process : flattening my build and start from the projection of all my pattern on the whole arrangement

Cretin Dilettante

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/126186#Comment_126186

Bro just study music theory & composition in your spare time. It's easier than 8th grade algebra.

Murat Kayi

@Cretin Dilettante the post you are referring to sounds as if the user does not know about the existence of example projects or the option to load Groups with patterns. I have to say in general across all of these ideas threads I get the impression many people never read any of the manuals or bothered to check if what they are asking already exists.

If I was a Maschine developer I would be very pleased with myself seeing that a significant part of the suggestions or requests are about things which already exist. As a fellow Maschine user, however, I'm massaging my forehead reading these ideas threads more than in any other area of the forums. It is unfortunate, because among all of this are some really advanced/fascinating concepts or wishes and I just hope they get the attention they deserve...

D-One

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/126612#Comment_126612

This is what happens when theres no vetting or moderation prior to the approval of requests/ideas by someone with a lot of knowledge, it's basically a free4all.. Half of the 'Ideas' aren't even on topic. The same lead to the old forum to having having 4000 threads in the feature request section, mostly either about the same things or people asking for things that already exist. 🤷‍♂️ If this section is open for long enough the same will happen and at that point it's useless because who is gonna read 1000+ posts?

ozon

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/126616#Comment_126616

My suggestion would be to close these threads. There should already be plenty ideas to keep the dev team busy for quite a while. And „new“ suggestions are mainly repetitions of previous ones.

CH7

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/117486#Comment_117486

We've been asking for Maschine/Ableton integration from day one. It really should have been easy for NI to produce an Ableton/<anyotherdaw> file with all the settings, and a button on the Maschine which, with one click, enables those I/O connections to the currently highlighted group. Boom.

Just drop the Ableton file to where you want it opened, and toggle a switch [or maybe two switches, for audio or midi routing] on the Maschine to enable those pre-prepared connections. Then leave the user to tweek at their leisure.