Sequencer/Pattern Editor improvements

Thanks for this

A. Tempo automation - Similar to Ableton where you have a tempo track and you can either draw in the changes, type a tempo in the name of the Scene so that tempo changes based on the value or automate it via the hardware knob

B. Time Sig automation per scene - This can be done theoretically via slave mode but it doesnt translate very well and should be a native feature of Maschine software.

I'd love all suggestions above for the midi editor as I love maschine and don't want to use FL studio.

I have a weird suggestion that I think has never been done and would love to have : Wait and record.

If you ever played a piano learning software on practice mode, that would be similar : Imputs on the keyboard would be recorded in the midi editor, but would only move to the next note/bar once you released all the keys instead of having to play on tempo. Like playing on "pause"

This would allow for people who aren't experienced pianist to experiment and write melodies much more easily. I don't have a solution for the "empty" notes, but it would still be easier than trying to rearrange something played live poorly and manually organize and quantize everything.

Complete overhaul of the piano roll - make it workable and viewable (free resize of plugin GUI).

• The zoom function should work horizontal as well as vertical and be easier to grab with a mouse
• 1/2x and 2x pattern notes (half-time and double-time)
• A toolbar with different note editing tools

I think taking a look at most competitors will give a pretty good idea for what is basically a standard or a minimum of midi editing functions in a piano roll nowadays. Honestly I've been avoiding midi-editing in Maschine, since it's super tedious and frustrating.

I am not suggesting Bitwig’s become part of NI. Bitwig should remain independent as a company. Just an official partnership with deep integration. I think everyone would walk away as a winner, specially the users.

Given how rudimentary Maschine DAW is, they could even create different price tiers (a similar Bitwig version of Maschine would be the cheapest tier), and charge extra for more features. I would pay, and yes I would pay for new version upgrades and for all I care all that upgrade money can go directly to bitwig’s development team

Or NI can just pay a usage license to Bitwig, change the layout/colors of Bitwig and adopt it as Maschine DAW.

NI should focus on what they are good at. Awesome VSTs, awesome keyboard controllers for those VSTs and awesome Maschine hardware with the best sampler there is, but damn it, just outsource the DAW development - it’s clearly not moving forward.

I mentioned this in another section - but I think having an app for iPad and android devices where you could extend the screen of the Maschine to the tablet would solve a lot of problems for editing - it would let you blow up the piano roll for instance and touch/manipulate it...so adjusting things inside the Maschine so the functionality is better there for standalone in addition to the ability to add a simple touchscreen interface I think would be great!

+ There should be an option to hear the notes as you move events on the piano roll

Ok there’s one thing that maschine really really needs patterns change to clips and BACK AGAIN

PLEASE PLEASE CAN I HAVE THIS

Maschine is lovely I love it but once you have changed a pattern to clip there’s no going back

WHY NOT ????