The Maschine 4 (Speculative) Thread

@olafmol

"But i believe that there is no excuse for not reducing any technical debt in 10 years time. I just feel sad if I look at how long it took NI to support VST3, and how they struggle with high-DPI display support"

Pretty difficult to "reduce" technical debt if every second NI user on these boards are harping away about "where's my Battery update?" or "Why can I not use my S61 MK1 with Komplete Kontrol 3" or my favorite "Why can't I install and authorize software I bought in 2011 - where is Service Center?"

Every single time NI tries to do something - anything - to clean up some old junk from yesteryear - someone rolls right in and lays out their case for why it should continue.

Couple this with the clear lack of in house programming knowledge - to actually understand what tech debt it is they need to clean up (since they have all left) and you can see why this is a never ending road to frustration.

VP

Well - as others have mentioned - the venture capitol group that owns NI now - has no intention (it seems) to reinvest in this old stuff - or in the people that built it in the first place.

For what it appears - the bottom line is to simply retire something, wipe the slate and carry on with new (easier to build - like real easy) stuff. Keeps it cheap, keeps the resources budgets low and keeps the dollars flowing in - not out.

Sounds like a typical VC playbook to me.

VP

let’s see what Maschine 3 will be. A total rewrite by a new engineering team, or an iteration of Maschine 2.8. I’m curious.

hahahah @D-One hahahahah

i agree, everything in machine 2, is working well. For the few thing that might come in a future release, i personally would. Stay in 2.0