Maschine Plus 1.4 update is out now!

Thank You NI Team!

Please fix this:

When M+ is in receive clock mode (Slave mode) and there the Master clock already running when M+ is booting - there is no Start/Stop and clock recognition. To avoid this I must boot M+ at first, after that any other device as Master clock device, MIDI Hub device etc. But when in live situation I need to restart M+ I must detach a MIDI Din cable, restart M+ and attach MIDI Din cable... Why?

Also I have a problem (when Receive clock mode is on) with too sensitive tempo delay FX, also Massive Echo (tempo based) because the Master clock is floating +/- some cents and this immediately affects long feedback tempo based echoes that start to glitch, speed (pitch) changes and to feedback in a wrong pitch and another one and more and more... and in the end sound comes very degrade.

The same project when M+ is in internal clock have a no problems.

It is strange, because I have Traktor Kontrol S8 connected on the same External MIDI Clock at the same time and also a tempo based echoes in Traktor and there is no problem with a clock floating (in cents) and long feedback echoes.

If you think this would help, add to the menu:

Send Clock USB

Send Clock DIN

Send Clock USB+DIN

Receive Clock USB

Receive Clock DIN

In what part? I'll be in Zimbabwe in September if you're close enough to meet up and hang out. (I know it's a long shot but PM me to connect.)

So I went ahead with the update, and I'm not sure if placebo, but overall performance seems to have improved? I used to get slight glitches when starting/stopping playback, and these now seem to have disappeared for the most part?

I think I'm also seeing slightly lower CPU readings across the board..!

We're getting closer and closer to "gig worthy" performance 🤘🏻

(Need to test ext MIDI performance & Custom Kontakt content importing next)

I am okay

The most cpu-intensive project went down from 80 to 60/65%

And another project, from 45 to 35 / 40

I had no problem with these projects, but it leaves a little more leeway

One unit to rule them all! M+!!

Also, I'm happy to report that even though you cannot save Reaktor presets in OS 1.4 and have them recall on the desktop, at least all the ensembles built with Reaktor desktop 6.4.3 still function and recall normally 👍

This means that you should still be able to use custom Reaktor stuff in your Maschine+ standalone projects, and have them open on Maschine desktop OK, you just cannot save presets from the standalone since those will become Reaktor 6.4.4 version files, which don't seem to currently open on Reaktor 6.4.3..

All in all, this is looking like a solid update. It was worth the wait. NI devs, you've earned a pint (or twelve 😜)

I had only one problem with this nice update.

I have a project, when I want to read it, the M+ indicates "busy", but it stays like that.

I started other projects, then tried this one again, eventually I was able to open it.

I renamed it and today it did the same thing, I made a copy, I'll see tomorrow if this copy opens more easily.

Do you have an idea ?