I'm curious because I just ordered a used piece at a good price with a view to using it with Maschine Plus live. However, now I'm worried that support may run out in a while.
No more need for rumors and quarrels. Read the official statement here:
Quoted from above:
What about Maschine Studio and Jam?These are still supported, and will be supported in the upcoming Maschine 3, although some workflows for Jam will change.
What about Maschine Studio and Jam?
These are still supported, and will be supported in the upcoming Maschine 3, although some workflows for Jam will change.
This thread can now be put at rest.
I changed the thread to a question and set your post as the answer. Maybe this helps decrease the panic levels
I wouldn't stress about this, I'd say the chances of JAM still being supported are rather high.
If my Maschine Studio and Jam are no longer supported with the 3.0 update like my KK Keyboard, I'm done with NI.
The Maschine+ doesn't run Maschine software though. It runs its own dedicated system that allows it to do some of the things the desktop software does, and transfer files (with basic compatibility) to and fro.
It would be more accurate to say that the + will undoubtedly need to be made compatible with any major changes in version 3 of the desktop software - IF there are any changes major enough.
Wrong. The current (official) answer is yes.
And it is beyond me, why you speculate about the (in)capability of a product you never used (according to one of your posts above). It‘s a standalone groove box, which has its limitations like any musical instrument. Interesting is that the most severe limitations are identical to the desktop version (with controller workflow), because they are in the Maschine software.
As long as Maschine Jam is class compliant, which is always a toss up with NI, it should be OK in terms of carrying on doing what it does. I guess the real issue would be, will NI bother mapping any updated functionality on the Maschine Jam.
I hope they relaunch it with the ability to chain more than one in your daw, and easy user mapping modes (like other midi controllers)… honestly the layout is almost perfect IMHO. I'd only move the scene launch buttons to the right, so it looks more like my familiar Ableton controllers.
This just in:
Put at rest… or transformed into a speculations thread about those mysterious “workflows changes”? 😏
A guy from Reddit wrote that it will be compatible. But who knows for sure? Jam is integral part of my workflow so I have to hope it will be.
None of the Maschine controllers are class-complient, they all need drivers even for simple MIDI Mode + tons of code to work with the Maschine SW.
Decided to not updated my both Plus and SW if Jam will be not supported. Just no. I have hybrid DJ setup and need to have control over Maschine groups volume, effects and more.
Cheers!
All good with Jam and Studio, an official NI account should confirm it eventually.
"We have officially dropped support for Maschine Jam, because surveys show that very few of our users utilize it." *SARCASM* Nah, but if they were smart, they would have held back the Jam a little bit & released the Plus first. Then, they could have shipped the Jam w/ Standalone integration from the outset & marketed the hell out of it as a side-car to the Plus, in addition to functioning as an extra controller in the studio. (instead of trying to compete w/ the Akai APC40 Mk2 & Ableton). We wouldn't even be having this conversation if NI were good at planning & marketing.
