Any indications of new Maschine hardware?

no plans for Maschine Mk4...Matthew says

Hi @Matthew_NI

Apologies if you have answered this, but for absolute clarity - does this mean Maschine hardware

(MK4 and + ) is NOT going to be upgraded/developed at all?

Thanks

Native Instruments introduced the Maschine harware to sell its expansion packs and virtual synths. The pad sampler waa because MPC was tge only hardware controller at tge time. Now it's too many hardware samplers and controllers,so NI has thrown in the towel on its hardware and Maschine software. NI is focusing on selling plug-in instruments. This Maschine 3.0,its not gonna be all that. Its prolly gonna be a few more expansion packs and Instruments ( cause that's what they do) and some stem seperation( because you guys all cried about MPC having it). Native Instruments has went from a musical production company, to a plug in company. Im off to Ableton Push 3, and a MPC X. NI is suffering from an identity crisis.

Thanks @PoorFellow

I understand that is their model and it's their choice. I'd respect them more if they said we are working on the next model but it is still 2 years off or something like that. I'd like to continue to invest in a company that was cleary moving forward like that. If they have decided to just focus on software - I'd like to know that as well.
Apple had a way of leaking information without giving anything away. Builds a bit of anticipation.

I think MK3 is amazing, potentially perfect, so I might agree with you, I hesitate becasue they have made big leaps before, M2 and MK3 were great expamples. The slider and fuctions alone was reason enough for me to upgrade, I ride pitch wheels and mod wheel (slider) all the time, it was a big step for my personal satisfaction. However, I think it is more likely that the next version will converge to the sigle display like in the keyboards but I wouldn't be super excited if this only means larger footprint. There is also much improvement for visual feedback and screen utilization.

I'm in the M+ zone now, currently M+ NEEDs more power to do everything I want it to do and not use the software, but again, the hardware is about perfect so maybe M+ will advance like iPhone now with incremental power and digital interface improvements. I will invest in M+2 if it is atleast twice as powerful in CPU with double the memory. If it just adds a screen and basic improvements I will stick with my beloved M+.

EDIT: If the improve efficientcy so I can do still do what I want without double the power I would also consider it, but it would have to boot quicker, handle autosampling better, and allow for more plugin use.

Jam on the other had has allot of room for improvement, I could see them offering a padbed like Push 3, NI has what it takes, how long or if they get there is anyones guess. The non velocity, non aftertouch pads has me hesitate though the slides and their functions are tempting…

I believe them when they say it wont be for a while. M3 upgrade is light and taking a while, M+ firmware is 6mo behind schedule. If the team doesn't have the power to push firmware and a modest software upgrade I dont think hardware will happen until 2026.

Lets hope 2025 is the year NI invests brain power in maschine development!!!

That sound interesting!