Maschine 3.0 is that you?

i feel like youre right. cant see it happening myself tho

At least half of any improvements will be made according to NI's internal Maschine development path, which includes things like increasing compatibility with other companies/products within the NI corporate framework and items they believe are 'exciting' or 'modish', so expect a closer integration with Izotope product lines and AI because that's what the company is working on.

In terms of user 'demanded' features, you'll see the ones that fit with their vision of what Maschine should be viz instrument/groovebox/DAW - stem separation seems a good bet as the sampler in Maschine is really good. But moving closer to being a standalone DAW seems very, very unlikely as the DAW market is large and not spectacularly profitable.

I"m fine paying for the upgrade, but I'd be far happier to pay for it if NI were happier to support their hardware for longer.

As the Z1 MK2 launched on the 1st, NI hardly ever give anything less than two weeks. Although I'd normally expect something mid-November, I'm also expecting a hardware update, not just a software update, so maybe toward the end of the month.

I've been wrong a million times, though.

Yesterday an email came with the subject:

"What’s new at NI this month?"

Unfortunately, maschine 3.0 wasn't mentioned at all, maybe in December...