WOW…. just WOW Not sure what to even say. If NI is working on a new version of Maschine, its got it work cut out for it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1XbD59wDeM
MPC 3.6 is killer and with the Pro Pack on my Gen 1 device, I can tell you that it is a dream.
I think that NI should have never retired MK2, as the NI community have lost a lot of Push for features and fixes.
Maschine could have been an amazing device but I am afraid to say that it has become a very limited toy, and only because of the lack of development and not because of the device's capabilities. So sad.
The new MPC does look very very nice imo
If NI have new h/w in the works, it would be wise to announce it sooner rather than later
For my home studio use, my MK3 is absolutely 100% fine, but even I’m tempted by the new MPC lol if it wasn’t for the price, I’d order one tomorrow
Andertons have done an hour long review, I expected to watch 5 mins of it but ended up watching it all
Andertons review
it does look exciting! I’m looking for a second hand One+ and add the pro pack to it.
No it isnt
Live 3 is an absolute monster, but when they drop a keys+ with the new motherboard, damn that will be a bit of kit!⁴
Yes I'm announcing my departure. Goodbye Maschine- . Hello Akai Mpc Live 3
Native Instruments is cooked, IMO. That market segment is so Akai-dominant that even if they released something, it would probably struggle to get great headway in the market. Right now, they are probably better off focusing on improving the Maschine 3 software and maintaining the Maschine MK3/Mikro MK3.
The Maschine+ is so underwhelming that I'm not sure what purpose it serves in the marketplace, at this point.
This device, from a base hardware standpoint, is basically what the Maschine+ needed to be on release. Better CPU, 8GB RAM, SSD Storage Bay, and better I/O.
And no, the Maschine+ is not an "amazing piece of kit." That's cope. It was never amazing. It's just an underpowered MK3 standalone. Basically an MPC One+ competitor with more issues and worse development resources being put into it. NI needs to step it up.
Yeah but Ave showed a video where the 4 quadrants could be used for more than just different samples; he assigned different midi repeat note durations to the quadrants so that say if you were working with a hi hat pad you could hit one of the quadrants to do live rolls and repeats at different rates. Looks like effects and other attributes can be assigned to the 4 quadrants; good for live performance or improvising for finger drummers.
im like days to leave the Ni echo system
Wow what a sick powerful Maschine, mpc live 3 is .. And meanwhile NI is dropping leaps and exapansions before giving us what we need .. not buying so much as a hi hat sample from Ni before they get v their shit together .. not even natives own keyboard komplete kontrol mk3 is working properly with their Maschine software.. they just drop expansion after expansion .. I’m so close to abandon the native instruments echo system after this sick machine is dropped.. I’m pretty sure Ni is abandoning hardware at this point..
When the Key 61 is release the market will be owned by
As a30 year MPC user im happy for akai. I believe it's time for native instruments to transition to be ing a sound design company and slowly give up the groove box space.. I know it's not popular take buts been years since the + release and akai beat NI to having the most powerful stand-alone using NI instruments
So much GAS and FOMO in this thread, and similar across the web. 🤣
Obsessing over the latest new shiny, and claiming that suddenly the product they bought is useless and worthless because it doesn't do what the new shiny does. 🤔
I won't be throwing any toys from the pram. I bought my Maschine+ in 2021 because of what it could do then, and it still does that now (and more besides). 👍️
There are potentially 64 pads at your fingertips. The idea is just brilliant!
That would be terrible, competition drives innovation, lowers prices, and is overall good for the consumer… If you know anything about tech just look what the Intel monopoly caused some years back, and now NVIDIA with a similar monopoly rules the world.
Today is Akai's time to shine, eventually NI releases something and roles reverse.
Having options is great, this new MPC is not better than an M+ in all areas just because it has higher specs and fancy pads.
Quote: "So much GAS and FOMO in this thread, and similar across the web. 🤣
Obsessing over the latest new shiny, and claiming that suddenly the product they bought is useless and worthless because it doesn't do what the new shiny does."
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If you buy something that you will ACTUALLY USE to produce music, that is not GAS. That is simply buying something new. The same way we buy new Computers or MIDI Controllers.
The M+ is useless to many people because it is missing the parts that make NI's ecosystem worth considering - The Library Ecosystem, the REAKTOR Ensembles, Most of the FX, etc.
As a result, people are looking at their MacBooks and wondering why they should pay $1,000-1,700 for a device that is less powerful, has a weaker ecosystem, provides less overall utility, and doesn't even run as long on battery power than a laptop that barely has an impact on portability (due to how compact they have become).
The M+ is terrible. The MK3/Mikro MK3 are still pretty good.
Also, the Expansions are a bit overrated and have a reputation as fodder for hobbyists and preset surfers.
IMO, M+ needed the Play Series Libraries and FX more than it needed Expansions, Lol.
The M+ doesn't really do anything an MPC doesn't do, so you didn't buy it for that. You bought it either for brand loyalty, or because you simply wanted a device that could subsume a lot of the content you already owned from Komplete bundles, etc.
