Maschine+ - What is the max speed & max size micro SD card?

Justin J · 2022-09-30T04:18:42+00:00

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I've got 89 addon's and tons of samples. Looking to buy the fastest microSD card that the unit is capable of reading/writing to. Additionally, looking to find out what the maximum size supported is?

Currently have a 128GB card in there now, hoping to upgrade to 512 or 1TB?

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Justin J

Disregard, just found this: Notes on SD Cards for MASCHINE+ – Native Instruments (native-instruments.com)

And ordered this: Amazon.com: Lexar Professional 2000x 256GB SDXC UHS-II Card, Up To 300MB/s Read, for DSLR, Cinema-Quality Video Cameras (LSD2000256G-BNNNU) : Everything Else

Hope it works, we shall see in a few days.

D-One

@Justin J said:

The link I posted was from NI stating UHS-2 is supposedly supported unless it was a typo on their end?

It's terrible wording, not sure if a typo because technically a UHS-2 will always be faster than the SD that comes with the unit, or a slow one in general so in that sense, it will be "beneficial" but there's no way a UHS-1 Bus can take advantage of the full speed of a UHS-2 card the same way a USB-3 External drive won't be full speed connected to a USB-2 Port. So, if you go to UHS-2 you will pay a lot more for no reason compared to a high-speed UHS-1 "Extreme Pro".

The mistake is them associating "UHS-2" with "Extreme Pro" which doesn't make any sense since there are plenty of UHS-1 Extreme Pro cards out there that even advertise a speed higher than its theoretical max.

In your shoes, I wouldn't be wasting time and would just cancel the order, SD Cards are consumables and therefore not accepted as returns by most vendors... but it's up to you. 🤷‍♂️

UHS-2 has a second row of Pins, just like USB-3 has more pins than USB-2, that's what allows the newer tech to be so much faster:

As you can see the M+ does not have the 2nd row of pins to fully support the expensive UHS-2 cards:

99% sure.

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Justin J

Disregard, just found this: Notes on SD Cards for MASCHINE+ – Native Instruments (native-instruments.com)

And ordered this: Amazon.com: Lexar Professional 2000x 256GB SDXC UHS-II Card, Up To 300MB/s Read, for DSLR, Cinema-Quality Video Cameras (LSD2000256G-BNNNU) : Everything Else

Hope it works, we shall see in a few days.

D-One

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/33879#Comment_33879

Oh lord... It should work but you paid a lot for UHS-II speeds when they are not supported by MAS+... Dang, I feel bad for ya.

In your shoes, I would cancel that order ASAP and order a SanDisk 256GB Extreme PRO UHS-I, it's 50$ VS 200$+ 😬😬😬

https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-256GB-Extreme-UHS-I-SDSDXXY-256G-GN4IN/dp/B07H9VX76D

Justin J

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/33973#Comment_33973

The link I posted was from NI stating UHS-2 is supposedly supported unless it was a typo on their end?

”Can I use Extreme Pro SD cards?

Yes. An Extreme Pro utilizing UHS-2 is beneficial in cases such as sampling, installing/downloading content, and using CPU-heavy instances of KONTAKT.”

I believe the following is the card they are referring to, which is even more than I paid for a different brand: SanDisk 256GB Extreme PRO SDXC UHS-II Memory Card - C10, U3, V90, 8K, 4K, Full HD Video, SD Card - SDSDXDK-256G-GN4IN https://a.co/d/dQfYd6D

D-One

@Justin J said:

The link I posted was from NI stating UHS-2 is supposedly supported unless it was a typo on their end?

In your shoes, I wouldn't be wasting time and would just cancel the order, SD Cards are consumables and therefore not accepted as returns by most vendors... but it's up to you. 🤷‍♂️

UHS-2 has a second row of Pins, just like USB-3 has more pins than USB-2, that's what allows the newer tech to be so much faster:

As you can see the M+ does not have the 2nd row of pins to fully support the expensive UHS-2 cards:

99% sure.

Justin J

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/34053#Comment_34053

Thank you for the pictures and explanation. I’m going to take your advice and return the card (should be arriving in my mailbox today). I also marked your last response as the answer. Thanks again!

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