The MASCHINE+ Feedback Thread

In pad mode, an interesting feature would be to be able to define a chord on a specific pad.

The same functionality as in the chord mode but applicable to a specific pad. This would be very useful for live performances and to create new kits.

I don't know if I 've to post feature requests here or if there's a Maschine Feature Request list with a voting system somewhere. I have the Maschine MKIII (not the +) for a few weeks now (and years of experience with Ableton and Bitwig. A few things based on my first experiences I really would like to see in upcoming updates:

1) More efficient use of the right screen for plugin editing. A 6x4 cm big graphic telling me that RAUM or Solid Bus Comp is loaded while I already see that on the left side is a waste of space IMHO. I really would like the screen to show me a graphically representation of the amount of gain reduction a compressor is doing, or an EQ curve or a reverb tail or whatever plugin I'm editing. It would be great if that screen is in sync with the plugin pages. So one graphic representation per page of 8 settings.

2) Recording a clip directly on a track, not using the sampler pages. Maybe I'm missing something, and I know Maschine is coming from a sampler beat making background. But now that clips are there. Please, make it possible to record-arm multiple pads and record directly in pad lanes, it would speed up my workflow.

3) Multiple takes on a pad when recording Midi. Now it's automatically adding notes with every loop. I would like a setting where I can "take-style loop-record". So a pad keeps looping while I'm recording a beat or keyboard input and when I stop I will pick the best take and the others are dumped (or stored in a notepad kind of page for later use).

4) A latch/unlatch setting for the record button. Often I forget that record is stil on. So rehearsing notes while the song is playing get's these notes recorded. I would like a preferences setting where I can change the behaviour of the record button that it goes out of record-arm mode as soon as a recording is done.

Thanks for making this great product anyway!!!

Hi Alfredo

Actually I already mentioned this "workaround" with the Extended Lock feature (on this very thread, February 4)

It works well but it doesn't automate the changes and so it doesn't really help in the end...

Unless you have a method to "link" the different snapshots to a particular pattern or scene? (I did not succeed)

which would automatically retrieve the right settings for this entire pattern (or scene)

it would be very cool

indeed, the lack of a feature that can send automatically external midi messages (PC/MSB/LSB but also others CC#) is really annoying

It's possible to load Reaktor and FM8 files into the user directory and open them up (yay!). I'll be trying Massive next but I imagine it will work. What about third party Kontakt libraries? The browser sees them but won't open them? It would be awesome if that was added soon.

UPDATE: It is possible to load SOME Kontakt Libraries. I wonder what the difference is. I took an older library and tried a batch resave to the newest version of Kontakt but that that didn't do it.

hi alfredo,

That's great and luckily it was integrated with the last update. If you're a brave soul and know what you're doing, you could also create a MIDI loop (MIDI-OUT -> MIDI-IN), which would give you the option of triggering the snapshots from a dedicated track on the Maschine. It works but has its pitfalls. It would be cool if this would work without midi routing tricks and/or external devices. For example a snapshot track. This would also give you the option of recording mutes and other performance elements.

Hi,

So the basic idea is that you route data from the Maschine (out) back into the Maschine (in) via midi. You would use a simple MIDI-Din cable for this, which you connect as a loop. The complicated part is the actual midi configuration on the Maschine. And here come the pitfalls. Since you create a (data) loop, you have to be meticulous about not creating any data feedback. Because, as is usual with a "feedback" loop (e.g. audio feedback), the cascading data lead to a system error, crash, etc.

The video demonstrates the basic idea, although it is shown here in the Maschine standalone (software), the principle can be transferred one-to-one to Maschine +. With the difference that you use a real MIDI cable instead of a virtual MIDI cable.

But please remember to back up your data beforehand in case the Maschine crashes while trying.