NIPatcher - Tool to modify Maschine (MacOS)

D-One · 2023-03-29T22:15:54+00:00

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Hello! I'll try to keep this as short as possible:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6xoZhmRbsQ

(KK video for now, will add a Maschine one later)

NIPatcher is a tool to modify Maschine app and plugins to add functionality to hardware or improve annoyances of the GUI interface. The goal is to have an easy way for users to apply mods/hacks that have been shared on the forum, there aren't that many currently but hopefully, this encourages some people to find more.

Current version: v1.1.1 (5 April 2023)
Download: https://github.com/d1One/NIPatcher/releases/tag/Latest (might require log-in in GitHub)
Direct download link: https://github.com/d1One/NIPatcher/releases/download/Latest/NIPatcher.v1.1.1.zip
More detailed information + how to also in the link above.
Maschine FAQ / specifics about each patch here.

The app GUI should be mostly self-explanatory and work in Ventura, Monterey, and Big Sur, with native Apple silicon support as well.

If all goes well I'll add more mods/hacks as I find them or other users share details on how to do certain things. ~~I plan to make it open-source once I figure out how to use Github properly.~~

EDIT: NIPatcher is open-source now. I don't know how to handle push/pull requests yet but doubt anyone would contribute anyway. Will focus on Windows for a while and see if I can manage that.

GUI / Interface

The Window Size mod: Allows users to change the default window size presets for Maschine, this is not super useful for the Maschine application but quite handy for Plugins as they aren't resizable... So, if you want for example a full-screen MAS-Plug you can have it by just changing the "Small" preset pixel size. You can also remove minimum size limitations for the Maschine app, this probably is not very useful for most people.

Font Size: Main reason for NIPatcher actually, fonts are tiny and pixilated so this helps quite a bit. Button size affects Tags in the Browser, Pad Names, Pattern names in Ideas view, etc... Label size affects mainly the Browser Preset list but probably many other things too. Here's an example of changing both fonts from 11 to 15:

Hardware:

Stop button [MK3, Mikro MK3 and M+] : Makes the Stop actually useful for something by bringing the Playhead back to the start if double pressed as DAW's do; or if the project is not playing. It's a better version of this hack I shared a while ago.
Jam Focus [JAM] : Enables changing Patterns with Jam without changing the Group focus, Jam users asked for this a million times. All credit to @maschuser1 for sharing it here. I have not tested this since I don't own a Jam, let me know if it works

Change Log:

V1.1.1 April 5 2023

Added: Source Code to Github.

Added: Logo change for KK, so the user knows for sure if it's modded.

Added: Default window size when opening NIPatcher.

Fixed: Codesign not clearing the text window if used more than once.

Some more stuff I don't remember.

v1.1 April 1 2023

Added support for Komplete Kontrol (Separate thread)

Fixed a bug with codesign.

Minor cosmetic changes.

v1.0 - March 29 2023

First release. Maschine only.

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Comments

marten10bones

badass thanks, your work is appreciated

D-One

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/62369#Comment_62369

I'm so confused right now, is it this? I think it used to say "Bank" in previous versions but now it doesn't?

PS: The thread in the KK forum was closed for some reason, so I re-opened it.

Sunborn

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/62389#Comment_62389

YES, this is the damn "greyed out" bank thing (also same in Maschine)!

If you can find a way to make it possible for us to edit bank names within our software instead of messing around with scripts for hours, you deserve a statue! 😉

tribepop

Badass, thanks for sharing. I don’t have macOS but I have it on a virtual machine so I might spin it up there and play around. I’m a software engineer by day so I can play around with the source code and see about looking into doing a windows port but I can’t promise anything, I’ll get back at ya when I get a chance to play around.

D-One

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/62679#Comment_62679

Thanks. Oh, awesome. It's a simple app, it just replaces lines of text in KK/Mas content resources, adapting the functions from Swift to some other language like C++ or whatever should be easy. I'm looking into remaking it with Electron for cross-compatibility but that means learning basics of javascript + web front end stuff + all the windows specifics, so not sure if i can manage it or not but having one code base for the 2 OS's would be cool.

LostInFoundation

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/62679#Comment_62679

Yessss windows please. Even if you would put only the focus thing (the resizing is interesting too, but just “aesthetically”. The focus will really change how we use NI hardwares)

Kymeia

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/62389#Comment_62389

Yes that’s it

D-One

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/62697#Comment_62697

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/62700#Comment_62700

I looked into this and no, there's no way for me to achieve it. If there was already a way to edit some banks and not others I could search for the bit of code that blocks it, most likely there's not even a way to do it inside the KK to unblock it, if there is then this is something for someone with real hacking skills... requires actual reverse engineering some stuff.

If someone figures that out I can add it to the Patcher but it's unlikely anyone will spend the time.

TheBassGuru

Is there a way to make the Title area for the pad names wider?

saubr

Is this programm could change de default string "Pattern" in just "P" ?

It could be nice to finally see something else than "Patt...." when coming to a final track with many patterns/scenes.

D-One

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/69222#Comment_69222

You mean the area highlighted in the pink? Sure, it should be easy to add, I'll have a look.

It will look awkward if the part above isint the same size tho.

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/69392#Comment_69392

When the text does not fit with the level of zoom you have active it shows you "Pa" and more importantly the number of the pattern, how else could it work and be usable?

saubr

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/69501#Comment_69501

it can display "Pa...1)" & "Pa...1)" but it's "Pattern 1 (1)" & "Pattern 2 (1)"

since every patterns are patterns its maybe not revelent to name everythin pattern ^^

Kymeia

Actually finally got round to trying this today. Is there a way to keep the behaviour of KK wrapping to the plugin windows when it has a plugin but being large when empty? tbh I always loved the way KK wraps to plugin size as it makes it unobtrusive as a wrapper, the ideal solution for me would be to be able to decouple the search pane from the plugin pane so they can be independently sized, and of course to make them both support HDPI graphics/fonts. That's for NI to sort though

Also how do you set width, it only seems to set height/depth?

Thanks again for this

D-One

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/69619#Comment_69619

@Kymeia asked:

Is there a way to keep the behaviour of KK wrapping to the plugin windows when it has a plugin but being large when empty? tbh I always loved the way KK wraps to plugin size as it makes it unobtrusive as a wrapper

Yes, there are 2 sizes to modify one with a plugin load and another for an empty KK.

@Kymeia asked:

Also how do you set width, it only seems to set height/depth?

Hum... Yes, only height and wider browser. I think I can easily add a custom width setting but what's the use case tho? If KK wraps around whatever is loaded what advantage would a custom width offer?

BTW there's a specific thread in the KK forum, to keep things separated in terms of requests and such, OP also has info more specific to KK:

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/11847/nipatcher-tool-to-modify-komplete-kontrol-macos

D-One

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/69535#Comment_69535

Oh, I see what you mean now. I think that kind of stuff is in the binary and not on scripts, so I probably can't mod it but I'll have a look.

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