Waiting for Maschine MK4, Maschine Studio MK2, or Komplete Kontrol MK3

I don't get the joke. 🤷‍♂️

But you know what? An NI take on sit/stand furniture or racks might be interesting!

NI has always been tight with information about upcoming products. I don't think it benefits them in this post-covid era, and in fact I think it hurts NI and its customers more than having an actual published roadmap for their products. Combined with NI's "take our sweet time coming out with new versions" methodology, it may cause some customers like myself to just give up waiting and go to a competitor.

To Shedd's point, Akai is a competitor in the controller space. I bought an Akai controller a few years ago, then shortly afterward, Maschine Jam came out. I never heard ANYTHING about Maschine Jam before its release, otherwise I might have decided to hold off on the Akai and see what NI could come out with for the Jam.

But because NI kept the Jam a secret, they lost at least one sale. And no, I never went back to buy a Maschine Jam at a later date, because I had already spent that money and so that ship had sailed.

Native Instruments needs to be more open in terms of their product lifecycle/roadmaps. Intel, AMD, and Nvidia do it for their products, and THAT is a much more competitive space. Automobile makers do it for THEIR products, and those people will kill for more customers. Even Apple does it, just by allowing the leaks and rumors to happen. You always know what's coming from Apple a good six months before any official announcement is made. I would prefer an actual roadmap from Apple, but they allow and even facilitate the rumors, so something similar to a roadmap is actually what happens there.

By being so secretive, NI leaves money on the table and hurts itself.

Hmmm, I'm pretty sure I said it in my FIRST POST. It has been YEARS since the last versions came out. And, most importantly, nothing old will take full advantage of the added granularity of MIDI 2.0.