Is Maschine software any good?
I heard that the maschine software doesnt have plug ins and isnt good for producing…any comments?
Google it so that you know the facts instead of what you hear from sad idiots.
MASCHINE software
Does MASCHINE have a sequencer? And if not what do you recommend?
Yup.
ok kool
Why don’t people Google products that interest them?
cuz google sux
Merged your Maschine threads. You can find more info on it on Youtube or NI’s site if you don’t feel like googling.
It has a sequencer, but don’t expect it to be as flexible as Ableton or a full-fledge DAW.
It’s awesome for getting ideas fleshed out, and it’s fun as hell to jam on. Then port over your ideas to Ableton and do all the nitty gritty work.
I agree with you that google sucks, but even it will find native instruments’s website, which has answers to all the questions you’ve asked.
You know what sucks more than Google? Maschine!
It’s a piece of shit, convoluted, expensive, limited, it only has like 6GB of samples, a free Massive serial and a bunch of other stupid kits, one-shots and samples. Fuck, they even give you a stack of Multi-FX chains…like who the fuck does NI think they are, giving me multi-fx chains?
To make matters worse, those velocity/pressure sensitive pads. They’re soo damn accurate and fucking easy to bang on. Like seriously, a dope producer could bang beats out on bricks. To hell with being spoilt with these extremely nice pads. And that Native mapping thing? I’d rather map all the main effects and parameters myself. That way when I slave over it for hours I know it’s worth it.
I repeat. Maschine is shit! Don’t buy one!
^ OK First of all, you are obviously not the target market for maschine because it sounds like you are already a “dope producer” banging out songs on your bricks. So for you to hate on it doesn’t really seem very responsible. Yes people who are experienced producers might not build their setup around maschine but for people like me, whom are just getting into producing, it’s a great way to start out. Everything is very intuitive and pretty easy to pick up. Yeah I’m sure the highly accredited producers aren’t exporting their songs directly from maschine to beatport but a lot of good DJ’s and producers use it in there workflow. I got my maschine MK1 for $250 used, it sounds like you paid full price for maschine. (same exact software) Now you are pissed off and misleading everyone else into thinking that Maschine sucks but in reality it is because you bought the wrong product instead of researching it ahead of time, like our friend ecoleopard is smart enough to do.
Note the intense tone of sarcasm. Sorry if it didn’t come across. But a quick glance around this forum and you’ll see that I’m a HUGE advocate for Maschine.
Maybe next time I’ll write the whole thing in Sarcastica font.
+1
Beware the Tyranny of Choice when it comes to the first few steps into any new hobby…including producing music.
I use Adobe Audition for basic editing of existing music and Cakewalk Sonar as a DAW. It has taken me years to experiment and find the narrow subset of options that I prefer to use to accomplish my goals in those pieces of software.
Given those invested years, I was able to find a workflow in Maschine in a matter of weeks. And, more or less, I just adopted the workflows described in the NI video overviews of Maschine.
At this point, I’d rather have “one obvious” way to do things over the “flexibility” to work however I want (because then I have to figure out what it is that I want…and that’s a moving target…).
Fail#HandOverFace
ahaha I cant tell if this response was serious or you were just trolling him back…
I mean theres no way in the world that needed any kind of “sarcasm” incoming. All he does is praise the damn thing lol.
Oh man, our world is falling apart I tell you what.
I <3 my maschine but i just wish i could jump the pad tuning up and down in octaves. that root note dial gets way too fiddely
edit
Okay i just googled “maschine pad root note octave jump” and found holding pad mode and using the buttons 7 + 8 above the LCDs jumps in octaves 
For the price its a must have!
The one piece of gear i’ll always want in my studio is a Maschine. Now with Push coming out it may rival the Maschine, but I definitely love mine. I know how to use it so well now that even though Push would be completely amazing, I would still rather work in Maschine then drag & drop into Ableton.
It’s one piece of gear I would always recommend for new producers.