seeing all these NAMM teasers and releases makes me wonder what will happen with the maschine that Mike Gao was hinting at in his interview (Inside The Producer’s Studio: Mike Gao):
“I may be biased, because this summer, I worked on some new features for the Maschine as part of the Native Instruments R&D team. I don’t want to say anything and get in trouble, but the Maschine MkII update is only the tip of the iceberg of all the cool shit that Native is plotting for the Maschine.”
I guess he doesn’t specifically say traktor and NI don’t recently anounce stuff at these big shows but still…
Maschine as another type of deck, instead of remix deck, kind of a locked down VST sort of implementation, no need for midi sync? That would be awesome…
I guess it could also be a straight integrated alternative for the F1?
maschine finally gets more sequencer functionality? and a mixer maybe?
iMaschine gets extended to do more? would be cool, its looking pretty weak these days compared to impc and bm2
lmaoo I remember that interview and its funny tha tline you quoted is the only thing that caught my attention. A maschine deck of its own is an amzing idea. I never thought of that. Pretty much any increased integration between Traktor and Maschine for me is a win. I dont think they play nice together at the moment.
Excuse me while I clean the drool from my mouth at the thought of vst’s in Traktor. Should any man have that much power?
I just hope all to new/upcomming goodies are not reserved for Maschine 2.0
Just bought the MKII and would be pissed if there is another update in 6 or 12 months.
this is true…It should be a good year for traktor and maschine updates. IMO this really need to incorporate some sort of a grpahical interface in maschine. I like the layout of the daw but it could do with a more modern look If I had to find something negative to say
stretching with traktor? i.e. sample in maschine, drag to traktor as wav, pitch shift, drag back as wav (I think this is only possible one way M->T at the moment right?)
some kind of built in side chaining? other than lfo/tempo synced work arounds… (or have I missed something…)
more flexible midi mapping for the standalone version?
built in side chain would be amazing. For now I use the LFO tool plugin (see below link). I have it set up where it reads the midi note pattern of my kick drum too get more of that pumping effect. I havent looked into a lfo/tempo work around.
Maschine should simply be capable of reading traktors beat grids, making chopping and re edits really easy.
Maybe it’s just me and I’m doing it wrong but the one thing I found annoying with ableton is how it’s auto warp can sometime screw up a perfectly good song. Hardly any modern music requires warping so I feel like it’d be a major workflow improvement to just use traktor grids.
I think the logical step for them is to really use maschine as a next step for Traktor users who would like to start producing. The more you can link them and create a fast workflow for making your own edits the more successful maschine will be
100% Agreed. Looking at the preview for the one software…they are boasting some pretty cool features.I just like the fact that its really flexible and customizable. I know not all people would like this but for them to have some sort of connection between maschine and traktor that would allow for that level of control is the next logical step.
actually wavs can be dragged from masch to traktor, or traktor to masch! this was how i did my timestretching in maschine before we got the offline stretch. unforch maschine can’t handle mp3 drag and drop
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i am also hoping for a maschine deck in traktor, and i would love to see some fl studio type sequencing (paint in the patterns) put into maschine
maschine integration optimism rapidly fading… I think NI are gonna maybe put in some kind of of slicing (ala SDJ slicer / TDJ freeze) with some other hardware
given the whole groove box marketing of maschine surely it would make sense to allow for better transport control of it when using it in standalone mode. Running a fully fledged DAW in the background just for transport is pants, NI, give me tempo nudge buttons and i’d be one happy camper! http://www.native-instruments.com/forum/showthread.php?t=156322
/on a related note, can anyone recommend a light weight VST host that has midi mappable tempo nudge controls?
I think a Maschine (software) update is imminent, just got the classic “only a few days left to buy Maschine w/free expansions” email. This is NI’s final push to drive some sales before introducing a new update a couple weeks later.
