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Powerful music production, now with downloadable updates, 50 new features, and 1GB of new samples.

Create tight rhythms, harmonies, and melodies in moments with MASCHINE - the highly enjoyable instrument that combines a pattern-based sequencer, professional sampler, multi-effect unit, and VST/AU plug-in host. Everything is intuitively controllable via the fully integrated hardware - once you touch the tactile controller the fun and intuitive workflow takes over, allowing you to stay focused on what matters - the music.

MASCHINE is constantly evolving; the latest 1.6 free update makes it possible to plug any VST or Audio Unit plug in into MASCHINE, with parameters auto-mapped to the controller so you can immediately start tweaking your sounds.

Studio Powerhouse
MASCHINE integrates easily into your computer-based studio setup. Use the hardware controller to find, load, and play sounds, automate parameters, and arrange patterns on the fly. Combine this with the ability to control and sequence all of your external hardware instruments, or switch to MIDI mode to control other software.

After quickly and intuitively developing your ideas, drag and drop your patterns as MIDI or audio files directly into your DAW to finalize and mix your production. You’ll soon realize MASCHINE is a powerhouse capable of revolutionizing the way you make music.

Creative Performance Tool
MASCHINE is fast becoming the ultimate performance tool for creative musicians. The MASCHINE controller is super-sturdy, yet easily portable. The highly responsive pads and endless rotary knobs are addictively playable, while the two backlit displays keep you informed of what's going on - perfect for any club or stage.

Use MASCHINE as an instrument for performing your own tracks, or sync it with other gear like TRAKTOR PRO 2 (sold separately) to add more dynamics to your live set.

Supreme Sounds Mode
MASCHINE comes with over 6GB of ready-to-use, professional and inspiring sounds. Create rhythms and melodies right away with the included drum kits, one-shot samples, basses, synths, and acoustic instruments - all fully tagged for easy browsing.

MASCHINE now also includes KOMPLETE ELEMENTS (worth $59 / 49 €), providing more than 1,000 stunning sounds drawn from the flagship KOMPLETE 7, opening a world of styles and flavors ready for use in your productions. And now, you can add extra fuel to your MASCHINE with the new range of MASCHINE EXPANSIONS - premium sample kits created by renowned sound designers and artists.

What's New in MASCHINE 1.6
Plug-In Hosting
Use any Native Instruments or 3rd-party VST or Audio Units plug-ins directly inside MASCHINE. You can even hook up combinations: e.g. load MASSIVE (sold separately) to Slot 1 and GUITAR RIG (sold separately) to Slot 2 – and tweak them both from the hardware controller - the parameters are automatically mapped to the knobs on the MASCHINE hardware.

KOMPLETE ELEMENTS Included
To get you started using plug-ins inside MASCHINE a free copy of KOMPLETE ELEMENTS is included with this update. KOMPLETE ELEMENTS comprises over 1,000 stunning sounds drawn from the flagship KOMPLETE software bundle, including KONTAKT’s vintage ABBEY ROAD drum kit and Vienna Symphonic orchestral instruments, six REAKTOR synthesizers and 35 GUITAR RIG amps and effects.
Workflow Enhancements

In addition to plug-in hosting, many other new improvements have been made. These include pad-link, swing per sound, internal drag-and-drop of audio, renaming of clips, duplication improvements, and 16 stereo outputs.

Pad-Link
Any pads in the same link group can trigger each other – play multiple sounds such as two snares and a clap by hitting just one pad. Select one or more pads to be the master, and others in the group to follow as the slaves - perfect for musicians using MASCHINE in a live context.

Swing Per Sound
Swing allows for rhythmic shifting of a pattern, creating a shuffled, live feel. Swing can now also be applied to individual sounds in MASCHINE 1.6, rather than just at the Group or Master level.

Module Slots
The architecture of MASCHINE’s module slots have been modified to allow great freedom and flexibility, with instrument and effect plug-ins now selectable in the first module position - select either Sampler, Input, MIDI Out or Plug-ins for the first module slot and use the remaining slots to host any combination of effects, external or internal.

Enhanced Drag-and-Drop
Now you can drag-and-drop single or multiple files into MASCHINE directly from your operating system, and build up your own customized library of samples. Plus it's now easy to move audio within MASCHINE from one location to another - great for converting a Group to audio to free up resources in MASCHINE.

Features

  • New features in MASCHINE 1.6
  • Extended audio channels: Now 16 stereo outputs
  • Renaming objects (now clips, scenes and samples can be renamed inside MASCHINE)
  • Full 64-bit compatibility (incl. VST Mac)
  • Duplication improvements: Duplicate Scenes along with the pattern events
  • Mapping improvement when dragging multiple samples (similar to KONTAKT)
  • Snap events to grid, when moving with mouse
  • REX 2 import
  • MASCHINE Features
  • Combines intuitive sequencer, sampler, and over 20 high-quality effects with realtime control and flexible routing into an inspiring Groove Production Studio
  • Dedicated controller with 16 high-quality pads, 41 buttons, and 11 rotary encoders for playing, recording, sequencing, automation, and arrangement
  • Fast workflow with pattern-based arrangement and smooth hardware, software, and host environment integration
  • Features step sequencing, real-time recording, note repeat, slicing, and auto-mapping for intuitive jamming
  • Over 5GB of inspiring, studio-quality sounds with over 10,000 samples and hundreds of patterns perfectly suited for electronic, urban, and indietronic genres
  • Extensive MIDI-mapping capabilities to control other hardware and software
  • Easy-to-use browser with tagging of kits, instruments, samples, and effects
  • Intuitive automation recording and step automation editing
  • Sampling from external and internal sources with threshold detection
  • Works as a plug-in for any software sequencer supporting VST, AU, or RTAS
  • New features
  • Classic Drum MACHINE Features
  • Program import from Akai MPC 500/ 1000 /2000(XL)/ 2500/ 3000/ 4000
  • 2 vintage sampling modes emulating the sound of MPC60 / SP-1200 (with 5 filter settings)
  • Individual swing for each group
  • 16 Velocity Levels, Map one sound to the 16 pads for dynamic grooves
  • Improved polyphony with choke and legato options on Sound level
  • MIDI pitch bend and CC (i.e. mod wheel) support
  • Sampling, Slicing and Audio Editing Features
  • More than 10 new destructive audio editing tools such as normalize, truncate, reverse, fade in & out, silence, cut, copy. and paste
  • Revised slicing: preview slices, new "Split" mode for adjusting slices
  • REX 2 file support
  • Direct monitoring
  • Improved waveform zooming, scrolling from hardware
  • Sampling page: Ability to remember settings with project
  • Improved Workflow and Studio Integration
  • Save project with samples: Easily share projects
  • New selection features: Select events from hardware
  • Quiet sound selection: Select a sound without causing it to play—important when performing live
  • Extensive MIDI I/O: sequence your external MIDI gear with MASCHINE and vice versa
  • Improved GUI navigation from hardware
  • Over 10 new hardware shortcuts for mouse-free editing
  • Load kits without patterns: Hot swap through drum kits without changing the pattern
  • New step mode: Adjust note pitch, velocity, and position
  • Custom defaults: including pattern length and input quantize
  • Increased performance: Reduced CPU load of many FX
  • Improved Host Integration
  • Export MIDI files or drag-and-drop of MIDI files directly into DAW: Layout a beat in MASCHINE in standalone mode then finalize the song in any host using MASCHINE as a plug-in sampler
  • Drag-and-drop of audio: Export pattern as an audio file by dragging and dropping directly to DAW
  • DAW recording of MASCHINE events: Bypass MASCHINE's internal sequencer and directly record into your host
  • Group Macro Controls: Assign any parameter of the dedicated group (filter, pitch, any effect parameter) to the 8 knobs on the hardware
  • Macro Controls can be assigned to MIDI channels and controlled from external MIDI-controllers or a DAW
  • Extended Sample Library and New Effect
  • Over 1GB of all-new drum kits and multi-sampled instruments—now over 6GB of content with more than 18,000 samples in total
  • MASCHINE versions of ABBEY ROAD: 60s & 70s Drums
  • MASCHINE versions of SCARBEE basses & e-pianos
  • MASCHINE version of upcoming new KONTAKT Instrument "SESSION STRINGS"
  • Vintage MPC60 kits sampled by Goldbaby
  • Vintage synth samples (SE-1, Moog Voyager, Korg MS 20, Juno 60) from URBAN ARSENAL 2
  • New Grain Stretch effect: stretch out the break, until you're ready to dramatically drop the beat

Get the latest and greatest version of this incredible music production tool. Order today!

Maschine Groove Production Studio Specifications:

  • System Requirements
  • Windows
  • Windows XP (latest Service Pack, 32-bit), Windows Vista/Windows 7 (latest Service Pack, 32/64-bit), Intel Pentium 4 2.4GHz or Intel Core Duo or AMD Athlon 64, 2GB RAM
  • Mac
  • Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6 (latest update), Intel Core Duo, 2GB RAM
  • Native 64-bit support for stand-alone and plug-in versions
  • USB 2.0 Port, 11GB free disk space for complete installation
  • Additional Information
  • This product runs in demo mode after installation and must be activated before full functionality is available.
  • Supported Interfaces
  • Stand-alone
  • VST
  • Audio Units
  • RTAS (Pro Tools 8 and higher)
  • ASIO
  • Core Audio
  • DirectSound
  • WASAPI
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Maschine is great!

| Review By: Sergio Serrano | 4 months, 1 week ago

1 people out of 1 found this review helpful

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Has many features, major one missing is a time stretching feature...Other than that would get a 10, but im sure NI will release an update fixing that soon.

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This product is great!  The features it has creates a smooth work flow.  Tons of sounds.  One feature that would help is a time stretching feature similar to pro tools elastic audio and tce trimmer.  Doing everything from the hardware and rarely to never using the mouse and keyboard, make it great when I need to just zone out and focus.  Somethings I really dont see the need for the computer, would be great to see a stand alone maschine, no computer needed in the future.  At first it seemed very overwhelming with all the features and shortcuts but after a few days, its pretty easy to use.  Theres a ton of videos on line for those that arent too technically saavy.  Overall I think if you have the money to invest, its a great buy.  It also comes equipped with 1000's of sounds right out the box, and the newest update 1.7 comes with even more sounds.  The maschine truely is a beast!

Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
Yes
Musical Experience:
Producer/Engineer
Style of music you play:
Everything!
Where you live:
Queens, NY

Did you find this review helpful? yes no1107278

This little guy is a BEAST!!!!!

| Review By: NINESIXX | 1 year, 5 months ago

1 people out of 2 found this review helpful

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Went to GC and played with it and within a couple of minutes i realized i wanted it and now. Right away i wanted to say that YES it is alot more easier than the mpc, so if you already own an mpc it will make your studio life so much easier. The program has thousands of sounds so it takes a little while to install but as soon as it is, you'll be making beats in minutes. Read the instrumental manual, its simple and quick and it made me understand alot more quickly than just hands on trial and error. You will NOT regret this purchase, in fact as soon as i got it home i posted some of my other studio equipment for sale. BEST BUY ALL YEAR!
Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
No
Musical Experience:
Producer
Style of music you play:
Hip Hop/Rap
Where you live:
Winters, CA

Did you find this review helpful? yes no816615

One bad piece of equipment

| Review By: Maschinist | 1 year, 5 months ago

0 people out of 1 found this review helpful

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This thing is incredible.  Granted, it is my first groovebox, and I have never used an MPC, but honestly I don't see why you'd want to use anything else.  I think that a lot of the stock sounds are very usable, especially the drum sounds and the preset kits. The ONLY problem I have with Maschine (and it isn't a huge problem for me because I don't sample very much at all) is that there is no time stretching.  This means that when I sample something that doesn't match the tempo I want to use, my only option is to adjust the pitch of the sample up or down and hope that this speeds the sample up or slows it down enough to match the desired tempo.  I don't know if this is something that they plan on addressing in a future software update or not. Oh, and I rated quality a 4.5 because the little rubber feet on mine are uneven and my unit has a little wobble to it which is very frustrating.  Slide a few pieces of paper under it and the problem is solved, but that is something that I shouldn't even have to worry about. Overall, I have no regrets about this purchase and I doubt you will either.
Do you own the product?:
No
Have you used the product?:
No
Musical Experience:
Active Musician
Style of music you play:
Hip Hop
Where you live:
unspecified

Did you find this review helpful? yes no995253

Great Bang for the dollar!

| Review By: K Beatz | 1 year, 7 months ago

0 people out of 1 found this review helpful

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This unit will make you want to put down the MPC. The layout was well put together. I like the idea of being able to have my entire sample library at hands reach. Works well with DAW software. Im very old school when it comes to giving up my hardware units but this unit will make you feel right at home for all you MPC fans. Takes about a two week learning curve which is not bad. Sampling is fairly easy and direct. The drum kits are clean and crisp and synth sounds are not bad. Good value for the costs.
Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
No
Musical Experience:
Active Musician
Style of music you play:
Hip-Hop/South, R&B, Dance, Pop
Where you live:
Augusta, GA

Did you find this review helpful? yes no863667

A god send for the home studio

| Review By: theXtReMe1 | 1 year, 8 months ago

4 people out of 5 found this review helpful

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Like many musicians, I was frustrated in recording music, due to the technicalities behind getting the sound I want(commercial CD). To the point of stopping writing for years at a time. From mastering... to getting the right patch for the song, it was all bringing my creativity to a halt. Enter the Maschine. I have been eying this unit for years. I bought a Fantom G a couple years ago and love it as a workstation, but the patch quality was lacking... which again, put a halt to writing. Not only did I want new patches, I also wanted an easier way to get my rhythm down on the go... besides heading up to my studio and playing my 18 Piece Roland TD-20 set. Not only does Maschine allow you to get your drums and bass down, it does it in a way that is so easy... it actually brings back the fun in writing. You can have an entire songs worth of drum beat and bass down in minutes. That isnt an exaggeration, it is that easy. It comes with 18,000 patches on board(6GB's worth) and another 3500 free for registering the unit. The Achilles heel of my music production is Piano sounds. On the Fantom G, they are thin and very fake sounding. The first piano patch I tried on the Maschine, sounded as good as... or better than any piano I have ever heard. Clear, but warm with crisp grab and bite. I was amazed at how good it sounded. It was my holy grail for my studio. Now, not only am I writing quicker... I have fun writing again. Something I havent in 20 years. The Maschines ease of use is what sets it apart from any other unit like it on the market. The creative minds at NI, really thought every aspect of this unit out and maximized its potential. So, why the 4.5 in the Overall category? The unit is flawless, except for one oversight that would have made this perfect... Headphones out and the ability to use it without a PC nearby. Had it been a standalone unit, I would have been in heaven... as it would have been the ultimate portable instrument. As is, though... There is nothing else like it on the market and you would be hard pressed to find even the highest end keyboard with sounds anywhere near as good as the Maschine. It is portable, if you have a laptop or a Slate Tablet PC, as I do... and that means a lot for the creative musician on the go. I cant recommend it enough!
Do you own the product?:
No
Have you used the product?:
No
Musical Experience:
Musician, recording engineer
Style of music you play:
Classic Rock, Pop, jazz, country
Where you live:
Ocean City, MD

Did you find this review helpful? yes no901086

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