Native Instruments is
following its strategy of making hardware and software a single harmonized
unit. The next product of this trend is MASCHINE a MPC style hardware which is
fully based on the incredible flexibility of Native Instruments’ computer based
software that has made Native Instruments one of the leaders of music recording
software market.
MASCHINE.. I was
quite excited when I at first heard about this hardware. My excitement grew
even stronger when I first touched this hardware. Native Instruments used to
say that “MASCHINE is the next step in beat production” and I think it is
completely true. This hardware is designed to give musician all the flexibility
one may need to feel comfortable while staying focused on the groove. The
controllers are incredibly easy to use. In fact they are so intuitive that
there is every likelihood that most of the musicians will not need any kind of
extra tutorials or self-training to get used to playing with them. This makes
MASCHINE a wonderful hardware whether you work within your music recording
software or perform in the club. What is more, Native Instruments offers a free
1.5 update for MASCHINE users. I took advantage of this opportunity and I’d
like to suggest all of MASCHINE users to do this free upgrade. It is really
wonderful.
MASCHINE comes with
fully integrated FX that together with incredibly user-friendly sequencer gives
possibility to sample, re-sample and use slicing features intuitively. MASCHINE
offers all the quality of features which were delivered by iconic MPC. MASCHINE
comes with 16 velocity levels, with the intuitive pad layout. It also gives you
possibility of importing MPC files. This all is from the side of the hardware
but the major advantage of Native Instruments unique hard and soft blending
strategy is that the software takes MASCHINE outside the bounds of
hardware-only limitations. MASCHINE comes with 6 GB of synths, percussion,
strings and drums loops that makes it incredibly convenient to turn your rough musical
sketches into fully professional production easily and in no time.
The
conversion from rough musical sketches to fully professional production can be
done thanks to MASCHINE’s ability to integrate with your DAW. If you have a
good groove in MASCHINE which you want to have professionally developed you can
simply drag and drop loops, sections or full tracks into your DAW directly from
MASCHINE as either MIDI or audio. After you have dropped your section, loop or
full track into your music recording software you can still use MASCHINE as a
controller to manage professional effects distribution and processing. If we
take in consideration the 6GB base of loops made by experienced beat makers, it
becomes clear what power MASCHINE gives to your studio production.
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