I bought the update for my MK3 and to my very pleasant surprise it installed perfectly on the Maschine Plus. A very nice bonus while waiting for the plus update.
The thing I love about Maschine and Maschine+ are the pads - probably the best I have felt. What I hate - DAW interaction/integration. Push checks the DAW box for Live, just doesn't have the pads, imo. Yes, the pads are full MPE and all of that - I am speaking to touch and feel.
Yeah, just the tip of the iceberg there! I've stopped buying... I have enough to last me a lifetime! (OK maybe once in a while I visit my pusher... I mean record store!)
It’s such an amazing unit. My only gripe is needing to bring a battery pack with it when on the go. I’ve been posting a beat daily on my shorts, all made with Maschine+ in standalone mode. Big inspiration machine for me.
Arguably the learning about different genres from one’s personal musical home is one of the best use cases for the various expansions. And maybe finding a new or additional musical home. 😀
I think that with the sounds and Expansions Maschine+ is much more fun than Abletons sounds to rock up with to a jam - plus it's so interesting to sit down and look at the patterns to learn about different styles and get inspired. I wished it was quicker to decifer which chords and melodies are played, like with a keyboard/chors visualizer
Generally I really like your videos and your calm, fair and creative way of looking at things! But you don't convince me this time: I would still regard it as a form of punishment, if I had to create songs with Maschine+... Instead I have meanwhile learned how to get a fast transfer of Maschine content (both samples and midi grooves) over to the new Cubase 14 Drum Machine - which has a ten times better and smarter workflow. And I can use that not just on my music PC, but also on my Surface Pro 8 notebook - and that is more mobile in a MUCH more capable sense, with some connection to pads or a Korg Microkey, than Maschine+ will ever be, especially looking at the fact that I can use basic projects and ideas seamlessly across PC and touchscreen notebook.
Ha! That's fair... and I was with you... until I tried other competitors. I bought an SP, and promptly returned it. Things are just so much easier on the M+. And for the record, I don't make songs on the M+, but definitely get ideas going. And it is nice to get out of the studio!
@@AKkov First sample export of complete kits with Kitmaker. This creates folders of all kits of an expansion with their sample content. Then drag and drop whole drum kits or single kit pieces (depending on Maschine projects and groups) to create equivalent kits in the Cubase 14 drum machine. For Midi drag & drop transfer you have to mark all instruments in a group and then switch "Group midi batch setup" (in the lower zone) to "sounds to midi notes". It may create some unnecessary tracks in Cubase when you drop the midi, but you can just drag your imported midi to your drum track and delete the unncessary tracks immediately. It's a bit more tedious, when creators of the expansions have spread their drum instruments and sounds across tracks and groups too much, instead of keeping at least drum instruments together. - Oh, and I do NOT import from Maschine within Cubase (complicated and error prone setup). I just have Maschine standalone running in parallel with Cubase, using a Windows Asio driver for Maschine instead of my Cubase soundcard driver. That way the drag and drop export and import is always easy and straightforward on my Windows 11 PC, and while switching back and forth I keep good overview in both apps.
@@jefgibbons Perhaps you get the occasion to try a Surface Pro variation some day: I run it with a very small Apogee (Asio for headphones out) and use a small Korg Microkey as controller. The combination is nearly as mobile as Maschine+, but vastly more flexible and powerful. I can't run big projects with tons of plugins on a Surface Pro, but have no problem to get one or two dozen tracks for song creation and idea recording including effects easily. And in sharp contrast to Maschine+ I have all the VSTis I want to carry around at my fingertips: Halion, Kontakt, Synth Plugins, Keyscape, you name it, and all that with a MUCH better project overview than anything Maschine delivers. If I want to use pads, I use the small footprint of an IK Multimedia Pad (significantly smaller than Maschine, but just as responsive).
You are so right, Jef! Maschine is still powerful and fun, despite the complaint’s. I bought one used 3 years ago, and I’m still learning new techniques every time I use it. Great video!
I bought the update for my MK3 and to my very pleasant surprise it installed perfectly on the Maschine Plus. A very nice bonus while waiting for the plus update.
Yeah I had no idea it would work! (Maschine Central) It was weak sauce on the computer, but very useful on the M+!
Thanks for all your videos once again.. Have a great Xmas period, and I'll see you next year for more ideas on how to finish all my unfinished songs 😉
The thing I love about Maschine and Maschine+ are the pads - probably the best I have felt. What I hate - DAW interaction/integration. Push checks the DAW box for Live, just doesn't have the pads, imo. Yes, the pads are full MPE and all of that - I am speaking to touch and feel.
The pads are fantastic. And yeah, we desperately need better DAW compatibility!
Jeff is low-key one of the dopest producers on youtube...........Vader Voice come to the dark side AKAI lmaooooo
Time for me to check it out!!!
@@jefgibbons shhsh and you can use all native sound packs inside the mpc
Pretty cool to get a glimpse of your record collection, man!
I thought so 2
Yeah, just the tip of the iceberg there! I've stopped buying... I have enough to last me a lifetime! (OK maybe once in a while I visit my pusher... I mean record store!)
It’s such an amazing unit. My only gripe is needing to bring a battery pack with it when on the go. I’ve been posting a beat daily on my shorts, all made with Maschine+ in standalone mode. Big inspiration machine for me.
Great to hear! Yeah, I really wish it had an internal battery!
I feel like NI is bound to come out with a DAW at some point, especially being part of Soundwide now
Great video. Where do I find the video for putting kontakt banks onto the M+?
Arguably the learning about different genres from one’s personal musical home is one of the best use cases for the various expansions. And maybe finding a new or additional musical home. 😀
Exactly!
I think that with the sounds and Expansions Maschine+ is much more fun than Abletons sounds to rock up with to a jam - plus it's so interesting to sit down and look at the patterns to learn about different styles and get inspired. I wished it was quicker to decifer which chords and melodies are played, like with a keyboard/chors visualizer
Ooh that would be nice... yeah I have a few Ableton expansions and tried to make a video on it... I failed.
Generally I really like your videos and your calm, fair and creative way of looking at things! But you don't convince me this time: I would still regard it as a form of punishment, if I had to create songs with Maschine+...
Instead I have meanwhile learned how to get a fast transfer of Maschine content (both samples and midi grooves) over to the new Cubase 14 Drum Machine - which has a ten times better and smarter workflow.
And I can use that not just on my music PC, but also on my Surface Pro 8 notebook - and that is more mobile in a MUCH more capable sense, with some connection to pads or a Korg Microkey, than Maschine+ will ever be, especially looking at the fact that I can use basic projects and ideas seamlessly across PC and touchscreen notebook.
Ha! That's fair... and I was with you... until I tried other competitors. I bought an SP, and promptly returned it. Things are just so much easier on the M+. And for the record, I don't make songs on the M+, but definitely get ideas going. And it is nice to get out of the studio!
One person’s punishment is another person’s pleasure. “Sweet dreams are made of this”. 😉
How do you do the transfer to Cubase 14?
@@AKkov First sample export of complete kits with Kitmaker. This creates folders of all kits of an expansion with their sample content. Then drag and drop whole drum kits or single kit pieces (depending on Maschine projects and groups) to create equivalent kits in the Cubase 14 drum machine. For Midi drag & drop transfer you have to mark all instruments in a group and then switch "Group midi batch setup" (in the lower zone) to "sounds to midi notes". It may create some unnecessary tracks in Cubase when you drop the midi, but you can just drag your imported midi to your drum track and delete the unncessary tracks immediately. It's a bit more tedious, when creators of the expansions have spread their drum instruments and sounds across tracks and groups too much, instead of keeping at least drum instruments together. - Oh, and I do NOT import from Maschine within Cubase (complicated and error prone setup). I just have Maschine standalone running in parallel with Cubase, using a Windows Asio driver for Maschine instead of my Cubase soundcard driver. That way the drag and drop export and import is always easy and straightforward on my Windows 11 PC, and while switching back and forth I keep good overview in both apps.
@@jefgibbons Perhaps you get the occasion to try a Surface Pro variation some day: I run it with a very small Apogee (Asio for headphones out) and use a small Korg Microkey as controller. The combination is nearly as mobile as Maschine+, but vastly more flexible and powerful. I can't run big projects with tons of plugins on a Surface Pro, but have no problem to get one or two dozen tracks for song creation and idea recording including effects easily. And in sharp contrast to Maschine+ I have all the VSTis I want to carry around at my fingertips: Halion, Kontakt, Synth Plugins, Keyscape, you name it, and all that with a MUCH better project overview than anything Maschine delivers. If I want to use pads, I use the small footprint of an IK Multimedia Pad (significantly smaller than Maschine, but just as responsive).
they should make it possible to record scenes, really would love that
Is Maschine still a PITA to use in Cubase?
Not too bad, I just tried making track presets in Cubase and got a decent workflow. I'll make a video...
Is Maschine 3 already released for the Maschine+ in standalone?
Not yet, but Maschine Central works! I should have mentioned that… I was surprised to see that it works!
@ Got it, I will be waiting for an update from you, or NI about it working for Maschine+. Thanks Jef!
Great video. Learned allot.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family, from South Korea
Thanks so much, same to you!
You are so right, Jef! Maschine is still powerful and fun, despite the complaint’s. I bought one used 3 years ago, and I’m still learning new techniques every time I use it. Great video!
i had the polyend + and returned it cause polyend og price performance was all i needed
Interesting! I'm still digging into it and trying to figure out how best to show it off here...