NATIVE INSTRUMENTS MASCHINE MUSIC PRODUCTION STUDIO

MASCHINE, Native Instruments' brand new groove production studio is the next milestone in NI history. The unparalleled integration of hardware and software found only in MASCHINE is your launching pad for creating pattern-based music with an incredibly fast and fun workflow.

The first of three whopping announcements from Native Instruments to arrive to Gearwire studio through the old news-pipe was the release of MASCHINE at Winter NAMM 2009. MASCHINE is a modern groove production studio that must be screamed when its name is spoken! Easing and speeding the processes of beat creation and arrangement, MASCHINE dream teams an advanced soft sequencer and sampler with a heavily functional controller, capped off with fluid workflow.

Designed with drum machines and grooveboxes in mind, MASCHINE's step sequencer handles everything from spontaneous beat making to focused multi-timbre arrangements. It combines familiar step sequencer operation with realtime polyphonic recording.

The MASCHINE controller included with the system is almost like a limb of the software program, adding the tactility of real instrumentation. It contains 16 pressure-sensitive drum pads which were built to provide both excellent response and mighty durability. These pads, which illuminate to display visual sequences, are joined by eight rotary encoders, a wealth of buttons and two high-res displays, meaning your computer mouse and keyboard can sit these sessions out. Everything you need to control MASCHINE is right there on the control surface. It's such a nice surface I bet you wish you could control any MIDI compatible music gear with it. Well guess what . . . YOU CAN!

With a high-resolution sample engine under the hood, MASCHINE is a versatile virtual instrument that accurately represents intricate drum kits, percussion loops and multi-sampled polyphonic instruments. Automatic sample mapping, beat slicing and note repeat sweeten the deal. MASCHINE's realtime recording and resampling capabilites let you take any signal, external or internal, and capture, map, sculpt and transform it without interrupting musical flow.

Even if your sound library is a bit slim, MASCHINE will fatten it up with virtual shelves full of drum and instrument sounds that cover a wide range of modern and electronic-dependent styles. There are about 10,000 individual sounds overall, so you've got a lot to work with. A browser that works with categories and concise metadata brings this overwhelming amount of samples to an acceptable level of whelming.

Having first dipped their toes in the hardware-manufacturing pool some years ago with products such as Kore and Guitar Rig, Native Instruments have announced what looks to be their most extensive hands-on product yet. Maschine is part-hardware, part-software, the main part of which is a controller that connects to a Mac or PC via a USB cable. This controls a piece of software that has a variety of features designed to appeal to both fans of the classic drum machines and grooveboxes of the ’80s and ’90s, and ultra modern sound-manglers alike.

The controller has 16 touch-sensitive trigger pads, which have polyphonic aftertouch and LED backlighting. These control samples assigned in the software, and can be set to run in step sequencer mode, or as simple, playable pads. They can also be set to control other functions, by using modifier keys. A suite of 20 effects, including filters and delays, are built into the software, and a pair of LCD screens on Maschine’s hardware controller feed back parameter information, while a bank of eight rotary encoders enable the user to tweak settings without touching the mouse.

Delving deeper into Maschine’s functions, users can sample and re-sample from internal and external sources (relying on the user’s existing audio interface) on the fly, and automation can be recorded and edited during playback. There’s even a keyboard mode for playing tonal material, and the hardware isn’t locked to the software — it acts as a fully assignable MIDI controller for any DAW — so it can be used to control your favourite virtual drummer software application. What’s more, Maschine works either as a plug-in or as a stand-alone application, and it comes with a 5GB library of samples to suit “electronic and urban” styles, so the system can be used on its own as a live performance tool.

 

MASCHINE combines the flexibility of computer-based music production with the ease of a groove box into one powerful creative tool. Utilizing onboard samples or your own audio files, MASCHINE’s symbiosis of hardware and software not only ensures a fast and fun workflow, but lets you easily turn your ideas into professional productions.

MASCHINE comes loaded with over 5 GB of production-ready sounds and patterns. Everything from fat drum kits to state-of-the-art synthesizer sounds and pristine acoustic instruments have been sampled, sliced and tagged for your convenience. MASCHINE also features studio quality effects ranging from dynamics processors to beat-mashers and even mastering tools, all tweakable in real time via the hardware controller.

MASCHINE comes loaded with a 5 GB sound library, created by a wide range of international sound designers and artists. A total of over 15,000 samples provide plenty of inspirational material for just about any modern music style. Every sample in the MASCHINE library has been professionally edited, processed and tagged for your convenience, making it a breeze to select the right sound while guaranteeing a fun and efficient workflow.

MASCHINE lets you instantly produce rhythm tracks of any musical style. The heart of the library is made up of the 300 high-quality drum kits, conveniently tagged and sorted into categories such as “Acoustic”, “Analog”, “Digital”, “Urban” and more. Additionally, every drum kit comes with its own set of professionally programmed drum patterns for many modern styles; a valuable resource of inspirational material for further tweaking.

The MASCHINE library includes more then 280 pro-quality multi-sampled instruments. This massive arsenal contains tons of basses and leads, state-of-the-art synthesizer sounds, pristine acoustic instruments and more - all primed to flesh out your tracks even further.

Over 400 pre-sliced guitar, percussion and synth loops give you a wealth of musical material just waiting to be taken apart and re-arranged. Use these loops to spice up your rhythm tracks, add extra flavor to your beats or as the starting point for your own compositions.

The MASCHINE library also provides a sample pool with 6,500 one-shot samples. Use the professionally produced scratches, vocals, effect sounds, single drum and percussion sounds to give your tracks a distinctive sonic signature.

Projects are showcase collections of samples and sequences, programmed by renowned producers and artists. The 20 included projects demonstrate the power and flexibility of MASCHINE and can be used as a springboard for your own ideas.

MASCHINE comes with an assortment of over 100 effect presets for instantly adding professional dynamics to any sound or sequence. Additionally, the versatile routing capabilities of MASCHINE allow complex effect combinations that take your sound way beyond the ordinary.

About Native Instruments
Native Instruments is the pioneer and market leader in the field of software instruments, and one of the key players in the market of computer-based audio production technology. The company’s mission is to develop outstanding musical tools for all styles and genres. The resulting products regularly push technological boundaries and open up new creative horizons for professionals and amateurs alike. Native Instruments opened up the fascinating world of real-time sound synthesis on standard computers in 1996, and today offers an extensive product range for the Instruments, Guitar and DJ markets, designed and developed by three corresponding divisions within the company. Native
Instruments currently employs more than 150 people in its two offices in Berlin and Los Angeles, and works closely with more than 40 international distribution partners to ensure its future growth and
success.

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What is the Educational Edition?

Students, teachers, staff, and schools qualify for Educational Pricing. You will have to verify your status when you purchase the software. Software is Non-Returnable.