Native Instruments Maschine MK3 Black Reviews

Be warned of the NI After Care and bugs in Maschine Software

Be warned that whilst the Maschine MK3 is in fact a nice looking bit of kit and can be an nice beat making hardware/software combination, the huge downside is the software. The process to install the huge amounts of data for software, plugins and samples etc is painful. The main software Maschine is very buggy and tends to crash. You will only find this out after you have purchased and installed Native Access installer and created your online accounts with NI...and when you begin to see in forums that many people have to wait over a week for support and are experiencing software crashes. I dont think i would invest in NI equipment again based on experience of customer care which is my most important part of buying any product even if it costs 1euro or 1000euros.

amazing piece of production

i got this product and is great for music production, i love to use it on my productions, great built in quality

Complete Workflow of NI in one Maschine

I bought Maschine MKIII as an upgrade form Maschine II.

Usecase was to improve the Maschine Workflow with the new Display section.

- Overall Build Quality has improved further from MKII to MKIII.

- Build in Soundcard with low latency sounds NI like very clean and good to me. (It's not an RME or Ferrofish but this is an other price region)

- Display is bright and you see most of the displayed things in the vst.

- The buttons are rearranged, but it will only take 1-2 days until you get the new workflow.

Overall it is a woth and well manufactured follow up to Machine MKII. Also the NKS support has imporved and extended. Love the Arturia Synth Plugin NKS integration.

Proper maschine! My first and I'm loving it. I just need a midi keyboard and I'm all to go. Nice proper sound banks for free. I wish we could get more of the for free, as those maschines are so damn expensive. I encourage all the females hop on board, go make the beats.

Pros:

- easy work flow

- easy use, it just some naturally if you have a little bit of audio engineering background

- pads are very responsive

- integrated sound card

Cons:

- I wish there would be a touch screen

top product

a must have for any studio. top workflow, ideas come very naturally.

integrated soundcard is a plus, also good quality.

I like it!

As a Cubase and Native instruments user I am totally satisfied of that product. It's my first dedicated pad I own and I have a sense that is something more than a simple pad. It integrates perfectly with NI and Steinberg Vst plug-ins.

As I wasn't a machine user before I feel I have to learn a lot of stuff before I can use it at it's full potentials but that's the magic of creativity!

The build quality seems to be quite satisfying and gives a great sense on my fingers (knobs and buttons). The pads are also very sensitive which makes it an awesome product! I am really happy I've got it!

what i didnt liked

the worts thing about it it that it is?nt compatible with mac os maverikcs it got that maschine workflow that we used to

and an awesome finish on the hardware