Maschine ist zet Gut

[Andrew Tarpinian]

This thing looks fun, nice that NI has done something cool for once :)  
I like that they are really trying to bill it as a machine, not a  
piece of software with some hardware attached. If it was a little bit  
cheaper it would be really cool.



On Jul 14, 2009, at 10:09 PM, deeplfo wrote:

>
> So, I'm really liking Maschine.  I still have to get all familiar  
> with it and all, but its the most damn fun I've had in a long time  
> with a piece of gear.
>
>
> Top things so far :
>
> - just plain fun.  There is so much to play with.  Hours of fun to  
> be had...
>
> - The software-hardware combo is working out fantastically.  It's  
> the best of all the features from grooveboxes combined with a great  
> software interface.
>
> - You can tell a lot of thought went into the design of it, from the  
> library to the interfaces, both hw and sw.
>
> - The library sounds great.
>
> - You can import your own samples into the library and give it a  
> unique set of tags to further qualify them.
>
> - The hardware unit *feels* good.  I also have the Korg kontrolPad,  
> but was always not quite warmed up to it, some of it due to its  
> size.  The NI unit has that Akai feel to it, and that's good for a  
> beat making device.
>
> - The feature set is great, including all the splice and dicing of  
> your own loops, samples, etc.
>
> - Is also a VST plugin, so you can have as many instances as your  
> CPU allows.
>
> - Has control templates for Live (But I did order the Akai APC-40  
> for that :-) ).
>
> Anyway, I am over the fear of having just *another* groovebox thingy  
> on my hand.  I do think the price is perhaps a tad on the high side,  
> but maybe that'll change soon.
>
> Zer Gut.
>
> Mohsen