Welcome To The Maschine...
From the original Analog Industries archive. Some links and images from that era no longer resolve.
As I noted a few weeks ago, I got a Maschine Mikro. I’ve been very happy with the software, but for the way I work, the hardware was not up to the task. This is not in any way to belittle the Maschine Mikro controller. (Ha, ha, ha, see what I did there?). It is a fantastic piece of kit, and the two Maschines have identical pad banks, which is where the rubber meets the road in a drum controller.
Anyhow, this week I got the normal Maschine, and I’ve decided to keep it and let my Mikro go. The larger one is better suited to my workstyle. (As you know from watching the videos I put up occasionally, I’m not a fan of poking at a laptop while I’m actually making music, and the big one is better suited to those habits.)
So, if you would like a Maschine Mikro, here’s your chance. Mine is essentially brand new. I had it for, what, a month? Something like that. It will come with the never-installed software that came with the big Maschine (they use identical software, and since I’d already installed it from the Mikro, I didn’t need to do so again) so you won’t have any funky installation or license transfer issues.
Since it is essentially NIB, I’d like to get $300, which is $50 off the normal street price. I’ll ship anywhere, you pay actual shipping costs. I’ll also consider trades of commensurate value; you know the sort of things I like. Drop me a line if you’re interested.
EDIT: Sold.
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So what you're saying is that it's alright because we know where it's been? (bad, bad, I know)
I was reading that the Maschine can do Elektron style parameter locks via the VST param automation. Curious if you have explored using the Maschine in for automation at all?
@Chad: If you have the Mikro, you have to do them via the software panel. The big one, however, can "lock" any parameter that directly controls a sound or when/how it is played. (That is to say that it won't record, say, meta changes to the pattern.)
It is similar in some respects to Elektron's method, but is really kind of its own thing. But this is probably the chief difference between the two units, operationally.
-CR
Cool thanks for the details on that. :)
Glad to hear you like the pads on the Maschine; I ordered some pad corks from the guy who does mpcstuff.com as soon as I ordered the Maschine. The installation was, for various reasons, a nightmare but I find it to be much more responsive personally.
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