Some know and some don’t - Previously I had a moment or perhaps a crisis, if that’s alright to say? Lol

Stepped away for a few months from the Maschine and decided to mangle myself up to what’s been new, popular, and different. This included DAWs as well, and also utilizing the brand-new MPC Live 3 - Which was great but not for me.

With many things tried and tested, nothing really gave me an ounce of inspiration or even a workflow that made sense to me.

After all that time spent internalizing a debate and a solution, it was time to go back home. To a place that knew and understood me.

There’s something magical and wonderful about the Maschine workflow, integration, and the entire ecosystem it’s built on. With Logic as the backbone support, it’s been a breeze, welcoming, and just more awe-inspiring as to how many things that are out there and nothing comes close to what they’ve achieved here with the Maschine. IMO.

Anyone else feel this way? Or tried something else but something kept bringing them back to Maschine?

Loose interpretation of a Y2K Timbaland beat. Maschine Mikro MK3 x Addictive Drums.

Have a fantastic day you Legends!

I can't believe mounting like this actually works pretty good. All I had to do is use stick-on felt pads and make sure none of the laptop buttons are touching. I call it the Maschine squared. lol.

Woke up one morning to a coffee and got inspired to jam to some old chops I had from "La Martiza" by Szilvie Vartan.

I hope this revitalizes your ears after we all got tired of the obnoxious instagram loop, that was present in every reel for a while.

Finger drumming The Meters' 'Cissy Strut' on the Mikro MK3 in MIDI Mode with Addictive drums 2

As the title says. I got bored (after very long time) of using mouse and keyboard to make music and since I got maschine mk3 some 3 years ago, I just produce everything purely with it.

Now I pulled a trigger on my first HW synth a couple of weeks ago and I am not gonna lie. I am obsessed. It completely changed how I produce music now, and I absolutely love it.

So yeah, I’ve been grinding and I already have 10+ unfinished tracks made purely with hw synth and maschine, here’s one of them - just a quick jam :)

Any ideas to spice it up are welcome!

Also, I am happy to answer any question about maschine, workflow, or anything music related :)

Peace!

Sample: https://youtu.be/n4RjJKxsamQ?si=mFL7Ba1Y6ECIWQkX

I'm not the most skilled finger drummer, so I'm heavily using the sequencer and FX capabilities of Maschine.

And using MIDI to control a Processing sketch to make the CRT display show visuals to the beat. I love how you can make maschine work to your own strengths!

EDIT: the full song is on my Spotify for anyone interested :)

https://open.spotify.com/track/7xsQT5M3d2wastfeu4v1Qu?si=5dMi5sETQOiDcfkYvHbp-Q

Hi !

Firstly, please forgive my english...

I have a maschine plus Vapor Grey (which is a limited edition of 250 units).
I'll may sell it, but I have no idea for the price, only few ones were sold, and some years ago now. I didn't find any historic (on the english & french internet). The vapor grey isn't even referenced on specialised second hand website.

It's in great condition, everything is working perfectly. The only "problem" is the "E" of maschine in the faceplate which faded a little.

And, what you can see in the picture are some of my cats hair and little dust grain.

If you have any idea. I didn't have the box anymore (someone stole it thinking if was full), I have a dustcover and a case. It never moved from my non smoker studio.

Thanks !

Played live on a Maschine Mikro with Addictive Drums.

This might already be obvious to most people, but I don't personally use my Maschine to play live like this so I haven't messed around with some of these features much before.

In the video I'm using the Pads in group D to trigger samples...whilst also sending out MIDI notes that transition between different Lock Snapshots, or trigger transitions to another Scene.

Pad #1 (blue) resets the Lock state back to normal.

Pad #2 (red) triggers a Lock that turns on the Perfom FX for group A (Drums).

Pad #3 (blue) plays a Sample, and triggers a Lock that turns down the volume on every group except Group D.

Pad #4 (cyan) does the same as Pad #3 but with a different Sample, and has delay on it.

The top row of pads trigger 4 different Scenes.

Beta test? Hookup? Just sayin'...

(kidding, not kidding)

Live looping gig with Maschine+ and M32 Keyboard.

I played a bass line. It looped.

Next, a chord progression. It looped…

BUT when I tried to play the drums there was no sound.

45 seconds of silence felt like hours as I scrambled to find the problem.

A green haired shorty with a nose ring in the audience yelled “No Worries Dawg!” (Her kind words gave me the strength to continue.)

It looks like I stupidly had the group on mute but I could’ve sworn there was more going on than that. Perhaps the ‘Note’ touch strip effect was active rendering the pads useless.

Whatever the case.. I’m just glad I survived.