Does MASCHINE necessary need hardware?

[chrisso]

It'll run stand alone, but it's a software plug-in, so you need a computer.
Plus Maschine only points to the library, so your library needs to be installed somewhere (like a hard drive).

[NAWAX]

No.
Maschine software can be use as a stand alone software but the whole point of Maschine is its hardware controller.

[chrisso]

I use it 99% without the hardware.

[monsieur x]

Have the hardware in the box, but happy I bought it!!

[andy3]

can you just buy the plugin/vst or do you must get both (hw+sw)

[AikiGhost]

Originally Posted by chrisso

I use it 99% without the hardware.

You're weird

There are in fact functions that can be accessed easily without using the controller.

[AikiGhost]

Originally Posted by andy3

can you just buy the plugin/vst or do you must get both (hw+sw)

Nope you get both.

[b_adl_y]

Native Instruments built them to be used together and has no plans to release them separately. [removed by moderator]

Btw they just dropped the price by 200 on the full size, 100 on the mikro. Both come with the full version of software.

You could sell the hardware - keep the software and make some of your money back. I know some people would pick up the mikro to compliment their full size and consequently not need the software anyway.

new prices:

Maschine: 399
Maschine Mikro: 250

[andy3]

Thank you guys. So basically with this maschine you can create sounds and work directly with wav format?

For example, I want a pad sound, I pickmaschine and I create it ecc?

[b_adl_y]

Maschine is not so much for creating sounds as it is about organizing them, similar to a DAW. You'd want something like Massive for actual sound creation.

[Myrok Rolles]

Originally Posted by b_adl_y

Maschine is not so much for creating sounds as it is about organizing them, similar to a DAW. You'd want something like Massive for actual sound creation.

^^ What this guy said.

The maschine is just a controller / sequencer / fx unit.

[chrisso]

Originally Posted by b_adl_y

You could sell the hardware - keep the software and make some of your money back.

I can't imagine who would want the hardware without the software.

The hardware is useful, but I tend to work with the software most of the time.
Yeah, machine is like a sequencer/librarian.
The WAVS aren't created by Maschine, they are organised and sequenced by Maschine. But you also send midi from your DAW.

[The Hamburglar]

It blows my mind that people operate the software without the hardware.

[chrisso]

Each to their own, ya know?

I like the library, I like the ease of sampling my own sounds. I like to edit some of the pre-programmed grooves.
Occasionally I tweak something using the hardware, but usually I drop the sounds straight onto an audio track in my DAW and work from there.

[awol9000]

Originally Posted by chrisso

Each to their own, ya know?

I like the library, I like the ease of sampling my own sounds. I like to edit some of the pre-programmed grooves.
Occasionally I tweak something using the hardware, but usually I drop the sounds straight onto an audio track in my DAW and work from there.

For me, I mostly use the hardware for (functions) save, copy/paste, split pattern, double pattern, pattern length, tempo, master volume, quantize, nudge (super handy).

As far as sequencing I'm mostly mouse. My brain prefers the visual sequencer on my PC monitor.

Still, Maschine is super handy and the sequencer makes the most sense of everything out there (for me). I produce entirely in Maschine.

[apoclypse]

Originally Posted by chrisso

I use it 99% without the hardware.

Why? I mean really if you need a drum sequencer software and don;t need th controller there are much better options out there like Geist and BPM. If you actually need the hardware integration then there is no better game in town (at the moment). Without the hardware, Maschine gets easily outclassed by other software in its category.

[andy3]

Oops. Yep Massive. (not maschine)

[chrisso]

Originally Posted by apoclypse

Why? I mean really if you need a drum sequencer software and don;t need th controller there are much better options out there like Geist and BPM.

I'm not sure about that.
I have been tempted by Nerve.

[UltimateOutsider]

Originally Posted by b_adl_y

Maschine is not so much for creating sounds as it is about organizing them, similar to a DAW. You'd want something like Massive for actual sound creation.

More specifically, you cannot design synth patches directly in Maschine... but you can definitely record and edit samples on it.

[freudes]

If you only need a drum sequencer, take the best of all : Fruity Loops. The fastest workflow ever. And it's cheap.

Me i don't use the software anymore, it's just there to fire the sounds, but i do all the sequencing outside in Cubase, which is sometimes cumbersome but less than having a sequencer inside a sequencer.

[Goa-Dubs]

Originally Posted by freudes

e but less than having a sequencer inside a sequencer.

Yep

[b_adl_y]

Originally Posted by chrisso

I can't imagine who would want the hardware without the software.

1. Maschine can be used as a midi controller for other software.
2. Some people might already have Maschine, and would like a second controller (e.g. backup, replacement, gearslut, etc.)

[b_adl_y]

Originally Posted by stevefridel

Yes machine need some hardware because its all depend on its component and all components are called hardware. Hardware is a all physical content of computer and some devices.

Not true, you can use the Maschine software w/o the hardware. I know because I demoed the software while waiting for the controller to come in (bought of eBay and seller uploaded the software for me in advance).