Native Instruments Maschine Mikro Mk3 – USB MIDI Controller Drum Pad with 16 Pads and Massive, Monark and Reaktor Prism Softwares. Includes 1.6 GB Keyboard Factory Selection Samples

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Mikro was designed to enable making music with a laptop a simple endeavour, so you can concentrate on the quick creation of your own music. Explore six plug-ins for designing kicks, snares, hi hats, toms, percussion, and cymbals, so you can make your drums sound exactly as they do in your head. The package consists of the Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol M32 Controller and the Maschine Mikro MK3.

Devising experimental remixes then becomes no more difficult than a spot of mousing or pad-whacking. You can browse samples, navigate packs, adjust volume levels and stereo spread as well as other parameter controls. Is Maschine totally dead and should I try to score a used Launchpad X / Push 1 or is it still worth it to do some fun stuff? Last fall, I also began a personal project of creating original mini film scores to short videos that I created with my Fujifilm cameras. The app comes with 170MB of sampled kits and instruments to start you off (26 kits and 466 individual samples) and further drum kits and instrument sounds can be bought from within the app.

However, you can always upgrade your library to any one of the other KOMPLETE bundles and add thousands of additional sounds and virtual instruments. Mikro is the ideal choice for small-room studios or travelling with, courtesy of plug-and-play USB Bus power and weighing in at just over 1KG. By accepting that you’re more than likely going to turn to the computer for deeper browsing and editing duties, it allows the controller to focus purely on the duties it’s best at - playing sounds and creating patterns. Born out of Native’s classic Pro-53 plugin, it delivers the colorful character of a cult dual-oscillator synth built for full hands-on control with MASCHINE MIKRO. I've been wise all the time to avoid it and it's just a crush or is it still better than a dumb Circuit that has no display?

Although not strictly a DAW competitor, the Mikro provides most of what you'll need to make music but in a way that feels like using dedicated hardware. Anyway, I'm looking for a toy to have some fun and do something different, something like a pocket operator, Caustic or a Novation Circuit, and this MM has come to my attention. The information obtained through cookies allows us to compile ad performance statistics and serve retargeting ads on The Trade Desks advertising network. Plus, as a heavy Logic Pro user, I was skeptical of having to learn a whole new software that’s quite different from the traditional DAW setup. The iMaschine app has a familiar look, with on-screen pads for playing instruments on four separate Groups.Strong, responsive attacks that taper off into hazy trails are perfect for dub and can also be tweaked for more extreme sound design. Later on, when I’m away from home, often during long walks or bike rides, I can pull up the demo and listen on my headphones, which might inspire me to think of lyrics or additional parts I could use for the song. You can also use MASCHINE in MIDI mode, as a standalone MIDI interface that will control just any kind of instrument, plugin or effect that receives CC messages.

With eight Groups in total you therefore have up to 64 automatable parameters, and these apply to non-NI plug-ins too. With this in mind, the Maschine Mikro Mk3 can be used with software as a VST, audio unit or AAX plug-in with all major DAWs - winner. It also utilises a single push encoder and mini screen for easy browsing, navigation and parameter control. I feel a bit spoiled by the seamless integration that allows me to tap out the drums with one hand while playing a simple bass line or testing melody notes with the other. The eight Macro controls fare rather better; they're freely assignable on a per-Group basis and can be fully automated.The push encoders allow for quick and easy control of functions that are vital to enhancing your music production. You can layer up to 16 different sounds together in a GROUP, and create multiple groups, which can have entirely different sets of layered sounds. You’re still “playing” it, and once you find a sound or put together a group of sounds that’s pleasing to your ears, it’s very easy to get lost in the groove of making music, whether you’re sketching out ideas or just being creative in the moment. A compact screen guides the multi-function encoder so you know exactly what you’re controlling, while staying in the creative flow. Maschine Mikro Mk3 gives you much of the same hardware integration as Maschine, but in a smaller, more streamlined format.

I don't have many complaints (at my age there aren't many contexts where I can truthfully say that), but the main one is the lack of performance capture. Take your finished tracks to the party with the TRAKTOR KONTROL S2 – your perfect step from producer to DJ.Using the additional plate reverb, tweak a knob or the Smart Strip to hand-pick individual notes and keep them ringing into the stratosphere. Sleek, streamlined, and affordable – the KOMPLETE KONTROL A-SERIES keyboards are the ideal complement to MASCHINE MIKRO. Not sure how easy would be to use them with the new Mikro (for example) as it doesnt have a midi port. An even slicker enhancement is that Maschine now supports the Native Instruments Sound (NIS) format. Considering Akai, Nektartech, and Native Instruments, I finally settled on Native Instruments' Maschine Mikro MK3.