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Well, I'm back from the past. I won't bore you with the details, but something went horribly wrong and, instead of offing SHM, I accidentally created something called a David Guetta.
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Actually can you comment on it's integration a bit with DAWs? I prefer using a hardware controller for some programming tasks and now this seems to be getting close to an option for me. |
It depends on what you mean. The Maschine controller is dedicated for the Maschine software and the integration between the two is seamless, whether you're working with Maschine in standalone mode, or as a plugin in a DAW. If you want it primarily as a control surface or transport controller for your DAW, I think you'll be disappointed because, although it has some limited control surface-like features tacked on, that's just not what it's designed for.
BUT, if you want it for controlling not only your drums, but also your soft synths, this 1.6 update will blow your mind. After you scan all your VSTs/AUs, Maschine automatically maps the 8 rotaries to each plugin's parameters (ala Novation AutoMap, but without having to create another .dll) and gives you up to 8 pages (depending on many parameters are available to the host) for a total of 64 parameters quickly and easily available for editing right from Maschine's front panel. You can see some of this in the video above and it's f###ing fantastic IMO! That said, I haven't delved too deeply into it yet and I can already see that there's some room for improvement, such as the ability to rename the parameters as they appear in Maschine (they default to whatever the plugin calls them, which is usually abbreviated, inconsistent between plugins, and sometimes cryptic [e.g., CtfFrq). I'm sure they'll get around to addressing that, though. NI has a very good track record for making their products (esp. Maschine) very usable and intuitive.
I may sound like a bit of a fanboy here, but there is no doubt in my mind that this update is going to shake up the market. It's taken an already excellent hardware/software hybrid drum module and turned it into a standalone hardware/software total production machine that can also be used as a DAW within your DAW - all with one FREE update. And, knowing NI, they aren't going to stop there - they've just opened the door to some crazy possibilities. So, yeah, I recommend checking them out (or at least buying stock in NI, cuz sales are probably about to go a bit nuts).
BTW, just for fun last night, I loaded Battery 3, Stylus RMX, and StormDrum II into Maschine and had about a dozen different drum parts going at once, then threw Artillery 2 in there to glitch things up. Yup, it sounded even worse than you'd imagine, but I had hands-on control of everything, my CPU just giggled at how cute it was, and never had a hiccup (aside from the intentional ones from A2).
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Has Dave been fapping over his own foresight? |
In the future, yes. In the past, no. In the present, maybe.
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Sucks that you've had so many problems, though.
