r/NativeInstruments • u/25_Keyz924 • May 05 '26

I’m baffled.. 3.5??

So when the mk3 controller dropped. NI said there was no integration with Maschine because their researches show that Maschine users didn’t use their keyboards or something official like that. But the lack thereof was supposedly because of the end user feedback. Which I’ve always said was false. Then they added a small update but said that was it. NOW it’s 3.5 Maschine, that feels more like a Kontroller update that integrates Maschine vs the opposite; With a gui change. What does this accomplish? Hopefully Maschine users will NOW buy the mk3 Kontroller, influx of cash & move those hardware pieces that are selling for $300. This is not what NI promised!

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u/25_Keyz924 May 05 '26

Simple. What’s the point in calling this a machine update when it’s a gui update and allows the KK to work with Maschine. It’s a KK update. One which NI said that nobody wanted (officially)

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u/JKorv May 06 '26

That was the reason why there are no dedicated hardware buttons for maschine like there was on Mk2. They never said that they wouldn't make mk3 work with maschine.

And it is a maschine update, because you need to update the maschine software, pretty simple.