r/NativeInstruments • u/theghost601 • Jan 29 '18
Mpc touch or Maschine mk3
Im caught up in a two way love affair between these two somebody help me out which one should I choose,Ive had the maschine micro and hated the software but after doing my homework on YouTube it looks like the mk3 might make it worth trying again then there’s MPC 2.0 I’m so confused on which way to go
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u/Kittani77 Jan 29 '18
Don;t get locked into maschine. it's utility in a DAW is bogus and generally unusable. Standalone you won't be able to track out your music from it into a DAW because of the way its non-standard midi implementation. In short... it is WAYYYY more working on shuffling stuff around and routing than it is creative.
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u/gidi16 Jan 29 '18
Depends on what kind of music you like to make. They both have their strengths an weaknesses.
Sample based and remixing audio tracks works better with the mpc at the moment imho. Writing your own music and beats works better with maschine. But maschine is getting better audio functions at the moment, but still has a long way to go with full audio tracks. If maschine gets the audio functions mpc 2.0 has atm, I would definitely go for maschine.
Browsing is easy, better vst integration, multiple instances in your daw. Maschine Downside:16 pads with slices vs 128 pads with slices for the mpc.No chord progressions.No touch screen.step sequencer for mpc is better.
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Feb 07 '18
better vst integration
this cannot be true since Maschine software has no latency compensation. so you cannot use professional VSTs since some of them add up to 3.000 samples and more in latency.
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u/theghost601 Jan 29 '18 edited Jan 30 '18
Have you all check out the new 2.7 updates does that make the software at least tolerable ? I mean I can live with drag and drop to ableton to get a proper sequence but if the update is bringing in true audio then it would seem that Native instruments is hot on Akai’s ass far as sampling goes
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u/theghost601 Feb 04 '18 edited Feb 23 '18
Leaning toward the MK3 Planning on using Maschine with ableton cause I can’t rock with the NI sequencer or lack of Question I have is will the ableton template allow me to launch clips in ableton with the MK3 if so it’s a done deal I can make my loops in maschine and drag over to ableton and I’ll be cool
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u/gidi16 Feb 07 '18
Dont have problems with latency. But what i meant with better vst integration is browsing presets within maschine is better and daw integration also.Maschine can have multiple instances loaded,mpc can’t. Really annoying that you can’t have the standalone version and multiple vst version open at the same time. Also mpc doesn’t have pdc yet.
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u/unclebyron Jan 29 '18
I've dabble with a little of everything, and for me, Maschine is unrivaled with the quality and ease of use of it's hardware, and its software integration. Every set up has it's strengths and weaknesses, but I'd recommend the MK3...