The fact is simple.
Last year i bought both Maschine and Live. This year i bought APC40.
Coming back home from work every day, i found myself prefering the Maschine to create some nice loops and play with it than Live & APC40.
OF course Live is much more sofisticated, Maschine still lacks some paramount functionality to become a full featured DAW... But you just open the program and without touching the mouse you start creating any kind of beats... If you dont own it, you just can't imagine how easy and enjoyable is to do it.
Live 9 + new control surface + Drum Rack update = Maschine?
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Re: Live 9 + new control surface + Drum Rack update = Maschine?
By Hammers i meant NAMM. stupid phone
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Josh Weatherspoon aka Josh Spoon
Ableton Certified Trainer
Music: http://joshspoon.bandcamp.com
Tutorials: http://www.theproducerskitchen.com/
Re: Live 9 + new control surface + Drum Rack update = Maschine?
I started on a small hardware set up: Yamaha RM1X controlling a nova and 2 electribes.
When I moved to Live, I thought being able to edit notes on the piano roll with a mouse was the best thing ever.
Still do really.
When I moved to Live, I thought being able to edit notes on the piano roll with a mouse was the best thing ever.
Still do really.
Re: Live 9 + new control surface + Drum Rack update = Maschine?
Maschine is just one of those things you have to try out for yourself to really understand what it's really about. And it's easier to get it if you've ever used self-contained hardware sequencers/drum machines/samplers like the MPC, RM1X/RS7000, Electribe, Machinedrum...etc. Maschine has that efficient, instrument-like workflow of self-contained standalone hardware without the technical limitations of such hardware that often get in the way.
It's certainly not for everyone and it's not going to appeal to those who are happy to click around with a mouse/trackpad to make music. With Maschine, it's just faster to get to actually making music instead of worrying about setting up, mapping, clicking menus and windows...etc. It allows you to get rid of all the annoying processes that often get in the way within a software environment and instead focus on what matters, in a hands-on, tactile way that many prefer. Using a generic "universal" MIDI controller with software doesn't even come close to the efficient, mouse-less workflow of Maschine where you can pretty much do everything on the controller itself.
It's certainly not for everyone and it's not going to appeal to those who are happy to click around with a mouse/trackpad to make music. With Maschine, it's just faster to get to actually making music instead of worrying about setting up, mapping, clicking menus and windows...etc. It allows you to get rid of all the annoying processes that often get in the way within a software environment and instead focus on what matters, in a hands-on, tactile way that many prefer. Using a generic "universal" MIDI controller with software doesn't even come close to the efficient, mouse-less workflow of Maschine where you can pretty much do everything on the controller itself.
