KVR Audio

Gribs · Post by **Gribs** » Wed Apr 01, 2015 6:20 pm

Maschine Studio is on sale for $799

http://www.native-instruments.com/en/pr ... newsletter

So... does this herald an imminent release of a version 2 of the bigger Maschine controller?

SLiC · Post by **SLiC** » Wed Apr 01, 2015 6:35 pm

It's been on sale for that price before - to be honest it's still quite pricey for what it is, I have the micro and don't feel the need to upgrade, to be honest I prefer controlling maschine from my nektar p6 - I need a keyboard!

MachineClaw · Post by **MachineClaw** » Wed Apr 01, 2015 7:04 pm

just the usual sale before the trade show in a few weeks.

Gribs · Post by **Gribs** » Wed Apr 01, 2015 7:06 pm

I have the original controller and also do not feel the need to upgrade the controller... even though the Studio is so swanky and covered with colored blinky lights

I would not mind having a Nektar controller; I confess to having thought about selling my Kronos 61 and getting a Nektar instead.

longbongsilver · Post by **longbongsilver** » Thu Apr 02, 2015 12:18 am

SLiC wrote:It's been on sale for that price before - to be honest it's still quite pricey for what it is, I have the micro and don't feel the need to upgrade, to be honest I prefer controlling maschine from my nektar p6 - I need a keyboard!

A Maschine keyboard would be kinda cool actually...

cryophonik · Post by **cryophonik** » Thu Apr 02, 2015 1:06 am

I suspect that it has more to do with lackluster sales. I can't imagine that NI has been selling so many of these at $1k that they're already bringing out a Studio MkII, but I could be wrong.

FTR I'm also still on the original version of Maschine, although I do have the mkII software.

SoundGoddess · Post by **SoundGoddess** » Thu Apr 02, 2015 1:10 am

I'd love a maschine studio, but even at 20% off it's still a long way out of my budget range. I'm honestly pretty happy with my arturia sparkle, it seems to be getting the job done for the time being.

d-s-m · Post by **d-s-m** » Thu Apr 02, 2015 2:33 am

I bet they have a new piece of gear coming out.

Gribs · Post by **Gribs** » Thu Apr 02, 2015 2:37 pm

If there were a KB similar to the Komplete integrated things that was also a Maschine controller with the nice color displays, I would consider that seriously... but the Nektar Cubase integration might win.

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Thu Apr 02, 2015 2:39 pm

I would not be surprised to see a Komplete controller without the keyboard.

MachineClaw · Post by **MachineClaw** » Thu Apr 02, 2015 4:26 pm

The Komplete controller with keyboard is called Kontrol and comes in 25/49/61 keys. has it's own software and is very much like controlling plugins on the keyboard like Maschine.

the Komplete controller without a keyboard is the Maschine Studio, has full presets and can open all the Komplete plugins.

TrekStar · Post by **TrekStar** » Thu Apr 02, 2015 4:32 pm

SLiC wrote:It's been on sale for that price before - to be honest it's still quite pricey for what it is, I have the micro and don't feel the need to upgrade, to be honest I prefer controlling maschine from my nektar p6 - I need a keyboard!

+1 here

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Thu Apr 02, 2015 4:36 pm

MachineClaw wrote:The Komplete controller with keyboard is called Kontrol and comes in 25/49/61 keys. has it's own software and is very much like controlling plugins on the keyboard like Maschine.

the Komplete controller without a keyboard is the Maschine Studio, has full presets and can open all the Komplete plugins.

No there isn't a Komplete controller without a keyboard yet, Maschine is able to serve as one but is overkill and too expensive if all you want is the controller functionality. What is needed is something with the knobs and controller functions but without all the drum stuff.

Maschine Studio on sale =? new version soon?