Double clicking a group shows the faders for all the Sounds in that Group. When you open the Mixer view it shows all the active Groups with their corresponding color. The bottom half shows the Plugin Strip with the plugins used on the currently selected Sound, Group or Master fader. The top half shows the volume levels and metering. Clicking this brings up the Mixer view which is divided into two halves. At the top left corner of the Arranger you find a new Mixer button. This browser might be the least sexy part of Maschine 2.0 but it will definitely speed up your workflow and production.Īnother major addition in Maschine 2.0 is the new Mixer view. The search function also feels snappier and instantly delivers results corresponding to the keywords you type. Two new buttons let you switch between the user’s location where you save all your own material or the Default location where all of NI’s libraries are saved. Maschine 2.0 also lets you tag your own sounds and samples making it possible to retrieve them in the blink of an eye. The new tag function makes it a breeze to quickly find the sounds, samples or effects that you are after by clicking on the tags and its attributes. Big colorful icons show the different libraries and virtual instruments that you have installed. Open Maschine 2.0 for the first time and you immediately notice the improved browser on the left side of the screen. It has taken NI over a year to release the 2.0 update but the end result has been worth the wait. After that the installation was smooth and using the serial numbers in NI’s Service Center application worked straight away. Installation had to be postponed though, as it took NI another day to verify my purchase and mail me the serial numbers for Maschine 2 and Komplete Selection. After changing my password the downloader apps worked without a problem and the total download of 10 GigaBytes took only 25 minutes to complete with my 200 Megabit internet connection. He suggested to log into my account on NI’s website and change my password to something with only letters and numbers. They were very friendly and immediately asked me whether I had a special character in my password, which I did, I used a plus sign. After a few more tries I gave up and decided to call NI’s support. This is where it went wrong for me, logging in seemed to go well but after a few seconds the downloader app presented me with a ‘Not Authorized Error’ without any clue or information as to what went wrong. Launching a downloader app you are asked for your NI account details to check whether you are eligible for downloading the upgrade. These apps are 26.5 MegaBytes each and downloaded without a problem. After purchasing you receive links to downloader apps for Maschine 2.0, the Maschine 2.0 Factory Library and Komplete Selection. Downloading on the other hand turned out a bit more difficult. In this review I will focus on the new feautures in the software.īuying the Maschine 2.0 update from Native Instruments’ (NI) online store was a quick and easy process. I will go over the the hardware integration in another post. Native Instruments have assured their customers though that the new 2.0 software will work with ALL Maschine hardware controllers even the MKI. This new controller has two build-in high resolution displays, a jog wheel, build in master output metering and more dedicated buttons. One of the major software and hardware releases this month is of course the release of Native Instruments Maschine 2.0 and their new flaghip controller Maschine Studio.
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