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Installation is via a single DVD for the software and library, and a USB cable for the controller. The Maschine software, with Scene manager at the top, device controls in the centre, and pattern/sequence/sample editor at the bottom.

The workflow and feature set have also been finely honed, although with some notable exceptions that promise to be addressed later this year. Although the hardware has no sound‑generating capability on its own, the tight integration with the plug‑in gives a similar feel to using a stand‑alone hardware device. With Maschine, NI wanted to take the tactile, free‑flowing production style of hardware instruments like Akai's MPCs and add the benefits of the computer‑based music studio, and they've largely succeeded. The software element runs as a stand‑alone application or as an AU/VST/RTAS plug‑in, while the hardware is a controller for the Maschine software, and also functions as a general‑purpose MIDI controller. Maschine is a beat-production workstation with built‑in drum sequencing, sampling and loop slicing, and is the latest result of NI's initiative to build hybrid hardware and software instruments.

NI's hybrid hardware and software beat machine promises the best of both worlds.

Download native instruments maschine plus review