Is everybody still pleased with their Plus?
How are the encoders holding up? They are staying nice and sturdy? No jitter? Because these were a major problem with MK1, MK2 and MK3. And they were the reason I sold my MK3. I also threw away a MK1 years ago because the jitter on the encoders made the unit unworkable.
How is the timing when synced to an external clock? And when master?
Overal Latency okay?
Also, the stock reverb is pretty bad. Raum is kind of CPU intensive. Is there any alternative?
Encoders are high quality, nice resistance, no issues at all.
Latency is not an issue.
You can run several instances of Raum no problem, or use it as a send effect. I rarely run into CPU issues the way I use the M+. Never feels like a compromise. Obviously if you want to run loads of full fat groups with endless effects and synth instances, you’re better of using your laptop. For a standalone groove box, it’s more than enough.
I’m happy with it but my main gripe is that it’s not 100% stable yet. Very occasional crashes and audio glitch issues happen, rarely, sometimes weeks or more without an issue, but still not rock solid enough for a gig at this point.
Sounds promising.
I promised myself to not get any NI hardware ever again.
However, the pads on the MK3 and the workflow are just really good. And I miss it a lot.
The MK3 also gave me temp ear damage due to massive jitter on the encoders. As they control volume too.
The jitter creeps in only after 1 or 2 years. So I’m not convinced yet. I guess I need to figure out if they used the same cheap parts. And if quality control was better.
All Maschines and S-series keyboards I used ALL had the same encoder issues.
The M+ definitely has a premium build quality, encoders way better than the cheap plastic ones on the KK S61 Mk2. It’s a sturdy, beautiful device all round.
Yes but those are just caps. It’s the encoders themselfs I am affraid of. Literally. (They friggin’ ruined my ears for a week :-/ )
So far I only liked the ones on Push 1 (which was built by Akai), Model:Samples and Octatrack MK1. Sold the MK2 after 15 minutes because I couldnt work with its encoders: too sensitive. The ones on the Digitakt, Digitone and A4 MK2 are okay. Nothing special. I had a Push 2 too and while no jitter, some of the encoders get really loose after awhile. Sold it.
It’s okay if they are not 100% consistent. But jitter is an absolute nightmare! As is hyper sensitivity
I am looking at Maschine+, how much further development do you guys think NI will put into it.
Also, as a separate question, can a Maschine Jam work standalone with other external hardware synths - for example can it MIDI learn and/or send/read CC messages, etc.
Something I’ve never tried yet: anyone managed to route audio to FX pedals via the line output, and bring it back via the line input ? using the headphones for the master ?
I’m familiar with Maschine. I know the MK3 pretty much inside out. So I kbow what it can and can’t do.
I would like to know however what jayhoskin meant with “its current state”. Does it crash every three minutes? Is the Linux code not optimized for its limited Intel CPU?
What is meant by “current state”?
The purpose of my “state it’s in today” comment was directly followed up in my subsequent sentence: NI don’t update with the regularity of, say, Akai or Novation. As a general principle, I really don’t think people should buy products with the hope of what they’ll be, only with what they are.
The Maschine+ is in a fine state with no “big problems”, as you mentioned. I’ve never had it crash. You get fewer tracks out of it than, say, an MPC, but the tracks you gt sound great. I’m sure @djadonis206’s videos could tell you in much more comprehensive detail.
Only for recording, not for monitoring, which i think is what you mean. For recording it works ok, it only adds some latency, which is usual for all of this grooveboxes loopers (mc 707, sp 16, blackbox, mpc live …). That latency annoys me though, specially on drums
Actually, I finally managed to get a send/return work with external FX, was quite convoluted to set up in my opinion but yeah at least it is totally doable with the Maschine+ standalone as I suspected. Being able to route some tracks to my Zoia via the line output and listen the master through headphones definitely makes it the standalone groovebox I was looking for.
