Native Instruments MASCHINE combines the flexibility of computer-based music production with the ease of a groove box into one powerful creative tool. Utilizing onboard samples or your own audio files, MASCHINE’s symbiosis of hardware and software not only ensures a fast and fun workflow, but lets you easily turn your ideas into professional productions.

Inspiring Sound

MASCHINE comes loaded with over 5 GB of production-ready sounds and patterns. Everything from fat drum kits to state-of-the-art synthesizer sounds and pristine acoustic instruments have been sampled, sliced and tagged for your convenience. MASCHINE also features studio quality effects ranging from dynamics processors to beat-mashers and even mastering tools, all tweakable in real time via the hardware controller.

Go Deep

MASCHINE's pattern-oriented concept frees you from the limits of linear arrangement. Build song "scenes" by layering patterns, and re-arrange the scenes on the fly. MASCHINE offers external sampling through your computer’s audio interface as well as internal re-sampling, precise editing and slicing, auto-mapping, effects and an ultra-convenient browser – all perfectly attuned to the hardware controller.

Complete Control

The MASCHINE hardware is both instrument and controller in one. Sixteen illuminated, velocity-sensitive pads form an interface to intuitively make beats, tweak sounds, create patterns and sequence whole songs with the powerful MASCHINE software. Two large, high-resolution displays with eight corresponding rotary encoders, buttons, and transport controls integrate perfectly with the MASCHINE software.

Go With The Flow

MASCHINE unifies and vastly improves on familiar groove production workflows. Using the MASCHINE hardware controller you can jam out ideas in a pattern-oriented environment, and use them as the building blocks to create your track within MASCHINE. New samples, loops, effects or arrangements can be added, edited and tweaked in the same intuitive way, utilizing the ultra-convenient hardware interface.

• Controller - The MASCHINE controller intuitively channels your creative impulses into total interaction with the software. The controller offers a very high fun factor with mouse-free operation of the MASCHINE software at every level, from initial spontaneous jams to complete arrangement of your finished tracks.
• Sequencer - MASCHINE lets you easily create rhythms, bass lines, chords and melodies, and arrange them into complete tracks on the fly.
• Browser - A sophisticated and easy–to-use tag-based browser gives you instant access to any sound, loop and instrument.
• Sampler - MASCHINE is based on a high-performance sampler engine, allowing audio recording of internal or external sources and precise sample playback with maximum audio quality.
• Effects - MASCHINE's built-in effects section contains a powerful arsenal of studio-quality effects to shape and supercharge your sound, including dynamic effects, modulation, distortion, delays, reverbs, filters and EQs.
• Full Featured Midi Controller - The MASCHINE Controller can not only be used with the MASCHINE software - it is also a powerful universal hardware controller for use with any MIDI-compatible hardware or software.
• Studio Integration -In contrast to conventional groove boxes, MASCHINE provides seamless integration as a plug-in to your host sequencer. Produce the whole song in MASCHINE or move it to another sequencer for further processing and arranging.
• Inspiring Sound - MASCHINE comes loaded with over 5 GB of production-ready sounds and patterns. Everything from fat drum kits to state-of-the-art synthesizer sounds and pristine acoustic instruments have been sampled, sliced and tagged for your convenience. MASCHINE also features studio quality effects ranging from dynamics processors to beat-mashers and even mastering tools, all tweakable in real time via the hardware controller.
• 300 Drum Kits - MASCHINE lets you instantly produce rhythm tracks of any musical style. The heart of the library is made up of the 300 high-quality drum kits, conveniently tagged and sorted into categories such as “Acoustic”, “Analog”, “Digital”, “Urban” and more. Additionally, every drum kit comes with its own set of professionally programmed drum patterns for many modern styles; a valuable resource of inspirational material for further tweaking.
• 280 Multi-Sampled Instruments - The MASCHINE library includes more then 280 pro-quality multi-sampled instruments. This massive arsenal contains tons of basses and leads, state-of-the-art synthesizer sounds, pristine acoustic instruments and more - all primed to flesh out your tracks even further.
• 400 Sliced Loops - Over 400 pre-sliced guitar, percussion and synth loops give you a wealth of musical material just waiting to be taken apart and re-arranged. Use these loops to spice up your rhythm tracks, add extra flavor to your beats or as the starting point for your own compositions.
• 6500 On Shot Samples - The MASCHINE library also provides a sample pool with 6,500 one-shot samples. Use the professionally produced scratches, vocals, effect sounds, single drum and percussion sounds to give your tracks a distinctive sonic signature.
• 20 Complete Projects - Projects are showcase collections of samples and sequences, programmed by renowned producers and artists. The 20 included projects demonstrate the power and flexibility of MASCHINE and can be used as a springboard for your own ideas.
• 100 FX Presets / 40 FX Chains - MASCHINE comes with an assortment of over 100 effect presets for instantly adding professional dynamics to any sound or sequence. Additionally, the versatile routing capabilities of MASCHINE allow complex effect combinations that take your sound way beyond the ordinary.
• Go Deep - MASCHINE's pattern-oriented concept frees you from the limits of linear arrangement. Build song "scenes" by layering patterns, and re-arrange the scenes on the fly. MASCHINE offers external sampling through your computer’s audio interface as well as internal re-sampling, precise editing and slicing, auto-mapping, effects and an ultra-convenient browser – all perfectly attuned to the hardware controller.

General Interface Specifications

• Width: 320 mm / 12.6"
• Length: 295 mm / 11.6"
• Height: 60 mm / 2.4"
• 1811 Grams / 4 lbs

• 2 displays with 64x256 pixels
• 16 high-quality, illuminated pads with velocity and aftertouch
• 11 endless rotary encoders
• 41 backlit buttons

• Midi-In/Out
• USB 2.0
• Kensington® Lock

System Requirements

• Windows® XP (SP2, 32-bit)/Vista (SP1, 32-bit, 64-bit), Pentium® or Athlon XP 2 GHz, 2 GB RAM
• Mac OS® X 10.4, Intel® Core™ Duo 2 GHz, 2 GB RAM
• USB 2.0 Port, DVD drive, 5 GB free disk space for full installation

Supported Interfaces

• Stand-alone, VST®, Audio Units™, RTAS® under Pro Tools® 7
• ASIO™, Core Audio™, DirectSound, WASAPI™