All NI plugins have a nice graphical overview which aids to visual recognition and is an appealing touch. Apart from the presets, pressing shift and browse lets you select any of the internal plugins in a vanilla state or any VST/AU/AAX/RTAS plugins that you have installed.
It also includes all the presets from any other Native Instruments plugins you have installed.
A comprehensive tag based browser on screen lets you narrow down selections from the huge library of 8 gigabytes including 445 drum kits, 388 multisampled instruments, 403 sliced loops and 8627 one shot samples. A major shift in the way it works is the dropping of the confusing modules approach and now adopts an altogether more easily understood channel and plugin terminology. So browsing even on the Mk 1 has been radically overhauled and is swifter and more predictable. Lets first have a look at the greatly enhanced browser. After using the software for a few days on my Mk1, I was struck by how although it still works in a very familiar way, the new features just make sense and you won’t find yourself facing a steep learning curve you’ll be knocking out banging beats in a jiffy. On top of this list there are countless more improvements. The Headline new features are side chaining, unlimited groups, unlimited plugins, arranger timeline and my favourite, new drum synth models. It is apparently a ground up rewrite and I’m pleased to say that finally the software utilises multicore cpu’s and is far less processor intensive as a result. The software is both Mac and PC compatible. I was fortunate enough to receive one early in time for my review for the ace music technology site. Not only is there a new version 2 of the software which is backwards compatible with all previous hardware units, NI are also launching a top of the range hardware controller in the Maschine Studio.
Maschine, Native Instruments popular beat making and sampling software/hardware combo is under going a major revamp.
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