I've also completely abandoned trying to run Maschine as a creative tool in a DAW. I simply use it as a sound source and record to an audio track when in a daw, but Maschines power seems to be best harnessed in stand alone mode only.

I'm beginning to wonder if NI are deliberately impeding such functionality so as to release additional products and updates over time so as to maximize profits. IMO the things users are requesting of these products are not earth shattering ideas or unreasonable feature requests.

However, if we release 2-3 products over time, each adding more and more 'features' we can potentially sell 2-3 products to the same consumer as opposed to just the one.' How many purchased a mk1, then a mk2, then the Studio? And why do they release a controller keyboard around the same time as the Studio with it's screen integration that was lacking on the keyboard among other things? Coincidence? It's like they say, 'Well if we build this one device with all of these features we will sell only this one device. Look to see if NI release a Kontrol S Studio with screens, probably additional encoders and some pads for conspicuously more than the S88 model. How many Kontrol S owners will make their second Kontrol S purchase? Personally, I've been patiently waiting for them to eventually release the product we've been asking for all along. But I can't help but feel that NI is using and exploiting their user base in the use of such tactics. 'The MASCHINE 2.4.5 update uploaded to Service Center on Tuesday contains a critical issue that affects certain third-party plug-ins. A new version, 2.4.6, fixes this issue and is available to all MASCHINE 2 software users. Please upgrade to this new version as 2.4.5 will not be supported. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience. The MASCHINE 2.4.6 update is free for all registered MASCHINE 2 software users and is available via Service Center. To install the update, please start the NI Service Center. Open the ‘Update’ tab, make sure the checkbox for MASCHINE is checked, and click the ‘Download’ button. When the download is finished, just click the ‘Install’ button. Yes, I as well use it on every track that involves percussion.

For me, it's the sound and the sounds that have kept me in the fold (and the fact that I got an amazing deal when I first bought it so everything I've spent after (2.0 upgrade and about $200 in sound packs representing an obscene amount of samples) just brought it to the original asking price.

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