![]() Everything is strokably top-notch quality and you feel it in the positivity of the buttons, the plushness of the encoders and the smooth action of the illuminated jog–wheel. At the price you might reasonably have expected some kind of integrated audio interface, but in this, Native Instruments have not deviated from the design principles of the earliest controller and the assumption you’re already primed for sound. There is, perhaps, a slight nod towards Akai’s MPC Renaissance though. ![]() The Maschine Studio features three separately addressable MIDI outputs, encouraging greater interaction with external synths. It has to be said, however, that the software integration of these is still in its infancy. #Maschine native instruments mk1 software While the Maschine Studio is still content to leave audio interfacing to your dedicated devices, it still offers generous MIDI I/O and a pair of footswitch sockets on quarter-inch jacks. There are several new, illuminated buttons not found on previous models, plus buttons for functions formerly tied to drum pads and the Shift key. Surprisingly, it took a while to adapt to these.The additional hand movements required to reach them was one of the very few penalties imposed by the larger panel.
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