The build quality will be familiar to those who already own Maschine but there have been some design improvements. The first thing to talk about is the general design and construction of the Mashcine Studio. Maschine Studio The collapsable legs and expanded MIDI I/O are nice additions. I’ll also give you the final verdict as to what I think Maschine Studio is capable of and whether or not it stands up against it’s closest competitors: Ableton Push and the Akai MPC Renaissance.

I’m going to walk through some of the new features on both the Maschine Studio and the Maschine 2.0 software that I think you should take into consideration if you are looking to invest in a Maschine Studio. While the screens are great, there are a lot of other new features on the controller as well as the new Maschine 2.0 software that are worth covering. The addition of two large full color LED screens as opposed to the small monochrome screens of its predecessor has this Maschine user very excited about getting my hands on the new Maschine Studio. That’s not to say that this was not achievable on the Maschine MK2 or even the first Maschine, but it was not perfect. There are tons of new features on the Maschine Studio which, in my opinion, really improve the sound design process because it gets your eyes and your hands off the computer screen and mouse and onto the actual controller.

Well those questions can now be answered with the latest controller in the Maschine line, the Maschine Studio. Sure we got the Maschine Mikro and two new versions with the MK2 line, but these added only slight improvements to workflow and left a lot of active Maschine users (myself included) wondering if there was ever going to be anything substantially different on the horizon. It’s been quite a long time since we have seen anything drastically new from the Native Instruments line of Maschine groove production controllers.

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