When buying a new controller, most musicians and producers are faced with a choice between two of the main players, Native Instruments' Maschine MK3 and Ableton Push 2.

Before you get in a tizzy and start complaining that it's not possible to compare apples and oranges (you can decide which controller is which in this analogy) Loopop disagrees and explains that aside from the software side of things there are comparison points to be made. Yes, in terms of software, Ableton Live is a fully-featured, mature, comprehensive DAW, and the MASCHINE software, while constantly improving, is more groovebox-oriented and isn't trying to be a complete one-stop-shop DAW itself.

In this video Ziv (Loopop) explores the different sides of both controller / instruments breaking the comparison down by a number of criteria:

Maschine Mk3 And Ableton

So, what are the criteria Maschine MK3 and Ableton Push 2 are judged by? Here you go: https://poweruptoys178.weebly.com/blog/compile-ps1-to-exe.

• hardware
• creating music
• scale
• soft keys
• arpeggiating
• chords
• sequencing beats
• sounds
• sampling
• sequencing notes
• projects
• mixing
• touch strip
• macros
• locks
• mapping parameters
• USB power
• arrangement

Controlling multiple instances of Maschine in your DAW. Hardware in maschine mode not ableton template? You Must Be Logged In To Vote 0 You Must Be Logged In To Vote. Maschine pad playing can be recorded into ableton for sure, checkout the series I did on ableton there’s quite a few videos showing how to. Best Way to Integrate Maschine & Ableton Live Another student question video is up. For this one we also added a blog post so we can give you a step by step on how to set it up. Maschine is a very powerful sequencer but if you are an Ableton Live user it might be a somewhat complex to set them both up to work in best way. Multi-Out From Maschine First load Maschine to an empty audio track. I’ve installed the template properly, selected it in preferences and turned all the correct sections on, selected maschine virtual input and output and finally selected ableton 9 control on Maschine. My pads trigger midi notes but none of the mappings trigger anything in LIVE. I’m running a MK2 on Ableton 9 MAC.

This is a very interesting, and bold, video from Loopop and is bound to get hardcore users from both camps up in arms. And for others it's a decent overview of both that will hopefully help you make a decision as to which is best for you and your studio/live performance needs.

In this article, we’ll show you how to install the Maschine Controller Driver, update the firmware, and set up your Maschine MK3 with the Maschine 2 software on both Mac and PC. Before you can setup your Maschine MK3, you need to register the hardware to your Native Instruments account and install both the Maschine 2 and Komplete 11 Select. Jan 07, 2013  quick vid showing how i use maschine in ableton. Skip navigation Sign in. MASCHINE MK3 vs ABLETON PUSH 2. Controlling Ableton Live with Maschine - New Controller Editor Template Guide. Requirements: Maschine 2.7.4 / Ableton 9.6 (or higher). Note: If you want to use the Maschine MK3 legacy Template or set up Ableton Live for other MASCHINE controllers, please refer to this article instead. Maschine 2.7 update not appearing in Native Access. I have/use a Maschine Mk3. I have successfully installed the ableton 9 template through controller editor and everything seems to work, however a good portion of knobs does absolutely nothing when trying to control devices. For example all macro knobs on drumrack are controlled from.

Check out our overview video of the new Maschine MK3 here:

Maschine Mk3 Ableton Template