Reply To: NI launched Maschine 3

[peter]

On Lionel said

On Xandre said

So what’s the fancy new feature that makes it so hard to keep MK1 and MK2 ‘s supported?

That’s exactly the question that’s preventing me from ever purchasing their hardware again.  Compared to other developers, their HW has a relatively short lifespan(in terms of software support).  Essentially, NI want you to keep on upgrading to their latest and greatest HW.  Just look at some of their midi keyboards that recently became unsupported.

Nasty habit of NI unfortunately.

I was tempted by NI keyboard controllers, but when I witnessed how they made them obsolete, I felt pretty good about going with my Nekar.

A sidenote, I’ve found that Nektar makes terrible sustain pedals. I’ve had two or three stop working on me over three years (I don’t know, maybe all of those years of playing drums makes me to rough on the pedals, but these ones keep having problems). I’m about to order a new sustain pedal — as I’ve been borrowing my son’s pedal and he’s away at college and will soon be home for the holidays — and have been told Yamaha makes very reliable sustain pedals. I’d love to hear from anyone who has had a very good or very bad experience with a sustain pedal.

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