#MASCHINE JAM SOFTWARE#

#MASCHINE JAM SOFTWARE#

Maschine Jam will be available on the 1st OctoberВ for ВЈ319 and comes with the Maschine software a huge library of sounds ready to go. It looks amazing and is probably a load of fun to play with. Maschine Jam appears to bringВ the performance elements and creativity right to the surface. In some ways the original Maschine tries to do too much and you end up having to juggle pages to keep up. I can see how the Maschine Jam fills in a lot of the gaps in more melodic production as well as providing a more expansive way of playing with your patterns. The integration makes arranging patterns and building up songs really easy. For capturing ideas the Maschine software offers a very creative workflow, very different to most DAWs. I have an original Maschine controller and often pine for the colourful soul of the Mk2. I always get lost in it вЂ“ but it may just be me. Of course itвЂ™s all Komplete 11 compatible and will integrate perfectly into the horribly unintelligible Maschine browser system. They can also be used in a weird way to play instruments in a sort of strumming type fashion. The faders are called вЂњSmart StripsвЂќ and can be used for volume of course but you can map them to any controller. Switch to keyboard mode and you can specify scales and play the pads as notes. The 8 x 8 matrix can operate as a step sequencer, or for pattern triggering and performance. ThereвЂ™s some nice LED metering going on along side and transport controls along the bottom. It can be used to trigger patterns too, in a manner not dissimilar to using Ableton Live and a. Without the velocity-sensitive pads itвЂ™s not ideal for playing sounds live, but the grid of buttons makes Jam far better for step-sequencing than any of the other Maschines. AВ row of serious looking buttons sit between the pads and the 8 fader/controller type ribbon strips. Maschine Jam offers a different user experience with its own pros and cons.

ThereвЂ™s 8 x 8 pads taking up most of the room. Obviously thereвЂ™s some Ableton Push in this device but the wonderfully coloured nature follows other devices such as the Novation Circuit, Launchpad and Akai APC.

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