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ShelLuser

NI Product Owner, Male, 49, from The Netherlands

What bizarre times we live in.... I am now an official Microsoftie ;) $work shipped a Surface Pro X to get work done. Mar 28, 2020 at 2:17 AM

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1. ShelLuser
  What bizarre times we live in.... I am now an official Microsoftie ;) $work shipped a Surface Pro X to get work done.
  
  Mar 28, 2020 at 2:17 AM
  2. ShelLuser
    This thing is way misunderstood and bias feeds biased reports; this is awesome for what it was intended for. Only problem... I cannot easily run Maschine on it. I'll be active, but I need my drive.
    
    Mar 28, 2020 at 2:19 AM
2. ShelLuser
  Finally back home... first thing I did? Get some coffee, but second thing: installing Electric Sunburst Deluxe! Metallica, here I come! :D
  
  Mar 18, 2020
3. ShelLuser
  That sound and feel when you start using the 4D controller on a new Maschine MkIII.. priceless!
  
  Mar 14, 2020
  2. ShelLuser
    The "newness" of my Maschine is slowly fading but I still remember the first time I started to move the 4D knob :)
    
    Mar 14, 2020
4. ShelLuser
  So I had a need for support today, I thought it was funny that I actually 'met' someone (in chat) who's also on this forum :)
  
  Mar 6, 2020
5. ShelLuser
  On the road with Mikro + Bluetooth speaker, hit sampling and did a test only to hear... the metronome? lol! => https://imgur.com/a/neIPb0V
  
  Mar 3, 2020
6. ShelLuser
  The main problem with having an ultimate Komplete license? There's just SO much to learn & discover!
  
  Mar 1, 2020
7. ShelLuser
  Just added %HOMEPATH%\Documents\Native Instruments to OneDrive sync control... All my projects available everywhere I go :)
  
  Feb 19, 2020
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    Update: so for the record.. not much of a success right now. While I can access my project (and load it) it behaves in a very weird way: no sound at all!
    
    Feb 19, 2020
  4. ShelLuser
    Update: turned out to be a glitch, it's working like a charm. I'm currently working on a project which I started "on the road".
    
    Mar 1, 2020
  5. ShelLuser
    I am going to follow up on this soonish
    
    Mar 18, 2020
8. ShelLuser
  You learn something new every day: turn Maschine off in MIDI mode and guess what happens when you turn it back on?
  
  Feb 15, 2020
  2. ShelLuser
    As much as I love my Push I can only agree that the Maschine controller is much more sophisticated...
    
    Feb 15, 2020
9. ShelLuser
  The only thing which annoys me a bit about Maschine is that it can sometimes take minutes before it has scanned all my VSTs...
  
  Feb 8, 2020
  2. ShelLuser
    But... in all fairness: this behavior isn't limited to Maschine only, Live & Reason do this as well. I suppose I should blame iZotope for making very complex VST's ;)
    
    Feb 8, 2020
10. ShelLuser
  Maschine + Komplete 12 is a powerful combination, but.. Don't underestimate Maschine either!
  
  Jan 23, 2020
  2. ShelLuser
    On the road (using Mikro) I (try) to limit myself to only using Maschine; also to help me learn more about it. The (internal) bass synth is impressive, and do not underestimate its audio effects either!
    
    Jan 23, 2020
11. ShelLuser
  I just discovered the Vocaloid sound engine, this is some seriously impressive stuff....
  
  Jan 18, 2020
  2. ShelLuser
    The one thing my setup lacks so far are vocals. Sound Iron's Kontakt libraries are highly impressive, and very useful, but at the same time also (somewhat) limited. Enter Vocaloid... I can't wait to demo this within Maschine!
    
    Jan 18, 2020
12. ShelLuser
  I'm slowly becoming a 'JBL' fan :) In my home studio I'm using JBL studio monitors & I now got the JBL Flip bluetooth speaker for my laptop
  
  Jan 16, 2020
  2. ShelLuser
    These are honestly good quality speakers. What I immediately liked about the Flip is that it's somewhat heavy (.5 kg), has 2 very decent subwoofers and you can easily pair it with multiple devices.
    
    Jan 16, 2020
  3. ShelLuser
    The fun part is that my studio monitors are roughly the same: decently small (roughly 25x15x12 cm), quite heavy (I guess around 1.5-2kg) and most importantly: a convincing frequency range & sound quality. BUT... as much as I love my "portable Maschine (mikro) setup", nothing beats a home studio :)
    
    Jan 16, 2020
13. ShelLuser
  It's a good time to be a Live and Komplete Maschine user :-)
  
  Jan 9, 2020
  2. ShelLuser
    Had some awesome Maschine laptop sessions this week (using my Mikro) and... the more I dig into Maschine the more impressed I get. If you know your Maschine basics then the Mikro is _the_ controller to get for working "on the road" if you ask me!
    
    Jan 9, 2020
14. ShelLuser
  It's a good weekend when you get to show people that you weren't wrong (as claimed) by addressing the manual :)
  
  Jan 3, 2020
  2. ShelLuser
    Just a shame though that some people are just too proud to admit they made a mistake (after calling someone else out). Hm.. too proud or to ignorant? Let's just leave it there :)
    
    Jan 3, 2020
15. ShelLuser
  On the road with my limited laptop + Maschine mikro... and wel.. Absynth 5 + Maschine is one power combo!
  
  Jan 2, 2020
16. ShelLuser
  The more I learn about Maschine, the more excited I become... honestly? I believe some people don't realize its full potential. _at all_
  
  Dec 26, 2019
  2. ShelLuser
    For the record: I'm also addressing some of the more outspoken people here, maybe even those who you may imagine as knowledgeable. One thing to know for now: anyone who claims that Maschine is a black box of some kind does *not* know what they're talking about.
    
    Dec 26, 2019
  3. ShelLuser
    (stupid 420 limit!): FOR the record: I used to think the same thing, I -know- where it's coming from and it's a legit impression (seriously!). But it's *not* true. I'm SO much going to do a tutorial on this. 'Soonish'.
    
    Dec 26, 2019
17. ShelLuser
  Merry Christmas everyone! I hope all of you are going to have a great Holiday season!
  
  Dec 24, 2019
18. ShelLuser
  According to my gf I suffer from 'native instrumentalitis', commonly known as the Maschine withdrawal symptom. So she bought me a Mikro! <3
  
  Dec 19, 2019
19. ShelLuser
  If RAUM doesn't show up: https://www.native-instruments.com/forum/threads/if-raum-doesnt-show-up-in-n-a-read-this.373121/
  
  Dec 17, 2019
20. ShelLuser
  For some reason I always get a little excited when I see my Maschine light up :)
  
  Dec 13, 2019
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May 20, 1970 (Age: 49)

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Ableton Live 'Suite' 10,
Reason 10,
Maschine MkIII.

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Everything evolves around Ableton Live + Push.

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Overspecialize and you breed in weakness....

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I'm your classic Synth geek

Around 2010 I had made up my mind: I was going to get a synthesizer. Of course at that time a synthesizer in my idea was a keyboard with dozens of knobs. As I always do I studied before purchasing and decided that I really liked the idea of having a soft synth vs. hardware. Also because my keyboard (a Casio CTK4000) supported MIDI over USB.

I bought into Ableton Live 'suite' (because of the instruments), an APC40 Live controller and even though I had no clue what it could do I also bought a Max for Live license as well. Then I learned the issue of sound engines and that made me decide that I should add another engine to my setup for expansion purposes. The general consensus in the Ableton 'camp' was to go Komplete but because I never focus on "commonly done" stuff I decided to go with Reason 4 instead. I did add an Akai MPD24 MIDI drumpad controller because I didn't liked the idea of banging on my keyboard for percussion.

Of course that's not saying that I didn't recognize the potential that Native Instruments had to offer, heck no, and it didn't take long before I bought into Komplete Elements 7, long before it got nerfed (from 5 or 7 Gb library to 3 iirc). I still have the box today but I'm too lazy to check

This setup did wonders for me.

Fast forward to 2019...

I did a few upgrades over time, I got to appreciate the NI players and then I had a nice break which allowed me to upgrade all my stuff. I replaced the APC40 with Ableton Push, I upgraded all my major environments (Live went 10, Reason went 10 & Max (stand alone) went 8) and then Reason 11 happened....

Reason 11 drops ReWire support (which is/was a huge part of my setup) and instead provides a "Rack VST" which you can use in other DAWs. Just too bad that it doesn't come close to providing the regular Reason workflow (at the time of writing, 15/10/2019).

That made me decide to look into alternatives which would be more reliable in the future.

And then I remembered N.I. & Komplete....

I bought into Komplete 12 to expand on both my Live & Reason setups and consider me impressed. I then replaced my Akai MPD24 with the Maschine Mk3 and also upgraded Komplete to Ultimate. And to top things off my gear will be using the Komplete Audio 6 as of today.

Then in 2019 N.I. had an XXL Holiday sale which allowed me to do the unthinkable: getting the Ultimate 'collectors edition' of Komplete 12. It is the 19th of January 2020 when I added this update and I'm still discovering bits and pieces in March 2020

And that's where I am.. Ableton 10 Suite (including Max for Live + Push), Max 8, Reason 10 and my NI gear: the Maschine Mk3 backed by Komplete 12 Ultimate (Collectors) and all powered by the Komplete Audio 6. I couldn't be happier.
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