Maschine and Protools 11 Workflows

Hi all, I'm interested to know who has integrated Maschine into their regular Pro Tools workflow. I finally have upgraded to Pro Tools 11 on my HD Native rig and it's great so far, I'm looking for ways to speed up the workflow and take advantage of the upgrade.

Assuming one has already created some music within Maschine and the project is open, the way I see it, there are several ways to track sounds and patterns from Maschine into Protools.

1) Export Audio dialogue box from the Maschine preferences tab (running Maschine as a plugin or standalone)
2) Drag and drop audio tab functionality for individual groups from Maschine directly into Protools (running as a plugin)
3) Boot Maschine on an Aux channel, route signal to audio tracks and record (running as a plugin)

One idea to think about here is the revised Avid Audio engine. Does the export-audio render engine within Maschine process data better/worse/or the same as tracking directly into Pro Tools as an audio track. The drag-and-drop from Maschine option, while convenient, seems the least flexible here as it appears that it automatically normalizes the content as part of the export.

I'm encouraging anyone to add their experience here as well and perhaps we can all learn some new tips. If a thread already exists covering this, please share.

Thanks

 

Another earlier thread exists here