Seriously dissaponted with my new S61 Mk2

No but you can switch between plugin and midi mode with the keyboard on the fly so I assume the same is true of Maschine Studio.

edit - yes try one of these:

https://support.native-instruments....ur-Native-Instruments-Controller-to-MIDI-Mode

 

Thanks!!!

 

Still no MCU sopprt or any more deep integration with other daws other then the previous companies. WHY NOT JUST MAKE THE TRANSPORT BUTTONS MAPPABLE?

 

Zero idea. It's utterly surreal. Here we are, one year down the line since launch and no further progress or information from NI.

 

Getting tired of waiting, I'm going to do more research on other options. Nektar released their T series a few months ago.

https://www.soundonsound.com/news/new-nektar-panorama-t-series-offer-deep-daw-plug-control

 

I think NI underestimates the clients holding off hands from the mk2 while lacking this MCU support. I would order tomorrow the mk2 with mcu support...But only for bigger screens and lacking touchstrip and lacking mcu support I'm definitely not going to upgrade. I completely don't understand what the PM of NI thought when they made this decision...

NI keep attention when Marketing so hardly starts to influence important product relevant business decisions you are at a very difficult stage.

And think about, your not apple. the only thing we as customer can do is to keep our hands away from just more bling bling screens and let them do it right again...

 

I underestimated NI as I bought it unfortunately... They keep winning this nonsense fight, as usually there's no chance to win over people lacking common sense blinded by marketing etc.
On the other side I know even one bad coder can cause a lot harm to a company and it takes a lot effort to fix bad conceptions backwards once it's implemented. Something happened to the team and there's no way to get compensation for what issues this can cause to the users...

 

hey can someone with an s-series mk2 please let me know if maschine essentials is included now? if not i can just buy the significantly cheaper a-series as it does come with maschine essentials

 

The answer is on the product page - see included software, scroll all the way down.
https://www.native-instruments.com/...s/komplete-kontrol-s49-s61/included-software/

 

thanks black t war

ya my bad i missed that “hamburger” menu option

 

Is Maschine Essentials available for older purchases? I bought the S61 MK2 in July and don't see Maschine Essentials in my account online or in Native Access. I'm guessing it is only for newer purchases.