They have the same size and feel, a little smoother and lighter to the touch even. I was happy to see that the 16 illuminated pads on the Mikro match the ones found on its bigger brother. The transport, modifier, and pads sections are almost identical on both Maschine units. The Mikro has just one LCD screen, half the size of the ones on the Maschine, but it still has a good amount of space (128 by 64 pixels). Instead of using dedicated group buttons, the Mikro allows group selection by using a single button in combination with the top two rows of the pads section. Mikro comes with 28 buttons for direct parameter selection, whereas the original controller has 41. This obviously takes a little more scrolling/clicking through pages to get where you need to be. The one rotary knob next to the LCD display lets you access most common parameters by navigating through menus. If you are familiar with the original Maschine controller you’ll notice there are considerably fewer controls on the Mikro. Maschine Mikro is two-thirds of the size and weight of the full-sized hardware I was excited to see Native Instruments introduce the smaller Mikro. The original Maschine controller – beautiful as it is – is just a bit overkill for my needs.
So does the saying “good things come in small packages” hold true?Īs much as I enjoyed the original Maschine, over time I found that even though I like having lots of knobs and sliders on my controllers, I hardly use more than a handful of them when producing music in my small home studio. MASCHINE MIKRO makes a perfect addition for any production setup – get hands-on with your rhythms and grooves both in the studio and on the stage. This latest addition to the family has the same powerful software and 6 GB+ sample library as its big brother, as well as the same responsive pads on a more compact and portable controller. MASCHINE MIKRO is the perfect entry into the world of MASCHINE, giving you tactile, hands-on control for beat production, sampling and performance.
The new Maschine Mikro is pretty much the same as the original hardware/software groove production system launched in March 2009 – with updated software of course, minus a few inches of controller.
For those who are unfamiliar with Native Instruments Maschine, it is basically a package comprising a complete music production software and a dedicated hardware controller.
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