Better knobs and software doesn't validate a $750 new in box difference to me.Ģ - Not really, you are actually limited in the plus than you are in the mk3, and on an mk3 you can essentially hook it up to a laptop and close the lid to mimic the experience of using the plus. For physical differences the comments the current reviews have is about the knobs being substantially better. I own a mk3 already, so I have looked into these questions myself.ġ - I think portability is the wrong way to look at it, it is more standalone than portable. are the pads better, are the knobs better, does it come with a more expansive sound library, will I experience some latency improvement playing it?Ĭonversely, is there anything in the MK3 that isn’t possible in the Plus?Ĭonsidering that designing my own sounds from scratch is more interesting to me than using presets, is the parameter tweaking on the Plus limited in such a way that I'm going to be using the software either way to achieve this? In other words, can I build out a set of my own sounds using the synths that are distributed with the product out of the box, and do I have access to all the parameters of those synths in the stand alone experience.Īpologies if this doesn't warrant it's own thread.ĭon't own a plus yet but have a preorder down for one. If I don’t need the portability (it will sit 30cm from an iMac a 100% of the time), is there any hardware / software difference at all worth the price difference of the Maschine Plus / Standalone? I.e. Price is not a concern, but no reason to spend 2X money if the added functionality doesn't have value.

With the Maschine Plus coming out, my interested in the Maschine workflow has been re-igninted and I'm now considering whether to get the Plus standalone or the MK3.

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