Maschine Studio Anxiety

Just do it, you only live once and there are going to be only that much opportunities to enrich your life with products.

I did it. Arrives tomorrow.

Too bad for the cat.

I didn't like Maschine at all, awkward to set up and maintain as their updates are unpredictable, I don't know.. Buying a Maschine taught me one thing, that i'm a programmer and not a performer when it comes to writing drums.

Hang on a minute..

I'm selling a Maschine Mikro by the way, barely used ;)

i own a maschine mk1, put it to use pretty often, and i'm kinda curious what you mean by 'the updates are unpredictable' or 'awkward to set up' -- i just plug the thing in, host the software in my daw, and either drag and drop patterns as i'm writing them or record straight to audio using a few different tracks at once... and the updates have been steady and never given me a single problem. v2.0 rules the night, i love those drum synths.

i use the step sequencer mode a lot more than the direct record on the pads; works well for electro stuff. that said, it's not my favorite piece of gear, but it manages to come in handy no matter what style of music i'm working on.

@ bowyer: gratz dude, have fun!

A warning to anyone thinking of buying one of these. DO NOT order it from Best Buy or anything else for that matter. Mine arrived rattling about in a barely taped box with a little scrap of brown paper as protection. By some miracle it survived the journey but was faulty. A fault probably caused by being bounced around.
I can't even begin to explain the returns process with Best Buy. I mean really quite unbelievable and shambolic. I have experienced some fucking piss poor customer service in my time but this was other level shit. I requested a refund yet last week I had 3 maschines here. It would take me all day to fill in the blanks to explain that story. Today I jotted down my 11th meaningless case number. If you ever feel like life is getting so tough that you want to smash your head against a brick wall just call Best Buy instead. All the pain and desperation without the blood. I don't know where they find these staff. They must be on some kind of incentive program to hire those that fail the walmart greeter job interview.

I ordered my replacement from Sweetwater and they were fantastic. Really impressive customer service team.

Customer service is obsolete in a word with 5+ billion customers. Are you an angry customer? Get out of the way and go home, the company doesn't care because there are millions of other suckers lined up ready for their turn to be separated from their heard-earned money. In a throw-away economy, customers are just as disposable/replaceable as the crap they buy. Let us be thankful we have commerce. Buy more. Buy more now. Buy. ... For more enjoyment and greater efficiency, consumption is being standardized.