Meet the new MASCHINE MIKRO MK3, your flexible, compact companion for making music with a laptop. Use it to tap out beats, play melodies, and build up tracks fast, fun, and hands-on. Want to start creating right away? We’ve thrown in everything you need including instruments, sounds, effects, and powerful tools like sampling and drum synths.
The new Native Instruments Maschine Mikro MK3 inherits the flexibility and power of its big brother Maschine MK3, in a more portable controller. The Maschine Mikro MK3 features some amazing updates on it's predecessor including a new sleek design, OLED screen, touchstrip and capacitive buttons.
Further updates on the MK3 include larger velocity-sensitive pads for easy two-handed drumming, a dual-touch smart strip allows you to strum instruments, bend sounds and perform FX by sliding your fingers. As well as inputting sound into the 16 pads via pad mode, keyboard mode and step mode, there is now a chord mode for creating endless chord progressions further expanding your creative beat meaking options.
The Maschine Mikro MK3 comes bundled with both Maschine Essentials (plus 1.6 GB Factory Selection), You also get full versions of three popular KOMPLETE plugins, worth over £300 (available for download from registration); MASSIVE, MONARK & REAKTOR PRISM synthesizers to get you more than geared up to tackle any production.
Highlights
- Compact, music production instrument that integrates powerful software with tactile, responsive hardware
- Four ways to input sound using the 16 pads – drum in pad mode, play melodies in Keyboard mode, create chord progressions in Chord mode, and program in a classic step-sequencer style from Step mode
- Software - use on its own or as a VST, Audio Unit, or AAX plug-in in all major DAWs (including Ableton Live, Pro Tools, Logic Pro, and FL Studio)
- 1.6 GB MASCHINE Factory Selection with samples, one-shots, loops, sample instruments, presets, patterns, drum kits, and songs
- Same software as MASCHINE MK3 / STUDIO / JAM – includes 25 pro-quality studio and creative FX including filter, EQ, delay, reverb, and compressor
- 16 large, velocity-sensitive pads for easy two-handed drumming
- Dual-touch Smart Strip lets you slide your fingers to strum instruments, bend sounds, use Perform FX, and more
- Push encoder and screen for browsing, navigating, adjusting volume levels and panning, and controlling parameters
- Powered via USB 2.0
- The Native Instruments sound universe – easily expand your library with KOMPLETE, Sounds.com, Expansions, and enjoy perfect integration with any third party NKS-certified instruments and effects
- Classic groovebox features including 16 pad velocity levels, swing, pad link, note repeat, step sequencer, and vintage MPC60/SP1200 sampling emulation
- Powerful mixer, arranger, and sampler for full creative control over your tracks
- MASCHINE MIKRO MK3 includes:
- MASCHINE Essentials (full Maschine application plus 1.6 GB Factory Selection) provided as a download upon hardware registration
- Full versions of three popular KOMPLETE plugins, worth over $300, available for download from Native Access after hardware registration:
- MASSIVE – heavyweight virtual analog synthesizer
- MONARK – iconic mono synth
- REAKTOR PRISM – flexible polyphonic synthesizer
- Eligibility to purchase upgrades to full 8 GB MASCHINE Factory Library and KOMPLETE SELECT with 25GB of instruments and effects
- Voucher for Sounds.com – access to thousands of samples and loops from hundreds of suppliers, for a monthly subscription
Technical Specifications
- USB 2.0 Port, 3 GB free disk space for MASCHINE Essentials (full MASCHINE software plus 1.6 GB MASCHINE Factory Selection), 1 GB free disk space for MASSIVE, MONARK and REAKTOR PRISM
- An Internet connection and a graphics card which supports OpenGL 2.1 or higher are required to download and activate MASCHINE software. Once installed and activated, all products can be used offline.
System Requirements
PC
- Windows 10 (latest update, 64-bit), Intel Core i5 or equivalent CPU, 4 GB RAM
Mac
- macOS 11, 12, 13 (latest update), Intel Core i5, 4 GB RAM
