![]() ![]() ![]() (I’ve just checked again, and I still can’t spot any mention of using this as a MIDI device in their Getting Started guide.)Ī quick google later, and I came across this page. If there’s a Getting Started For MIDI doc, I didn’t find it. The problem is that the Native Instruments manuals are all about using this with their software. You’d think that it’d be easy to do, and (more importantly) easy to find out how to do, right? You’d be wrong. This device is marketed and sold as a MIDI controller. That means that my DAW can’t see it until I can switch it over to MIDI mode. On first boot-up, the MMMK3 is in ‘Native Instruments’ mode. It turns out that this device has two modes … a ‘Native Instruments’ mode, and a MIDI mode. It Needs A Magic Incantation To Output MIDI Just put a damn USB-C cable in, Native Instruments, or release a Mark 4 that’s USB-C throughout. If you buy the Maschine Mikro MK3, you might also need to buy a hub too just to use it at all. Thankfully, I’ve got a legacy USB port on my TB3 hub, and it does work with that. It’s the first piece of hardware I’ve come across in the last 5+ years that doesn’t. … the included USB cable doesn’t work with any of the USB-C adapters that I own. I appreciate the arguments about e-waste, but … Apple switched over to USB-C back in 2016 (over 5 years ago). The first challenge was simply getting it to power on. It’s been one challenge after another with this device … even though the physical hardware seems to be intact and working properly. The Out Of The Box Experience Is Very Poor For MIDI Users Sadly, it won’t be the last time I feel that way about NI before I’m done writing this blog post. ![]() It’s 2022, and yet Native Instruments (NI for short) are still using non-recyclable styrofoam in their packaging. So I’m going smaller again – much smaller! I’m hoping that (in time) some sort of finger drumming setup will do it for me. I found the physical motion of playing it just felt like the complete opposite of playing a real kit.
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