Native Instruments Maschine 2 v2.0.6 Update MASCHINE is the groundbreaking groove production system for tactile, creative beatmaking with an acclaimed sound library. Industry-standard groovebox workflow. Sampler, arranger, mixer, effects, and more. Includes MASCHINE 2.0 software, instruments, and new drum synths SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Windows. The buttons, to me at least look a lot like the ones on push 2. Anyway happy to see they continue the development and i am sure this will be a great 'maschine', i do all my sequencing OTB though, for ITB however, you can't go wrong with this.
What are Sound Libraries?
Sound libraries (library content) are “instruments” that load into apps like Kontakt 5 or Reaktor 6. For instance, Alicia’s Keys is a sound library and Kontakt 5 is its Player Engine, however, not all instruments use sound libraries. For example, “Form” is a synthesizer and does not have a sound library but it’s still an instrument that loads into Reaktor 6. Other apps like Absynth 5, FM8, and Massive are also synthesis based and do not use additional library content.
Native Instruments sound libraries take a lot of hard drive space. It’s best to store them on either an external drive or a separate internal drive. Installing libraries to the same drive as your operating system will decrease performance (slow things down) and take up a lot of space! If you don’t have a dedicated drive for your libraries, check out the hard drives available at Sweetwater. Read this article for more information about storing data on hard drives.
Native Access and Library Content
The Native Access app allows you to install and update your Native Instruments products. Your content will be downloaded and installed to whatever location you choose in Native Access’ Preferences window. To install your content, you will need the required space in both the Download and Content locations. For example, to install the Kontakt Factory Library will need at least 23.26GB available in your downloads folder as well as your install location. Once the content is installed, the files in your download location will be removed.
Sound Library Content Checklist
- Format new hard drives for PC or Mac before installing your Native Instruments sample libraries
- Create a folder with an obvious name to store your libraries (Sample Libraries, Komplete Samples, Instrument Libraries, etc.)
- Have enough space for your software in both DownloadandContent locations (more below). Once installed, the software will only take up space in the Content location.
- Read more tips and tricks about how to manage your data on hard drives.
Solid State and 7,200 RPM external hard drives like the Glyph 1TB Studio Mini pictured above, are essential for storing sound libraries.