Found a great sample? Hit the Sample button to quickly load it into your project from the software. Record from your audio interface to capture from vinyl, play in a guitar, or grab any other sound into your track. Shape and refine your samples using the powerful editing tools in the MASCHINE software. Add creative flourishes to your beats and melodies with the Smart Strip. Slide your fingers to bend sounds, strum instruments, or go wild with Perform FX like Stutter and Echo. Get creating and keep going - from one step to the next. Fast. The MASCHINE software comes with powerful tools for realizing your ideas.
You'll find inspiration using the selection of premium sounds, samples, instruments, and FX included with MASCHINE MIKRO. Plus it comes with full versions the popular synths MASSIVE, MONARK, and REAKTOR PRISM. Then when you're ready for more juice, simply upgrade to the MASCHINE Factory Library, or KOMPLETE 12 Select, and get more top-notch sounds, while making a tidy saving. Maschine Mikro gives you everything you need to get creating music, and it also works as plug-in in Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Cubase, FL Studio, or any other compatible DAW as a VST or Audio Unit. Use it to build up loops, then work with them in your DAW to quickly flesh out tracks, making it a powerful addition to your setup, however you make music. Maschine Mikro makes it easy to get started. Go deeper with powerful tools at your fingertips. Studio FX: 24 effects for polishing your music, including compressors, saturators, reverbs, and filters. Plus creative tools like Grain-Delay, Ice Verb, and Freq Shifter for adding color to your sounds. Variation: Variation lets you generate random patterns at the press of a button, for a quick way to build up tracks or inject unpredictability. USB Powered: Create wherever you feel inspired. MASCHINE MIKRO is USB-powered for maximum portability. Lock Button: Freeze your track parameter settings with Lock, leaving you free to go wild with FX, or any other sound parameter, and try out ideas. Then instantly go back.
Bass and Drum Synths: Create your own kicks, snares, hi hats, and more, with the flexible Drum Synth, and dial in rich, studio-ready bass tones with Bass Synth - exclusives to MASCHINE. Perform FX: Eight creative effects for enlivening your sounds, including Stutter, Burst Echo, Scratcher, and Flanger - perform with them using the Smart Strip. Audio Plug-In: Record, load, and swap loops as they automatically adjust to your project's tempo, and play loops musically, all with the innovative Audio plug-in. Access More Functions: Quickly access handy functions like quantize, undo, and copy/paste via the 16 pads and the shift button.
Sometimes less is more. MIKRO is optimized for making music with a laptop, letting you focus on what matters: getting ideas down fast. The controls you need, where you need them. Find dedicated buttons for commonly used functions, easily browse your favorite sounds, and switch between different ways of playing. Find new ways to express yourself. Slide your fingers over the Smart Strip to strum and bend sounds, or get creative with FX. Plus, all-new bigger pads let you feel more of your music. MIKRO already contains a selection of inspiring sounds from the acclaimed MASCHINE library to get you started. Expand it further at any time. Expansions: From hip hop to techno, grime to house, get genre-specific packs by top artists and sound designers - perfect for kickstarting creativity. NKS: Access hundreds of instruments and FX from industry leaders like Arturia, Waves, and Output, all certified to work seamlessly with MASCHINE MIKRO.
Komplete: Go deeper with the world's leading production suite. KOMPLETE opens up a universe of sound, with unparalleled instruments and FX.
Sounds for Any Style
Whatever music you make, you'll find inspiration with the selection of sounds, samples, and FX included with MASCHINE MIKRO - play, shape, and make them your own. From electronic and acoustic drum kits, to guitars, basses, and organs, to great sounding FX and more - you get everything you need to start creating, right out of the box.
Craft Your Own Drums
Drum Synths let you create your own perfectly-tuned electronic and acoustic drum sounds. Explore six plug-ins for designing kicks, snares, hi hats, toms, percussion, and cymbals, so you can make your drums sound exactly as they do in your head. Switch between engines to achieve different sounds, tones, and textures.
Kick: Start with a perfect kick - the foundation of your tracks. Choose from nine engines based on classic analog drum machines and acoustic models. Dial in the sound you want until you hit the sweet spot.
Snare: Thick, harsh, bold, deep, filtered - create any electronic snare imaginable. Or create realistic acoustic snare sounds and tweak them however you like. Choose from nine engines, plus a dedicated clap engine for both electronic and acoustic claps.
Hi Hats: No samples here. Three different engines produce the full range of hi-hat sounds, from classic analog hi-hats, digital, robotic sounds, or thick, crunchy sounds from a new, grain-based oscillator. A few quick tweaks take you beyond simple hi-hat sounds, and deep into creative territory.
Toms: Craft a full set of tom sounds using three engines. Explore digital sounds from percussive to completely alien. Shape realistic sounding acoustic toms to add warmth to your track. Control pitch bend and other parameters for complete flexibility.
Percussion: The Fractal engine delivers electronic percussion, from bell-like and metallic, to low and twisted. The Shaker engine gives you acoustic shakers and maracas, and the Kettle engine offers rich, resonant timpani.
Cymbal: The Crash engine delivers everything from a 909-like crash to more acoustic-sounding cymbals. The Ride engine can be adjusted to sound as if the cymbal is being struck on its edge or bell.
Go Low with Bass Synth
Easily create rich bass tones with this monophonic bass synth, exclusive to MASCHINE. Design and shape with intuitive, fun, and fully-automatable controls. Morph seamlessly between waveforms - from sine to saw to square - to create your own unique sounds, with no programming knowledge required. Or load any of the pro-designed presets to dial in bass sounds for any genre, from booming subs to dripping acid.
Get Creative with Perform FX
Add complex creative flourishes to your beats and melodies using Perform FX - a set of tactile, creative effects exclusive to MASCHINE. Play expressively with these eight multi-effects to alter motion, space, dynamics, and inject unpredictability into your music.
Filter: An analog-modeled High, Low, and Band-pass filter capable of raw, natural-sounding results using saturation and resonance. Roll off the highs for a thick, murky veil, or use the resonance to create sounds that float into self-oscillation infinity.
Flanger: A comb filter effect with more than a few tricks up its sleeve. Get performance-ready flanger or phaser effects, or expose its wild side - setting higher decay and frequency values unleashes ping-pong delay-like flutter effects.
Burst Echo: Warm, versatile, and with plenty of character - this effect is designed for spontaneous splashes of echo. Strong, responsive attacks that taper off into hazy trails are perfect for dub and can also be tweaked for more extreme sound design.
Reso Echo: A complex resonant echo with advanced feedback and saturation that verge on psychedelic tendencies. Echoes range from a tight, punchy resonant hum to ambiguous howling sounds from another dimension.
Ring: Built on a carefully selected bank of ring modulators, Ring adds a bell-like quality to melodic sound sources. Using the additional plate reverb, tweak a knob or the Smart Strip to hand-pick individual notes and keep them ringing into the stratosphere.
Stutter: Turn the intensity up, and down again with Stutter. This beat-mangling effect adds creative dynamics like glitches, fills, and expressive pitch-bending crescendos to drum patterns and more.
Tremolo: A no-frills tremolo and vibrato effect that's perfect for creating motion and wobble on the fly. Instantly add expression with multiple modes, Rate, and Depth ranges, and use the Stereo knob to create auto-pan motion effects.
Scratcher: Scratcher warps your sounds with turntable motion effects that can get otherworldly. Apply a ‘brake' to a sound, then scratch with it - just like on vinyl. Or use the pitch shifter delay to thicken the sound and create alien-sounding sweeps.
Play with Three Iconic Synths
Maschine Mikro comes with full versions of our popular synths MASSIVE, MONARK, and REAKTOR PRISM. Dive into sound design or explore hundreds of ready-to-use presets - easily tweak them to make your own basses, leads, pads, and more.
Massive: The original heavyweight synthesizer, perfect for heavy basses, piercing leads, and dreamy pads.
Reaktor Prism: A unique and responsive synthesizer with a vibrant sound, capable of everything from bells to flutes, to shimmering leads.
Monark: Based on the holy grail of analog synths. Summon the spirit of a legend to your tracks, from warm vintage basses to thick, creamy leads.
Polish Your Music with Studio Effects
Explore 24 effects for refining your sounds including compressors, tape and tube saturators, a transient designer, reverbs, filters and EQs. Plus, creative tools like Grain-Delay, Ice Verb, and Freq Shifter, for adding color to your music. Chain effects together, and combine them with your own VST/AU plug-ins for unique results.
Give Your Library A Level-Up
Ready to up your game? Upgrade to the full MASCHINE Factory Library and KOMPLETE 12 SELECT at any time to give your creativity a boost. The full MASCHINE Factory Library gives you over 6 GB of sounds, instruments, and kits to play with. Upgrade to KOMPLETE 12 SELECT and get top instruments and effects, plus three Expansions - for a huge saving over the combined cost of everything included.
Native Instruments Maschine Mikro Mk3 Specifications:
System Requirements:
macOS 10.12 or 10.13 (latest update), Intel Core i5, 4 GB RAM
Windows 10 (latest update, 64-bit), Intel Core i5 or equivalent CPU, 4 GB RAM
Additional Requirements:
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.
Additional Information:
Supported Interfaces: Stand-alone, VST2 (64-bit), Audio Units (64-bit), AAX 64, ASIO, CoreAudio, and WASAPI.
MASCHINE requires activation: Activate using the serial number on the flyer inside the box.
In case of graphics issues, please install the latest drivers for your GPU. This can be necessary even if Windows reports them as up to date.
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, available for download from Native Access after hardware registration:
- MASSIVE - heavyweight virtual analog synthesizer
- MONARK – iconic mono synth
- REAKTOR PRISM – flexible polyphonic synthesizer
Dimensions and Weight:
Width: 320 mm / 12.6", Length: 177 mm / 6.96", Height: 45 mm / 1.77", Weight: 1.12 kg / 2.47 lbs
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