Native Instruments Maschine + B-Stock

The Maschine+ features 16 velocity-sensitive pads for playing notes. In addition, it includes buttons for essential functions such as recording and editing sequences, quantising, step sequencing, selecting chords, creating variations, and muting or soloing individual tracks. Eight rotary encoders can be used to control effects and sends. Instead of traditional pitch and modulation wheels, the Maschine+ is equipped with a touch-sensitive strip. The rotary encoder is used for adjusting parameters like volume, tempo, swing, and note repeat, while the extensive transport section includes functions such as record, play, and stop, as well as options for setting loops, deleting, and replacing sequences. Two colour displays provide an overview of selected instruments and settings. Next to these, controls are available for selecting instruments, samples, and effects, as well as adjusting fundamental settings.

Native Instruments is a Berlin-based company, founded in 1996, which specialises in products for computer-assisted music production. The company develops a wide variety of products: software solutions such as Komplete, which hosts a huge range of virtual instruments that emulate both acoustic and electronic instruments in hi-fi quality, and Reaktor, which lets you create your own virtual instruments – through to hardware products such as beat-making and DJ controllers. Native Instruments' goal is to inspire and encourage musicians with its innovative products. To this end, more than 500 people are employed at the company's headquarters in Berlin and at other locations including Los Angeles, Toronto, Tokyo, London, Paris, and Shenzhen. Since 2023, the manufacturers Plugin Alliance, iZotope, and Brainworx have also been part of Native Instruments.