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Native Instruments Maschine Mikro Groove Production Studio

THe Native Instruments Maschine Mikro is the perfect entry into the world of Maschine, giving you tactile, hands on control for beat production, sampling and performance. This latest addition to the family has the same responsive pads, the same powerful software and the same 6 GB+ sample library as its big brother in a smaller, more portable format. The Native Instruments Maschine Mikro is the perfect addition to any production setup, on stage or in the studio.

Professional Production and Performance

Maschine Mikro is a professional music production tool, combining the flexibility of software with immediacy of hardware. Create rhythms, bass lines, chords and melodies, and build tracks on the fly with the intuitive, clip based sequencer. Maschine Mikro also gives you a high performance sampler, an arsenal of professional effects and full support for VST(r) and Audio Units plug ins. What's more, you can also run Maschine Mikro as a plug in in your DAW.

The Inspiring Maschine Library

More than 6 GB of fascinating samples, patterns, and effects for all styles, with drums and basses plus dynamic synth and instrument sounds many created by renowned artists and producers and a range of dynamic studio quality effects. Select sounds using Maschine Mikros super simple browser and start playing immediately. And if you need even more, get an extra boost for your library with Maschine Expansions.

 

Plug in to Maschine

Maschine Mikro gives you direct access to your favorite Native Instruments or 3rd party VST or Audio UnitsTM plug ins, to further expand your instrument and effect arsenal. Start your collection with the free download of Komplete Elements, with over 1,000 stunning sounds all seamlessly integrated and fully browsable in Maschine Mikro and discover even more with your included $30/25 e voucher redeemable in the NI online shop.

 

 

Features:

- All the power and flexibility of Maschine, with the same fully integrated software
- Ultra portable and road tested build quality, with the same high quality pads as Maschine
- Includes the full 6 GB+ Maschine sound library with over 18,000 samples, 7,000 one shots, 400 sliced loops, 300 drum kits with over 1,400 patterns, 388 sampled instruments, 170 FX/multi FX presets, and 60 demo projects
- Comes with free download of Komplete Elements and an e voucher worth $30 /25 for additional Komplete Instruments and Effects or Maschine Expansions at the NI Online Shop
- Offers VST and AU plug in hosting plus seamless Komplete 8 integration browse Komplete Instruments and Effects directly in the Maschine Mikro browser
- Clever hardware shortcuts provide quick access to key functions and essential software controls
- High contrast display and backlit pads for clear visual feedback in the studio or onstage
- Classic groovebox features: 16 velocity levels, swing (sounds, groups, global), pad link, note repeat, MPC 60/SP 1200 sampling emulation
- More than 20 high quality effects with flexible routing possibilities
- Full studio integration: Import iMaschine projects, REX files and MPC programs and export MIDI or audio via drag and drop, use Maschine inside a DAW as a VST, AU or RTAS plug in

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KRK Systems Rokit RP10-3

 

Home studio owners are spoilt for choice. KRK is just one of the many manufacturers that have flooded the market with accurate, revealing near-fields at attractive prices.
Strangely, affordable options are much more limited in the three-way monitor market. KRK's new Rokit RP10-3s aim to address this discrepancy, bringing three-way monitoring down to an affordable new price point.

"The RP10s are highly capable monitors that compete favourably with products twice their price."

The RP10s bear significant similarities to the rest of KRK's Rokit range, featuring front-firing ports, a vinyl-coated MDF enclosure, glass/aramid low-frequency driver and a one-inch soft dome tweeter. The major difference is the presence of a third driver; where the rest of the Rokit range are two-way designs, the RP10s are a three-way design with a 10-inch woofer and 4-inch mid-range driver.
For our test I borrowed a pair of RP8 G2s in order to make a direct comparison. The difference in physical stature between the two monitors is obvious, and on setting them up together and trying them side-by-side it's clear that the sonic difference is equally dramatic.

The RP10 is significantly better in every respect: the bottom end's tighter and deeper, there's no honkiness from the port at any listening level, the mid-range is more detailed and transparent, and the top end is smoother and more revealing. The RP10s don't sound hi-fi in the hyped, flattering sense, but there's an enjoyably involving character to the sound that's missing from the smaller models.

Fat bottoms

The RP10s' low-end frequency response is seriously deep, with a bump at around 40Hz followed by a gentle roll-off down to the -3dB point at 31Hz. Needless to say, you won't need a subwoofer with these.
Strangely, KRK has chosen not to offer acoustic space settings to tame the bottom end. Instead, you'll have to make do with adjusting the LF level switches, but the maximum of 2dB low frequency attenuation might not be enough to compensate for placement near a wall or other equipment.
Soffit mounting is also out of the question, but horizontal placement is made possible thanks to a rotating sub-baffle which houses the tweeter and mid.
Given that most of the competition costs at least twice as much as the RP10s, it's inevitable that there must be compromises in the design. Like the smaller monitors in the Rokit range, the frequency response of the RP10s isn't the flattest we've ever heard.
Likewise, they certainly aren't the most powerful three-way design you'll find, with a 30W class A-B amplifier for the highs, 30W for the mids and 80W for the bass. Even so, they're relatively efficient and there's plenty of clean power before the amps break up.