Native Instruments Maschine
Maschine is all about getting your musical ideas flowing. It’s there every step of the way from beat making and sampling to arranging and performing your tracks. Use it with virtual instruments or your own samples, both on its own and in a DAW. And if you’re ready to take things up a gear, bring in Maschine hardware to get hands on.
What’s new in Maschine 3?
Stem separation
Import any track and Maschine will identify bass, drums, vocals, and other elements at the click of the button. Stem separation opens up a whole world of sampling possibilities, all powered by iZotope’s legendary RX technology.
Community-requested features
Maschine 3 was designed to include feedback from the Maschine community. First there’s Bounce In Place which lets you render sounds, patterns, and ideas as audio, saving CPU power and opening up new creative possibilities. We’ve also added support for compressed file formats and per scene tempo for deep control over track flow. And there’s basic Kontrol MK3 keyboard integration with transport controls and on-keyboard display of Maschine modules and thousands of NKS partner plugins.
No hardware needed
It just got easier to create a track from start to finish without additional gear, thanks to Maschine 3’s new and improved mouse MIDI editing tools. These include split, join, erase, mute, MIDI notes, keyboard shortcuts, computer keyboard, audible MIDI note previews, and more.
Maschine Central
Get everything you need to make tracks in any genre. Maschine Central is a completely redefined library with presets from cult synths Massive, Monark, Prism, over 700 drums, and 144 multi-sampled Kontakt instruments. Buy it on its own or in the Maschine 3 bundle.
Even more software included
Bring your finished tracks to life with essential iZotope mastering software, included free. Get an updated Master Assistant that matches your favorite reference tracks, Assistive Vocal Balance so vocals don’t get lost in your mix, and much more.
And old favorites, synths Monark, Massive, and Reaktor Prism come as part of the package too.
Maschine : Whats new in this version
3.1.1 — 2025-03-20
FIXED Maschine+ in controller mode would not connect to the Maschine software when running as a plugin hosted in Logic Pro
3.1.0 — 2025-03-18
Minimum OS requirements: – MacOS 13,14,15. – Windows 10 (latest Service Pack), Windows 11.
ADDED User Chords. Create your own chord sets and share with other Maschine users
ADDED Improved accessibility when using User Chords
ADDED Added Ableton Live DAW integration for Maschine+ in controller mode
ADDED Updated DAW integration scripts for Ableton Live versions 11 and 12
ADDED Fullscreen mode is available from the standalone application main menu and via keyboard shortcuts
FIXED Plugin scanning could freeze
FIXED Certain NKS third-party presets not appearing in the browser
FIXED Plugin UIs inside Maschine when hosted in Logic Pro not opening and closing as expected
FIXED Pattern editor scrollbar not always visible
FIXED Ableton Link issue with Traktor and other Ableton link clients where tempo sync with Maschine would not work as expected
FIXED Maschine in Logic Pro, plugin windows sometimes can’t be closed by clicking on the red ‘x’
FIXED Maschine in Logic Pro, closing the Maschine editor with a plugin window open can leave a black floating window
3.0.1 — 2024-12-17
ADDED Parallel Plugin scanning
FIXED Note Preview does not trigger if you click too close to the end of the note
FIXED Edit Cursors have incorrect small clickable area
FIXED Notes could hang with Arpeggiator Hold when switching to Kontrol’s on-device Play Assist
FIXED Crash after auto save
FIXED Plug-in window(s) could get hidden behind Maschine or DAW window(s)
FIXED Crash In VST3 Plugin Parameters
FIXED Crash when docking the plugin window
FIXED Metaverb was using incorrect banner artwork
3.0.0 — 2024-11-06
Minimum OS requirements: – MacOS 13, 14, 15 – Windows 10 (latest Service Pack), Windows 11.
ADDED Ability to separate Sampler audio into Vocals/Bass/Drums/Other stems
ADDED Ability to bounce in place, rendering MIDI Sound Slots to Audio to save CPU, or for resampling
ADDED Ability to import/load MP3, MP4, FLAC, OGG
ADDED Ability to set custom tempos per scene
ADDED Ability to Split/Join/Erase/Mute/Draw/Hear/Point/Pencil and use a Computer MIDI keyboard using new MIDI editing tools
ADDED Audio Preview of MIDI note editing
ADDED Basic Kontrol S MK3 integration for Transport, Play Assist, and NKS plug-in hosting and control when used with Maschine 3 standalone application
ADDED Ability to properly Reset Playhead to Zero
ADDED Ability for Maschine 3 VST3 to automatically replace Maschine 2 in DAWs that support this
ADDED Support for HiDPI plug-in hosting (varies per DAW)
ADDED Update KPI plugin view below the Mixer
ADDED Support for the latest version of Ableton Link, including Start/Stop messages
ADDED Expanded I/O (up to 16 stereo, 32 mono channels)
ADDED New darker user interface for visual comfort during longer creative sessions
FIXED A large number of miscellaneous bugs
KNOWN ISSUE Severe HiDPI plug-in hosting issues introduced with Pro Tools 2024.10. Workaround: roll back to Pro Tools 2024.06 and don’t override the default HiDPI settings in Windows application properties
KNOWN ISSUE HiDPI plug-in hosting issues with Ableton Live unless properly configured. Workaround: Right-click Maschine 3 in your plug-in list, de-select “Auto-Scale Plug-in Window”, and restart Ableton Live
KNOWN ISSUE HiDPI plug-in hosting issues with FL Studio unless properly configured. This should work by default. Workaround: open Maschine 3 plug-in, open the “VST Wrapper Settings” icon, ensure “DPI Aware” toggle is turned on
KNOWN ISSUE HiDPI plug-in hosting issues with Cubase unless properly configured. This should work by default. Workaround: don’t override the default HiDPI settings in Windows application properties
KNOWN ISSUE Maschine 3 not yet compatible with Maschine Plus. This is coming soon
System Requirements
Windows 10 (latest Service Pack), Windows 11.