iMaschine is a great iOS app for making beats and patterns on the move but if you want to really expand your project into a fully fledged song, here are some techniques you can use to do it.Â
The latest Maschine expansion from Native Instruments is aimed at the mailroom tech house producer. Take a listen to what Molten Veil has in store for you.
iMaschine 2 has got people talking. The mobile version of the Maschine family packs in some serious features for music makers, including step mode, recording and editing samples. Here's our verdict.
With new features aplenty like, The Arranger, Step Mode, Smart Play (you'll always play in the right key), and 3D Touch features for iPhone 6s users, iMaschine 2 looks like an incredible mobile tool.
Aimed at the modern producer deep into sound design, Native Instruments' latest Maschine expansion set, Cavern Floor, adds drums, synths and Massive and PRISM presets to your sonic palette.
Combining deep soul with contemporary urban styles, Native Instruments' new Velvet Lounge expansion pack is perfect for those sultry, atmospheric productions using Maschine and iMaschine.
If you're working in the dub techno genre then Native Instruments' latest expansion pack for Maschine is for you: Lone Forest. You can hear a playlist of tunes created by Deadbeat too.
NI have added a brand new genre to the expanding Maschine ecosystem: Funk. Amplified Funk consists of sampled guitars, bass licks, chords, vintage synths and keys, percussion, vocals and more.
The latest expansoin pack for Maschine and iMaschine users brings modern, mainstream hip hop sounds. Including big drums, new Massive and Maschine drum synth presets and much more...
Put some 80s Synth Pop Inspired Sounds into Maschine thanks to Native Instruments' first foray into this genre as a Maschine Expansion pack. There's also presets for Massive, Reaktor Prism and more.
If you want some laid-back, melodic sounds of the 90s East Coast hip-hop scene in Maschine, then Native Instruments' new Prospect Haze is bound to appeal.
If you're on the look-out for melodic material covering urban pop, R&B and hip hop for Maschine Studio, Maschine, Mikro or iMaschine, then NI's latest expansion, Magnate Hustle, is worth checking out.
Get some sweetly sampled vintage synths and drum machines direct inside Maschine with Native Instruments' new Circuit Halo expansion pack. There's also a micro version for iMaschine too!
Let's face it, more of us than ever are making beats using Maschine. The more beats we make, the more unconventional we need our beats to sound to stand out from the crowd. Enter Arcane Attic from NI.
Native Instruments' popular iOS beat sketchpad has now been optimized for iPad, and includes new sounds and features. Check out the video of iMaschine for iPad in action with QKidz.
Maschine users take note: Native Instruments have released the latest in their line of excellent expansion packs for all your EDM, dub step, trap & modern pop needs. With a version for iMaschine too.
It's all well and good making beats in iMaschine on your iPhone, but how can you take those beats into your studio productions? Mo Volans takes the work out of the workflow for beat makers.
Maschine has been a runaway success since its launch and Maschine Mikro looks set to follow the same path also. Mo Volans picks up iMaschine for iPhone to see how this groove sketchpad measures up.