
In 2017 Akai re‑took the initiative and capitalised on the trend for computer‑free composing and performing. The next MPCs followed Maschine down the hybrid route, with a range of hardware controllers acting as front‑ends to a Mac/PC‑based MPC app and plug‑in.

Maschine had access to processing power and plug‑ins, and could slot into the DAWs that had become the primary workspace for many producers.Īkai found themselves on the back foot, and the previous year’s Renaissance was to be the last of the classic standalone MPCs. In 2009 the first Maschine took cues from Akai Pro’s MPCs, but by moving all the hard work to an attached computer NI opened up the scope of what was possible. The arms race of beat production workstations has come full circle. Note: For some content products, manuals are only available in English.Is the Maschine+ the standalone music‑making box you’ve always dreamed of? Macintosh HD > Users > Shared > *Product Name*Ĭ: > Users > Public > Public Documents > *Product Name* The default installation path for NI content products is here: Manuals for legacy content products can be found in the respective product's Documentation folder. Use this link to download the product's manual online. You will find a html-link in the product's Documentation folder. Note: TRAKTOR includes a lot of manuals (e.g. Macintosh HD > Applications > Native Instruments > *Product Name* > DocumentationĬ: > Program Files > Native Instruments > *Product Name* > Documentation

The manuals for legacy products can be found in the Documentation folder within the Application Folder of your Native Instruments product, once that product has been installed: Manuals for legacy products Software Manuals Some are available in the Downloads section on the product page, next to the manuals, e.g. Some are available from the product page itself, e.g. These are integrated directly into the respective product pages on our website. Quickstart Guidesįor many NI products, we offer interactive Quickstart Guides.

Please see this article for details on how to access your Expansion presets and files. Note: Expansions are content-based, and do not include manuals. If there's no Downloads tab on a product's page, you can find the link by scrolling down to a section labeled ' AT A GLANCE'. You can find more product manuals and documentation in the Downloads section of the corresponding PRODUCTS page on the NI website. You can find a selection of our newly formatted online manuals on this page of the NI website. This article explains where to access the user manual for your Native Instruments products.
