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Primed for Efficient Mobile Production

With its streamlined interface and compact size, the Native Instruments Maschine Mikro Mk3 is optimized for making music on your laptop. You'll find all your most-used controls right at your fingertips. Play in your sounds with the 16 performance pads, now larger for more enjoyable playability. Use the Smart Strip to strum and bend sounds, or get creative with Maschine's Perform FX. Your purchase of Maschine also includes Maschine Essentials, a collection of stunning virtual instruments and effects that are sure to light the afterburners on your next production session. The Native Instruments Maschine Mikro production package is primed for mobile music making.

Unbelievably flexible music creation software environment

Looping, slicing, step sequencing, MPC-style recording, scene sequencing — it's all possible with Native Instruments' Maschine environment! Run Maschine as a plug-in in your favorite DAW, or run it in standalone mode and use it to host your favorite VST and AU plug-ins. What's more, Maschine Mikro Mk3 comes loaded with the same amazing content library that comes with Maschine, including three acclaimed Native Instruments synthesizer plug-ins.

Powerful hands-on hardware controller

Maschine's claim to fame extends beyond its powerhouse sampling and sequencing software. Tight hardware integration makes using Maschine an incredible tactile experience. Maschine Mikro Mk3 gives you much of the same hardware integration as Maschine, but in a smaller, more streamlined format. What's great is that Native Instruments gave Maschine Mikro Mk3 a complete set of navigation and function controls, as well as a large-sized set of velocity-sensitive, color-coded pads, so even though it's smaller than the original Maschine controller, you still get an amazing hands-on experience.

The ever-evolving world of Maschine

Whether they're software-based or standalone hardware, most music creation systems remain largely unchanged once they've been released — but not Maschine! Since the launch of Maschine, Native Instruments has released several major upgrades, including advanced sampling functions, VST and AU plug-in hosting, and NIS sound format browsing. With the jump to Machine 2.x, you get even more production power than ever before, including multicore support, effects sidechaining, a DAW-style mixer, and much more.

Native Instruments Maschine Mikro Mk3 Hybrid Groove Production System Features:

  • The same ultra-flexible environment as the original Maschine, but with a smaller, more portable hardware controller
  • Mk3 updates include larger, more responsive pads, dedicated buttons for switching performance modes, and dual-touch Smart Strip
  • Combines intuitive sequencer, sampler, and high-quality effects with critical hands-on control
  • Includes all basic groove production features such as step sequencing, real-time recording, note repeat, slicing, and automapping
  • VST and AU plug-in support lets you add even more production power to your rig
  • Easily find kits, instruments, samples, and effects with the tag-based browser
  • Intuitive automation recording and step automation editing lets you create complex sounds
  • Sample compatibility includes Akai MPC 500, 1000, 2000(XL), 2500, 3000, and 4000 program import
  • Threshold detection makes sampling from external and internal sources easy
  • Works as a plug-in in virtually any application that supports AAX, VST, or AU formats
  • Extensive MIDI I/O allows you to sequence your external MIDI gear with Maschine and vice versa
  • Easy drag-and-drop pattern export lets you easily transfer MIDI and audio directly to your DAW's timeline
  • Dedicated MIDI mapping software makes it easy to use the Maschine controller with other applications and instruments
  • Included Maschine Essentials license supplies a library of world-leading virtual instruments and effects

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Tech Specs

  • Type: Pad Controller with Sequencer and Sampler
  • Pads: 16 x Velocity-sensitive Performance Pads
  • Other Controllers: 1 x Dual-touch Smart Strip
  • Sounds: 1.6GB MASCHINE factory: samples, one-shots, loops, instruments, drum kits, bass/drum synths
  • Presets: Maschine factory patterns, songs
  • Sequencer: Step Sequencer, Realtime Recording Sequencing
  • Looper: Yes
  • Sampling: Yes, Vintage MPC60/SP1200 Sampling Emulation
  • Effects: 25 Studio FX: Filter, EQ, Delay, Reverb, Compression, and more ; 8 x Perform FX: Stutter, Burst Echo, Scratcher, Flanger
  • MIDI I/O: USB
  • USB: 1 x Type B
  • Storage: 3GB disk space (for Essentials plus MASCHINE Factory), 1GB disk space (for Massive, Monark, Reaktor Prism)
  • Format: VST, AU, Major DAW's, Standalone
  • Software: Massive, Monark, Reaktor Prism, MASCHINE Essentials
  • Compatibility: NKS Instruments/FX
  • OS Requirements - Mac: macOS 10.12 or later, Intel Core i5 processor or higher
  • OS Requirements - PC: Windows 10 or later, Intel Core i5 processor or higher
  • Power Source: USB bus powered
  • Height: 1.77"
  • Width: 12.6"
  • Depth: 6.96"
  • Weight: 2.47 lbs.
  • Manufacturer Part Number: 25707

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Rated 5/5

Maschine Mikro MK3

Excellent quality with plenty of features for your music production and hours of fun.
If you like nice big pads that are very responsive, this is the perfect instrument at a great price!
Rated 5/5

Awesome entry level live music production kit

I've played guitar and piano my whole life. In the age of the pandemic I've become more interested in getting a whole band sound at home — not only to make my guitar and piano practice sessions more interesting but to also hopefully create some stuff I can eventually play in public. I got this to supplement my guitar rig. I've had it for 4 days. I feel like I've already learned a lot but that I also have a whole lot more to learn. I'm also finding that it falls short in one key aspect that will require buying more gear. More on that later.

This thing is killer for live looping. It's extremely intuitive and easy to make beats and loop them in real-time. I'm a huge fan of the hybrid genre called "jamtronica" which blends elements of psychedelic rock and EDM. That is precisely what I'm trying to accomplish here and the Maschine Mikro MK3 is the perfect, inexpensive device to start down that road.

When paired with my 88 key MIDI controller, a whole lot of additional lead options are opened up, since you can select a pre programmed sound with the pad and play it melodically on a keyboard without switching the pads to "keyboard mode". While this is awesome, it has its shortcomings, and this is what I referred to earlier. There are no good traditional piano sounds, very poor Rhodes and organ options, and extremely limited and clunky LFO functionality for the synths. This essentially means I'm going to have to buy a new sound card with more inputs, and finally plunk down the cash for a MoPho and a used Roland RD series to get anything that sounds like traditional keys or a good rock synth (think Chris Robinson Brotherhood or String Cheese Incident for the piano sound I'm going for). Essentially it's going to force me to finally get the keyboard rig I've always wanted. My guitar rig is finally done after well over $5k so I guess it's time to get the keys. Onto the subject of guitar.

I use a Hughes and Kettner Tubemeister 5 and a Shure SM-57 mic that I run either straight into my board or into my Scarlett solo. I have not tried to record this directly into the maschine software yet, but I've watched demo videos that show how easy it is to run a mic into the software. I'm going to work on that next week. For now I've just been playing my guitar over the beats I've created. It sounds good but I just haven't gotten that far into playing guitar over it yet. One thing at a time.

Bottom line is that this is an extremely powerful and inexpensive piece of equipment that makes live looping projects accessible to just about any budget, and it integrates incredibly well with traditional instruments that can be connected to a sound card. If you're a guitarist looking to get into live looping, this is the first thing you should buy.
Music background: Classically trained on piano and self taught on everything else
Rated 5/5

Great addition

I'm relatively new to recording and quite frankly feel like I'm back in school but this is the easiest piece of equipment to use I've purchased so far! It has everything you would need to make any genre of music and super easy to navigate. Great job NI!
Rated 5/5

Great Addition to Production Studio

Needing a 16-pad midi controller for Groove Agent, within my Nuendo projects, I struggled to find the right fit. Considering Akai, Nektartech, and Native Instruments, I finally settled on Native Instruments' Maschine Mikro MK3. I can do everything I need, plus have access to added features. For the price, and in my opinion, it's far better than what Nektartech and Akai offer! Plus, I also purchased the Decksaver that keeps the dust off. Great purchase and well worth it! Super thanks to my sale assistant, Chris Leonard!!
Rated 5/5

My Favorite Maschine So Far

I have been eyeing the Mikro Mk3 since it came out. I'm a big fan of the Maschine architecture and find the software/hardware lots of fun. I went from an Mk2 full size to the Maschine Studio over the past 5 Years and just recently found myself not liking the real estate the Studio was taking up on my desk. I really wanted something smaller to do all the same things (mostly) that I normally do on the big version. Finally I pulled the trigger on the Mikro and sold the Studio. Man this thing is small! I have to say I love it, in fact oddly enough my workflow has improved with this version. Yeah i spend a little time mousing the software but I mouse a lot anyway as it is so this doesn't even bother me. I find myself just focusing on the pads so much more, which are a huge improvement over the mk2/studio pads in size. If anyone is on the fence about losing the screens on their maschine, or the macro knobs, I'd say unless you are a live performer with your maschine, I highly doubt you're going to miss them honesly. I don't. I'm so glad I "down-graded" because this is just what I needed and freed up space on my desk for my other hardware. Thanks to Sweetwater for the great deal on the demo version!
Music background: Producer

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What Do Our In-house Gear Experts Think?

Mike Johnson

As a piano player and guitarist the Maschine Mikro is a great stand in for a drummer. It comes with all of the sounds and samples I could ever ask for and is just a really fun peice of gear. I find myself lost in the stand alone software creating for hours on end, time and time again.

Jake Trethaway

“I’m a singer-songwriter and blues guitarist who wanted to write more complex arrangements but had never worked with sequencing or sampling. Within a day working with the Maschine Mikro, I was creating drum tracks for my songs, and was easily able to replicate my favorite Tom Petty drum tracks with the Maschine software to practice along to.”
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