![]() ![]() ![]() If they went with passive cooling then yeah, that base frequency will matter more. The unit enclosure is also a great point, does the Maschine+ even have a fan? Even then it still falls on the main thread to fill the audio buffer.Īfter reading a bit more I think NI's choice of CPU might also have to do with them going with Linux as the Atom has been in a LOT of Linux devices.Īnd unlike my initial thoughts, cost may be an issue too since N4000 only supports DDR4 (preferably dual-channel, as it has more memory bandwidth). And while you can do parallel signal processing, the synchronization can be a nightmare. Yeah, increasing the core count won't come close to a linear performance increase because the lion's share of any modern application still runs on a single thread, and splits up tasks among cores wherever it can. I had to write a mobile app that dealt with video streaming around 2012, so I have a (tiny □) bit of first hand experience with anemic CPUs being unable to fill up the audio buffer in time. In a perfect scenario, you want highest clock-speed. Native Instruments Maschine MK3 In Great Condition Hardware Only. the harder it is to achieve highest clock-speed (especially across all cores). Native Instruments Maschine Mikro Groove Production Studio Board w/Akai Software. ![]() IOW, Doubling the number of cores doesn't double performance. Performance increase from adding cores doesn't scale 1:1. More cores is beneficial, but not at the expense of significant clock-speed. If anything interrupts this process, you'll experience a glitch. In this scenario, the 32-sample buffer size means the CPU has 1/3 of a millisecond to process the next audio buffer and get it cued for playback. Ie: Working at 96k using a 32-sample ASIO buffer size isn't something that lends itself to being heavily multi-threaded (spread across cores). When working at smallest ASIO buffer sizes, clock-speed is the single most important factor. ![]() Tight enclosure means relatively small cooling neither CPU will run Max Turbo for extended periods.Īs a point of reference, the new i9-10900k will run all 10 cores (20 processing threads) locked at 5.3GHz. N4000 has slightly higher Turbo (Boost) frequency. With such low clock-speed, neither CPU is well-suited for working with low-latency audio (small buffer sizes).Īt larger buffer sizes, the two additional cores on the Z8350 would allow greater loads. But, regardless, I wholly endorse this trend towards unplugged music making.TBH my only question would be why NI went with the Z8350 and not the N4000 as a CPU, which is newer (2017 vs 2015) and better with similar costs. We’ll obviously have to wait to get our hands on one to see if Native Instruments has successfully captured the power and allure of its software instruments in a hardware device. When it hits store shelves on October 1st it’s expected to cost $1,399 / €1,299. Unsurprisingly, all of this doesn’t come cheap. Plus a sampler, 8GB of preloaded sounds (plus expansion packs) and 35 built in effects including the excellent Raum reverb plugin.īetween this and the upcoming launch of Komplete 13 and Guitar Rig 6, Native Instruments is roaring into fall with a pretty exciting lineup. When in standalone mode the Maschine+ will be able to run a whole bunch of plugins from the Komplete library, including softsynths like EDM stalwart Massive, FM8, Monark and Prism. The same workflow from that desktop app is carried over to the standalone groovebox, so you should be able to seamlessly bounce back and forth between the two depending on your mood. (Though, it can still operate as a controller for the Maschine software when plugged in.) The + has a quad-core processor and 4GB of RAM inside which allows it to run a selection of Native Instruments plugins even when it’s not connected to a computer. But under the hood is a completely different beast. There’s the same set of 16 large pads on the front, eight encoders for tweaking parameters, two reasonably large color screens and a host of navigation and transport controls. Physically the Maschine+ is basically indistinguishable from the Maschine MkIII. And then stuck it inside the chassis of it’s well regarded Maschine controllers. It was initially added to our database on 06. The latest version of Native Instruments Maschine is currently unknown. It was checked for updates 94 times by the users of our client application UpdateStar during the last month. So it did the obvious thing: It built a computer. Native Instruments Maschine is a Shareware software in the category Miscellaneous developed by Native Instruments GmbH. This poses a challenge for companies like Native Instruments that have built an empire around making music on a computer. But there’s a growing desire to put actual hardware in front of people and all the better if that hardware works just the same even when your computer is shut down. It’s not that DAWs and VSTs don’t have their place. Basically everyone in the music world right now is trying to break away from the PC. ![]()
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