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A standalone version of Native Instruments’ Maschine beatmaking platform has long been rumored – particularly in light of Akai’s decision to take the MPC range back out of the box – and now it’s here. Maschine+, as it’s known, is a pad-based groovebox that can be used with or without a computer.

This is a Maschine that’s been a long time coming. NI tells us that it had a proof-of-concept prototype as long ago as 2014, but only now has it created a product that it’s happy to put on release. We’ve got our hands on one, and ahead of a full

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