Our aim was to make Touch Strips work even better than they already do on other controllers.

So you might do some finger drumming but you also get a much better view of the whole project as you perform. Another of the big ideas was that you could see your project on the hardware. It was clear from the beginning that we wanted to see Jam on stage much more than we had seen Maschine hardware on stage before. Was that something you had in mind when you began designing Jam? So for me there’s a crossover between DJ and producer. Also-and this might sound weird, I keep hearing that Maschine is really good for hip hop! But Jam is aimed more at people who work with loops, who program stuff rather than doing finger drumming.Īnd the Touch Strips seems to be really encouraging people to play live. With Jam’s 64 pads you actually get more range than a 49-key keyboard. For example, you only got an octave and a half in keyboard mode. Although the existing Maschine hardware has sequencing capabilities, it’s kind of limited.

Steffen Dierolf: The most important thing was that we wanted to connect with a different group of users. We caught up with Steffen Dierolf who knows more about it than anyone else, for the inside track.ÂĪskAudio: Hi Steffen! Can you tell us a little about the genesis of the idea for Maschine Jam? Obviously you already make Maschine Studio, Mikro and other hardware. The latest addition to NI's Maschine hardware family has a whole different focus to its siblings.

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