Native Instruments Maschine JAM

Native Instruments Maschine JAM

MASCHINE JAM is the modern digital instrument – your shortest avenue from inspiration to reality. Capture ideas and create tracks in an intuitive production ecosystem. Sequence and arrange on the fly with an 8x8 multicolor click-pad matrix. Shape and perform sounds in inspiring ways using eight dual-touch Smart Strips. And bring it all together with the power of the included MASCHINE software.
Create your own patterns and rhythms with MASCHINE JAM's powerful step sequencer. There’s no limit to the sounds you can sequence using the 8x8 click-pad matrix.

THE CONTEMPORARY DIGITAL INSTRUMENT
The MASCHINE JAM hardware works in perfect unison with the acclaimed MASCHINE software. Swiftly bring your ideas to life with a versatile workflow fueled by software that’s always evolving. Start by creating something new with the immediacy of tactile control. Then easily store, recall, and develop your tracks with the flexibility of software in a digitally unified production environment.

And whatever your setup, MASCHINE JAM works through the software as a plug-in inside your DAW, or as an advanced MIDI controller for popular platforms.

PERFORMING WITH SMART STRIPS
MASCHINE JAM's dual-touch Smart Strips are truly one of a kind. Experience a new performance paradigm, and get physical with precision sound tweaking. In addition, Perform Mode lets you bring complex sound textures to life with MASCHINE's unique Perform FX.

SUPERIOR SOUNDS INCLUDED
Get over 29 GB of professional sound right out of the box, and control it all from MASCHINE JAM. Mold your drums with sonically-outstanding Drum Synths, and use the Smart Strips to animate sounds with advanced motion-sensitive Perform FX. Plus, you get KOMPLETE 12 SELECT – a premium selection of 14 KOMPLETE Instruments and Effects.

PATTERN JAMMING
Brainstorm ideas instantly. One-touch access to patterns supports spontaneous jamming and arrangement sketching. Just mix and match different clips and scenes to flesh out your latest creation.
DUAL IMPACT
Two MASCHINEs are better than one. Team up MASCHINE JAM with any other MASCHINE hardware and combine the best of both production styles, always in perfect sync. Tap in drums on MASCHINE’s pads, and launch patterns and scenes with one-touch simplicity on MASCHINE JAM for a unified production/performance ecosystem.

NOTES MODE FOR SMART STRIPS
MASCHINE JAM's Notes Mode lets you play synths using the Smart Strips, for an inspiring new playing experience. Finger-strum chords in key with different scales to uncover new melodic ideas.
KOMPLETELEY INTEGRATED
MASCHINE JAM and KOMPLETE form a fully tactile and inspiring production duo. Perform melodies, chords, and arpeggios with a KOMPLETE KONTROL S-Series keyboard, record them into different patterns, and use MASCHINE JAM’s click-pad matrix to experiment with sequences – all seamlessly in sync.

HEAR MASCHINE IN ACTION
Native Sketches is an exploration of quick creativity and sonic craftsmanship, based on a simple challenge: Create a short musical idea using NI instruments and effects. The results show how much can be achieved by combining a rapid-fire creative process with the endless possibilities of MASCHINE and KOMPLETE 11.

Each sketch is accompanied by generative visual, and an exclusive, self-penned look into the producer’s creative process.

Specifications:

• Develop Patterns with advanced multi-track step-sequencing
• Forms of sounds with dynamic, LED illuminated Smart Strips
• Premium sounds from the MASCHINE Software 2.5 delivers innovative drum synths and a 9 GB sound library
• KOMPLETE 11 Select (11 instruments - 25GB sounds) included
• Designed by renowned artists and sound designers
• Drum patterns, melodies, chords and arrangements develop on the multi-coloured 8 x 8 matrix pad
• Multitrack step-sequencing with up to 8 sounds simultaneously
• Click pad matrix
• Dual-Touch Smart Strips - simultaneous, two-handed control of up to 8 parameters
• Perform FX opens up new ways of shaping sounds
• Seamless hardware and software workflow
• Faster access to Patterns and Scenes for intuitive jamming and arranging
• Seamless integration with any DAW, the MASCHINE and KOMPLETE product families and with all NCP-compatible plug-ins
• Comprehensive VST support including mapping for Ableton Live
• Dimensions (WxDxH): 320 x 295 x 30 mm
• Weight: 2.7 kg