Native Instruments Maschine Mikro Groove Production Studio is the perfect entry into the world of Maschine, giving you tactile, hands-on control for beat production, sampling and performance. This amazing, compact production studio has the same powerful software and over 6 GB sample library as its big brother, as well as the same responsive pads on a more compact and portable controller. Maschine Mikro get hands-on with your rhythms and grooves both in the studio and on the stage. Maschine Mikro is a professional music production tool, combining the flexibility of software with the immediacy of hardware. Create rhythms, bass lines, chords and melodies, and build tracks on-the-fly with the intuitive, clip-based sequencer. Maschine Mikro also gives you a high-performance sampler, professional effects and full support for VST and Audio Units plug-ins. What’s more, you can also run Maschine Mikro as a plug-in in your DAW. If you are a user of iMaschine - NI’s on-the-go beat sketchpad for the iPhone and iPod Touch – you can import your iMaschine projects to Maschine Mikro to finish your ideas in your home studio. The Inspiring Maschine Library. More than 6 GB of production-ready samples, patterns, and effects for all styles, with drums and basses plus dynamic synth and instrument sounds – many created by renowned artists and producers – and a range of dynamic studio-quality effects are included. Select sounds using Maschine Mikro’s super-simple browser and start playing immediately. And if you need even more, get an extra boost for your library with Maschine Expansion.