My computer is more than qualified to handle this software as well

Studio grade build and feel, fantastic software and workflow: you can't go wrong here both for home studio production and live performance Maschine is the bomb.

BUT it didn't come with the free 2.0 Maschine updated software

I love love love love love my Maschine if you are experienced in the studio the workflow on Maschine is flawless and gives you great organization when creating or performing live from the workstation easy software to understand and integrates well with other DAWs

Though the Maschine MKII controller is my first and most likely will be my only purchase from Native Instruments, the software that comes with it is not nearly as intuitive as Ableton, however I experienced no trouble with the set-up and the work flow is, all-in-all alright.

As is it's just a mediocre software license stuck to a midi controller with lights.

my best investment so far, it's the best hardware and software that I've ever used for music

You may end up importing your stems into those DAWs but the 2.0 software is excellent in my opinion

The software that comes with it doesn't always work properly

By handcuffed I mean, either I have to go back and spend the numerous hours opening up every single session I have across all of my different hard drives and saving my Maschine plugin work as