I got Maschine MK1 Hardware to work with MacOS Catalina (here's how) Thankfully a bit more hunting reveals more useful information. Googling this, I find that the Maschine Mk1 controller is not supported by macOS 10.15 macOS 10.15 (Catalina) - Compatibility with Native Instruments Products I think historically it is supposed to show something even when the Maschine software is not running. Plugging the controller in, there's nothing on its two LCD screens. This works but there's no link to download the Maschine software.

I already have the Native Access download manager installed, to manage the software for my Traktor controllers. I head over to and paste in my transfer ID. The old owner has forwarded Native Instruments' (NI's) reply to his support request to me. Without this step, the Mk1 would just be a glorified MIDI controller. There are compatability issues between Maschine Mk1 and macOS Catalina 10.15.7 Onboarding License TransferĪs this is a second hand product, the old owner has organised a license transfer. I picked up a second hand Maschine Mk1 for a good price.

I wanted to open my old Maschine projects created prior to travel in 2015.

Setup instructions for the Maschine Mk1 controller with Maschine 2 on macOS Catalina 10.15.7 Background

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