I got Maschine Mikro and I think it’s the best bit of kit I’ve ever bought. There are so many sounds in there; I use it to write whole songs with. I’ve also used it as a Traktor controller and it works well (I assigned the pads to cues and you can tap out rhythms using tracks loaded in to a deck). However, I bought it as a production tool first and foremost as I think that’s what it’s best for, if you were using it primarily as a controller, I’d look for something cheaper.
It’s also worth mentioning that if you’re using Traktor 2.5 the only controller that will work with the remix deck is the Kontrol F1, there is no midi implementation for other controllers yet, (but the new Maschine has coloured pads like the F1, so maybe this will change). I was pretty bummed about this as I was hoping to assign the Maschine pads to fire the loops, one shots, etc
