The Native Instruments Maschine is the first instrument combining sequencer, sampler, multi-effect and a full blown hardware controller into an inspiring and easy to-use system. Native Instruments Maschine combines flexibility of computer-based music production with the ease of a groove box. Total recall in a DAW environment, symbiosis of hardware and software allows not only fast and fun instrument-like workflow, but also ensures professional productions, 5 GB library with hundreds of high quality instruments, patterns and effects all tweakable in real time via the hardware controller. The Maschine hardware is both instrument and controller in one. Sixteen illuminated, velocity-sensitive pads form an interface to intuitively make beats, tweak sounds, create patterns and sequence whole songs with the powerful Maschine software. 2 large, high-resolution displays with eight corresponding rotary encoders, buttons, and transport controls integrate perfectly with the Maschine software.