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rodent1 · Post by **rodent1** » Tue Jul 23, 2019 11:52 pm

hi folks. picked up a used Maschine Mk3 from Guitar Center. in classic clueless GC fashion, they shipped it without a power supply and without the software, in spite of advertising that they'd include it.

i paid $400 including shipping and taxes. question is - given the total absence of the SW package, is this a good deal or should i send it back and just get a new unit? i also have Komplete 10 ultimate, but very hard to understand if the Maschine SW package overlaps with this.

thanks!

DrFolder · Post by **DrFolder** » Tue Jul 23, 2019 11:54 pm

If it came with a serial you can register then the software can be downloaded from NI directly. Did it come with a serial? It should have come with a power supply though.

simmo75 · Post by **simmo75** » Wed Jul 24, 2019 12:04 am

Thomann are selling it new for $480 so I’d take it back...

rodent1 · Post by **rodent1** » Wed Jul 24, 2019 2:04 am

thanks both.

anyone in the US have experience ordering from Thomann? does US customs slap on import duties for something like this?

DrFolder - since it's used, I'm guessing the original user already registered it and downloaded the SW.

simmo75 · Post by **simmo75** » Wed Jul 24, 2019 3:09 am

rodent1 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 24, 2019 2:04 am thanks both.

anyone in the US have experience ordering from Thomann? does US customs slap on import duties for something like this?

DrFolder - since it's used, I'm guessing the original user already registered it and downloaded the SW.

I actually got mine at GC, they price matched it with Thomann and I had a discount code too.

rodent1 · Post by **rodent1** » Wed Jul 24, 2019 8:35 pm

thanks for the heads-up on this.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Wed Jul 24, 2019 8:40 pm

rodent1 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 24, 2019 2:04 am DrFolder - since it's used, I'm guessing the original user already registered it and downloaded the SW.

Far as i know, the original owner MUST ship it with the software serials.

nachenko · Post by **nachenko** » Thu Jul 25, 2019 5:31 pm

I sold my Maschine some time ago. It wasn't a MK3, so things could be different now, but my experience is:

I had a authoring number printed in a big card. The software bundle had several licenses, but all them were connected to that number for Maschine: "Massive upgrade for Maschine owners", "Kontakt essentials for Maschine" and so on. All them appeared in my NI account when I manually added this code.

But as this is a used product, you don't need an authorization code, you need a TRANSFER code, that's what the person who bought mine needed.

As I said, things could be different with MK3, but my guess is that it will be same or similar.

Maschine Mk3 - worth it?