To add to kb, I own a Maschine Mikro and can confirm the controller and environment are very nice. I'll talk more in detail if requested but I'm short for time so I'll just say this. Trying to record instruments into Maschine using a mic and loop it in real time can be a bit problematic. With midi controller it's fine though. It generally wont loop it straight away and instead wait another full cycle before triggering it. However, I haven't updated my Maschine software for a while and I know it's had some significant updates recently. Perhaps it is fixed now. But yeah, generally it's a very easy to use and fun set-up. I don't use it nearly enough. Here's a really quick Hubski live improvised jam I did using it. As a piece of music I know it's not that great and a bit eggy, but hopefully it gives you an idea of its potential.