There's also the MIDI-out port -- if you have a synth handy, you can play a MIDItrack -- and as far as plucking is concerned, there are six identical heavy-gauge strings on the body.
Routing MIDI and audio to and from Maschine is close to seamless: one magical-feeling enhancement in this version is the ability to render the audio or MIDI tracks produced in Maschine immediately: if you hammer out a bar or two and want to drop it instantly as either an audio track or a set of MIDI note commands, you're just a drag and drop away.