User Manual

2 Quick Reference
This chapter introduces you to the main areas and concepts of MASCHINE. In the following
sections, you will find:
▪ Information that will help you in your every-day work with your controller (Using Your Con-
troller).
▪ An overview of a MASCHINE Project and a description of both its structure and content
(↑2.1, MASCHINE Project Overview).
▪ A basic reference of your hardware controller, naming and quickly describing each of its
control elements (↑2.2, MASCHINE Hardware Overview).
▪ A basic reference of the MASCHINE software (↑2.3, MASCHINE Software Overview).
For a comprehensive description of every feature and setting, please refer to the Manual.
2.1 MASCHINE Project Overview
A MASCHINE Project contains all the information stored with a MASCHINE-produced piece of
music.
▪ The Project references all the sound content: the instruments, sounds and samples, and all
the effects that you apply to them.
▪ The Project also contains the arrangement of your song: how Patterns are built from events
which trigger Sounds, and how they are arranged into a song structure using Scenes and
Sections.
The following section will explain these two aspects in detail.
2.1.1 Sound Content
The sound content aspect of a MASCHINE Project includes all the instruments and effects
contained in your Project file, and how these are structured.
Quick Reference
MASCHINE Project Overview
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