User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Title Page
- Disclaimer
- Contact
- Table of Contents
- 1 Welcome to MASCHINE!
- 2 Basic Concepts
- 2.1 Names and Concepts You Should Know
- 2.2 Adjusting the MASCHINE User Interface
- 2.3 Common Operations
- 2.4 Stand-Alone and Plug-in Mode
- 2.5 Preferences
- 2.6 Audio and MIDI Settings
- 2.7 Integrating MASCHINE into Your MIDI Setup
- 3 Browser
- 3.1 Browser Basics
- 3.2 Searching and Loading Files from the Library
- 3.3 Additional Browsing Tools
- 3.4 Editing the Files’ Tags and Properties
- 3.5 Loading and Importing Files from Your File System
- 3.6 Locating Missing Samples
- 3.7 Using Quick Browse
- 4 Managing Sounds, Groups, and Your Project
- 4.1 Overview of the Sounds, Groups, and Master
- 4.2 Managing Sounds
- 4.3 Managing Groups
- 4.4 Exporting MASCHINE Objects and Audio
- 4.5 Importing Third-Party File Formats
- 5 Playing on Your Controller
- 6 Working with Plug-ins
- 6.1 Plug-in Overview
- 6.1.1 Plug-in Basics
- 6.1.2 First Plug-in Slot of Sounds: Choosing the Sound’s Role
- 6.1.3 Loading, Removing, and Replacing a Plug-in
- 6.1.4 Adjusting the Plug-in Parameters
- 6.1.5 Bypassing Plug-in Slots
- 6.1.6 Using Side-Chain
- 6.1.7 Moving Plug-ins
- 6.1.8 Alternative: the Plug-in Strip
- 6.1.9 Saving and Recalling Plug-in Presets
- 6.2 The Sampler Plug-in
- 6.3 Using Native Instruments and External Plug-ins
- 6.1 Plug-in Overview
- 7 Working with Patterns
- 7.1 Pattern Basics
- 7.1.1 Pattern Editor Overview
- 7.1.2 Navigating the Event Area
- 7.1.3 Following the Playback Position in the Pattern
- 7.1.4 Jumping to Another Playback Position in the Pattern
- 7.1.5 Group View and Keyboard View
- 7.1.6 Adjusting the Pattern Grid and the Pattern Length
- 7.1.7 Adjusting the Step Grid and the Nudge Grid
- 7.2 Recording Patterns in Real Time
- 7.3 Recording Patterns with the Step Sequencer
- 7.4 Editing Events
- 7.5 Recording and Editing Modulation
- 7.6 Creating MIDI Tracks from Scratch in MASCHINE
- 7.7 Managing Patterns
- 7.8 Importing/Exporting Audio and MIDI to/from Patterns
- 7.1 Pattern Basics
- 8 Audio Routing, Remote Control, and Macro Controls
- 9 Controlling Your Mix
- 10 Using the Drumsynths
- 11 Using Effects
- 11.1 Applying Effects to a Sound, a Group or the Master
- 11.2 Applying Effects to External Audio
- 11.3 Creating a Send Effect
- 11.4 Creating Multieffects
- 12 Effect Reference
- 13 Creating a Song Using Scenes
- 13.1 Arranger Basics
- 13.2 Managing Scenes
- 13.3 Playing with Scenes
- 13.4 Triggering Scenes via MIDI (MASCHINE Plug-in Only)
- 14 Sampling and Sample Mapping
- 14.1 Opening the Sample Editor
- 14.2 Recording a Sample
- 14.3 Editing a Sample
- 14.4 Slicing a Sample
- 14.5 Mapping Samples to Zones
- 15 Troubleshooting – Getting Help
- 16 Appendix: Tips for Playing Live
- 17 Glossary
- Index
8.2.3 Selecting VST/AU Plug-in Presets via MIDI Program Change ..................................... 359
8.2.4 Sending MIDI from Sounds ........................................................................................ 360
8.3 Creating Custom Sets of Parameters with the Macro Controls ................................................... 364
8.3.1 Macro Control Overview ............................................................................................. 365
8.3.2 Assigning Macro Controls .......................................................................................... 366
9 Controlling Your Mix ..................................................................................................
370
9.1 Mix View Basics .......................................................................................................................... 370
9.1.1 Switching between Arrange View and Mix View ......................................................... 370
9.1.2 Mix View Elements ..................................................................................................... 371
9.2 The Mixer .................................................................................................................................... 373
9.2.1 Displaying Groups vs. Displaying Sounds .................................................................. 374
9.2.2 Adjusting the Mixer Layout ........................................................................................ 376
9.2.3 Selecting Channel Strips ........................................................................................... 378
9.2.4 Managing Your Channels in the Mixer ....................................................................... 378
9.2.5 Adjusting Settings in the Channel Strips ................................................................... 380
9.2.6 Using the Cue Bus ..................................................................................................... 384
9.3 The Plug-in Chain ....................................................................................................................... 386
9.4 The Plug-in Strip ........................................................................................................................ 387
9.4.1 The Plug-in Header .................................................................................................... 390
9.4.2 Panels for Drumsynths and Internal Effects .............................................................. 391
9.4.3 Panel for the Sampler ................................................................................................ 393
9.4.4 Custom Panels for Native Instruments Plug-ins ........................................................ 397
9.4.5 Generic Panel for External Plug-ins ........................................................................... 401
9.4.6 Undocking a Plug-in Panel (Native Instruments and External Plug-ins only) ............ 402
10 Using the Drumsynths ................................................................................................
406
10.1 Drumsynths – General Handling ................................................................................................. 407
10.1.1 Engines: Many Different Drums per Drumsynth ......................................................... 407
10.1.2 Common Parameter Organization .............................................................................. 407
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