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
Parameter Description
KEYBD (F1)
Activates/deactivates Keyboard mode. In this mode your pads play notes of the fo-
cused Sound at 16 different pitches. This is well suited for melodic instruments.
See the next paragraph for a detailed description of the Keyboard mode. Please
note that Keyboard mode is not compatible with 16 Velocities mode (see below).
16 VEL (F2)
Activates/deactivates 16 Velocities mode. In this mode your pads play the same
note of the focused Sound but with 16 different velocity values. This can be use-
ful to play or program complex drum fills. The pitch of the played note is defined
by the base key (see section ↑5.1.3, Adjusting the Base Key). Please note that
16 Velocities mode is not compatible with Keyboard mode (see above) nor the
Fixed Velocity option (see below).
FIX VEL (F3)
Activates/deactivates the Fixed Velocity option. This option is available when your
pads are in Group mode (default mode) or Keyboard mode. With this option ena-
bled, your pads play at the same volume no matter how hard you hit the pads.
Obviously, this option is not compatible with the 16 Velocities mode described
above: hence, their buttons are mutually exclusive.
At the bottom of the display, use the Left/Right Arrow buttons and the Control encoder to se-
lect and adjust following parameters, respectively:
Parameter Description
1/6: CHOKE GROUP
Selects a Choke group for the selected pad. See section ↑5.1.4, Using Choke
Groups for more information.
2/6: CHOKE MODE
Selects a Choke mode for the selected pad. See section ↑5.1.4, Using Choke
Groups for more information.
3/6: LINK GROUP
Selects a Link group for the selected pad. See section ↑5.1.5, Using Link
Groups for more information.
4/6: LINK MODE
Selects a Link mode for the selected pad. See section ↑5.1.5, Using Link Groups
for more information.
5/6: BASE KEY
Adjusts the base key for the selected pad. See section ↑5.1.3, Adjusting the
Base Key for more information.
6/6: FIX VEL
Here you can adjust the exact velocity value used in the Fixed Velocity mode
(see above).
Using the Keyboard Mode
1. Select a Sound by pressing the pad it is assigned to.
Playing on Your Controller
Adjusting Your Pads
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