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Table Of Contents

Title Page
Disclaimer
Contact
Table of Contents
1 Welcome to MASCHINE!
- 1.1 Where to Start?
- 1.2 What’s New in MASCHINE 2.0?
- 1.3 Manual Conventions
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
  - 3.1.1 The MASCHINE Library
  - 3.1.2 Browsing the Library vs. Browsing Your Hard Disks
- 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
  - 4.5.1 Loading REX Files into Sound Slots
  - 4.5.2 Importing MPC Programs to Groups
5 Playing on Your Controller
- 5.1 Adjusting Your Pads
- 5.2 Playing Tools
6 Working with Plug-ins
- 6.1 Plug-in Overview
- 6.2 The Sampler Plug-in
- 6.3 Using Native Instruments and External Plug-ins
7 Working with Patterns
- 7.1 Pattern Basics
- 7.2 Recording Patterns in Real Time
- 7.3 Recording Patterns with the Step Sequencer
  - 7.3.1 Step Mode Basics
    - 7.3.1.1 Entering Step Mode on Your MASCHINE MIKRO MK2 Controller
    - 7.3.1.2 Using Step Mode on the MASCHINE MIKRO Controller
  - 7.3.2 Editing Events in Step Mode
    - 7.3.2.1 Editing Events in Step Mode on the MASCHINE MIKRO Controller
- 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
8 Audio Routing, Remote Control, and Macro Controls
- 8.1 Audio Routing in MASCHINE
- 8.2 Using MIDI Control and Host Automation
- 8.3 Creating Custom Sets of Parameters with the Macro Controls
  - 8.3.1 Macro Control Overview
  - 8.3.2 Assigning Macro Controls
9 Controlling Your Mix
- 9.1 Mix View Basics
  - 9.1.1 Switching between Arrange View and Mix View
    - 9.1.1.1 Switching between Arrange View and Mix View on the MASCHINE MIKRO MK2 Controller
  - 9.1.2 Mix View Elements
- 9.2 The Mixer
- 9.3 The Plug-in Chain
- 9.4 The Plug-in Strip
10 Using the Drumsynths
- 10.1 Drumsynths – General Handling
- 10.2 The Kicks
- 10.3 The Snares
- 10.4 The Hi-hats
- 10.5 The Toms
- 10.6 The Percussions
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
- 12.1 Dynamics
- 12.2 Filtering Effects
  - 12.2.1 EQ
  - 12.2.2 Filter
- 12.3 Modulation Effects
- 12.4 Spatial and Reverb Effects
- 12.5 Delays
- 12.6 Distortion Effects
13 Creating a Song Using Scenes
- 13.1 Arranger Basics
- 13.2 Managing Scenes
- 13.3 Playing with Scenes
  - 13.3.1 Selecting a Loop Range
    - 13.3.1.1 Selecting a Loop Range on the MASCHINE MIKRO MK2 Controller
  - 13.3.2 Jumping to Other Scenes
    - 13.3.2.1 Adjusting the Perform Grid and Retrigger Setting on the MASCHINE MIKRO Controller
- 13.4 Triggering Scenes via MIDI (MASCHINE Plug-in Only)
14 Sampling and Sample Mapping
- 14.1 Opening the Sample Editor
  - 14.1.1 Entering Sampling Mode on the MASCHINE MIKRO Controller
- 14.2 Recording a Sample
- 14.3 Editing a Sample
  - 14.3.1 Using the Edit Page
    - 14.3.1.1 Using the EDIT Page on the MASCHINE MIKRO Controller
  - 14.3.2 Audio Editing Functions
    - 14.3.2.1 Audio Editing Functions on the MASCHINE MIKRO Controller
- 14.4 Slicing a Sample
- 14.5 Mapping Samples to Zones
15 Troubleshooting – Getting Help
- 15.1 Troubleshooting
- 15.2 Getting Help
16 Appendix: Tips for Playing Live
- 16.1 Preparations
- 16.2 Basic Techniques
- 16.3 Special Tricks
  - 16.3.1 Changing Pattern Length for Variation
  - 16.3.2 Load Long Audio Files and Play with the Start Point
17 Glossary
Index

Plug-in Menu Entry Description

Native Instruments submenu Lists available Native Instruments’ Instruments (first Plug-in slot of Sounds

only) and Effects. For products working both as Instrument and Effect, the

Effect Plug-in name is followed by the mention FX. If necessary each entry

is followed by the plug-in type between brackets: (VST) or (AU). See section

↑6.2.6, Page 6: Velocity / Modwheel for more information.

External submenu Lists the available External Plug-ins, i.e. the available VST/AU instrument

(first Plug-in slot of Sounds only) and effect plug-ins from third-party manu-

facturers. Each entry is followed by the plug-in type between brackets:

(VST) or (AU). See section ↑6.2.6, Page 6: Velocity / Modwheel for more in-

formation.

Sampler (first Plug-in slot of

Sounds only)

The Sampler is the Internal Instrument Plug-in used to play back all Sam-

ples in MASCHINE — this essential Plug-in will be described in details in

section ↑6.2, The Sampler Plug-in.

Drumsynth submenu (first

Plug-in slot of Sounds only)

Lists the available Drumsynths: Kick, Snare, Hi-hat, Tom, and Percussion.

Included with MASCHINE, these Instrument Plug-ins are synths specialized

in generating drum sounds — for all details please refer to chapter ↑10, Us-

ing the Drumsynths.

All MASCHINE Internal Effects Effect Plug-ins included with MASCHINE. Their entries are split into vari-

ous categories (dynamics, filtering, modulation, reverb, etc.). See chapter

↑10.6.3, Percussion – Shaker for more details on their usage, and chapter

↑12, Effect Reference for an exhaustive description of each MASCHINE In-

ternal Effect Plug-in.

Edit Commands

Cut Removes the Plug-in from its current slot and stores the Plug-in and all its

settings to the clipboard for later use.

Copy Copies the Plug-in and all its settings to the clipboard for later use.

Paste Loads into the current slot the Plug-in and all its settings that were cut or

copied from another slot. This notably allows you to use a Plug-in in differ-

ent locations (Sounds, Groups, Master) with the same settings.

Preset Management

Open… Allows you to open a Plug-in preset you have previously saved.

Working with Plug-ins

Plug-in Overview

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