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Table Of Contents

Title Page
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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

2.3.4.1 Undo/Redo on the MASCHINE MIKRO MK2 Controller

Both Step Undo and Take Undo are also available on your controller:

►

On the MASCHINE MIKRO hardware controller, perform the Take Undo operation by

pressing SHIFT + pad 1 (UNDO). To perform the Take Redo operation, press SHIFT +

pad 2 (REDO).

►

On the MASCHINE MIKRO hardware controller, perform the Step Undo operation by

pressing SHIFT + pad 3 (STEP UNDO). To perform the Step Redo operation, press SHIFT

+ pad 4 (STEP REDO).

2.3.5 Pinning a Mode on Your Controller

Besides the default Control mode, your controller has various other modes of operation, which

you can enter by pressing their dedicated buttons. Depending on their purpose and workflow,

these controller modes are of two types:

▪ Temporary modes only stay active as long as you hold down their button on the controller.

When you release the button, your controller returns to Control mode. This is for example

the case with the MUTE button.

▪ Permanent modes stay active even if you release their button. To deactivate them, you

must press their button a second time. This is for example the case with the BROWSE

button.

But in some situations you might want to release the mode button of a temporary mode with-

out leaving that mode, e.g., to free your hand and tweak other controls more easily. For this

purpose, MASCHINE lets you pin (or “lock”) temporary modes so that they behave like perma-

nent modes.

2.3.5.1 Pinning a Mode on the MASCHINE MIKRO MK2 Controller

►

To pin a mode on your controller, press the relevant mode button (SCENE, PATTERN,

etc.) + CONTROL.

→

Now the mode is always pinned when you select it.

Basic Concepts

Common Operations

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