User Guide
Table Of Contents
- Title Page
 - Disclaimer
 - Contact
 - Table of Contents
 - Welcome to MASCHINE!
 - First Steps
 - Building Your Own Drum Kit
 - Creating Beats
 - Adding a Bass Line
 - Applying Effects
 - Creating Beats with the Step Sequencer
 - Creating a Song Using Scenes
 - Using Advanced Features
 - Quick Reference
 - Troubleshooting – Getting Help
 - Glossary
 - Index
 
(3)  File  Type  selector:  This  contains  six  icons  representing  the  different  file  types  of  MA-
SCHINE. From left to right the file types are: Projects, Groups, Sounds, Instruments, Effects, and
Samples. Clicking one of them causes only the files of the selected type to be displayed.
(4)  Content  selector:  The  Content  selector  allows  you  to  select  between  Factory  content  and
User content.
(5) Product selector: The Product selector allows you  to browse and select any content of the
same File Type as is selected in the File Type selector above.
(6)  Tag  Filter:  The  Tag  Filter  allows  you  to  search  based  on  tags.  You  can  quickly  find  files
based on the TYPES and MODES categories by clicking the tags.
(7) Search field: Use the Search field to quickly find files based on their name or tagged attrib-
ute. Select the type of file you are looking for from the File Type selector and enter the name
or category of a file into the Search field to perform a search. Results are displayed in the Re-
sults list below.
(8) Results list: The Results list displays all files that match your query.
(9) Audition controls: The Autoload button allows you to load and listen to the item selected in
the Results list in context with the rest of your Project while it is playing.
If you are browsing Samples,  the Prehear button allows you  to quickly hear each Sample  you
select in the Results list, at the volume set by the slider nearby.
Audition control volume slider.
If you are browsing Groups, the Pattern icon appears. Use the Pattern icon to load any patterns
that have been saved with the selected Group.
Load Pattern with Group icon.
(10) Information: Click the Information icon to view details of the selected file type.
(11) Tag  Editor:  The  Tag Editor  allows  you  to edit  Tags  applied  to  files  and  add  Tags  to new
files from the Bank, Types, and Modes and view Properties. Only Types and Modes Properties
can be edited in the User content. The NI (Native Instruments) content is read only. You can
show/hide it by clicking the EDIT button at the bottom right.
Quick Reference
MASCHINE Software Overview
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