User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Title Page
- Disclaimer
- Contact
- Table of Contents
- Welcome to MASCHINE
- Quick Reference
- Basic Concepts
- Important Names and Concepts
- Adjusting the MASCHINE User Interface
- Common Operations
- Using the 4-Directional Push Encoder
- Pinning a Mode on the Controller
- Adjusting Volume, Swing, and Tempo
- Undo/Redo
- List Overlay for Selectors
- Zoom and Scroll Overlays
- Focusing on a Group or a Sound
- Switching Between the Master, Group, and Sound Level
- Navigating Channel Properties, Plug-ins, and Parameter Pages in the Control Area
- Navigating the Software Using the Controller
- Using Two or More Hardware Controllers
- Touch Auto-Write Option
- Native Kontrol Standard
- Stand-Alone and Plug-in Mode
- Host Integration
- Preferences
- Integrating MASCHINE into a MIDI Setup
- Syncing MASCHINE using Ableton Link
- Using a Pedal with the MASCHINE Controller
- File Management on the MASCHINE Controller
- Browser
- Browser Basics
- Searching and Loading Files from the Library
- Overview of the Library Pane
- Selecting or Loading a Product and Selecting a Bank from the Browser
- Selecting a Product Category, a Product, a Bank, and a Sub-Bank
- Selecting a File Type
- Choosing Between Factory and User Content
- Selecting Type and Character Tags
- List and Tag Overlays in the Browser
- Performing a Text Search
- Loading a File from the Result List
- Additional Browsing Tools
- Using Favorites in the Browser
- Editing the Files’ Tags and Properties
- Loading and Importing Files from Your File System
- Locating Missing Samples
- Using Quick Browse
- Managing Sounds, Groups, and Your Project
- Playing on the Controller
- Working with Plug-ins
- Plug-in Overview
- The Sampler Plug-in
- Using Native Instruments and External Plug-ins
- Using the Audio Plug-in
- Using the Drumsynths
- Using the Bass Synth
- Working with Patterns
- Pattern Basics
- Recording Patterns in Real Time
- Recording Patterns with the Step Sequencer
- Editing Events
- Recording and Editing Modulation
- Creating MIDI Tracks from Scratch in MASCHINE
- Managing Patterns
- Importing/Exporting Audio and MIDI to/from Patterns
- Audio Routing, Remote Control, and Macro Controls
- Controlling Your Mix
- Using Effects
- Effect Reference
- Working with the Arranger
- Arranger Basics
- Using Ideas View
- Using Song View
- Section Management Overview
- Creating Sections
- Assigning a Scene to a Section
- Selecting Sections and Section Banks
- Reorganizing Sections
- Adjusting the Length of a Section
- Clearing a Pattern in Song View
- Duplicating Sections
- Removing Sections
- Renaming Scenes
- Clearing Sections
- Creating and Deleting Section Banks
- Working with Patterns in Song view
- Enabling Auto Length
- Looping
- Playing with Sections
- Triggering Sections or Scenes via MIDI
- The Arrange Grid
- Quick Grid
- Sampling and Sample Mapping
- Appendix: Tips for Playing Live
- Troubleshooting
- Glossary
- Index
The Page Navigation mode allows you to navigate the Parameter pages available in the Channel
properties and Plug-ins of the various channels (Sounds, Groups, and Master) in your Project.
To access Page Navigation mode:
► Hold SHIFT + VARIATION (Navigate), then Button 2 (PAGE NAV) to enter Page Naviga-
tion mode.
→ When Page Navigation mode is enabled, your controller displays the Page Navigation
mode:
The left-hand display provides an overview of the selected Channels or Plug-ins for the select-
ed Sound.
► To access each Channel or Plug-in for the selected Sound, press Buttons 5 and 6.
→ After selecting a Plug-in, the available pages are displayed in the software, and on the
right-hand display of your controller.
The right-hand display provides an overview of the available pages for the selected Channel or
Plug-in.
► To access each page of the selected Channel or Plug-in, press pads 1–16.
→ After pressing a pad the selected page is displayed in the software, and on the controller
when you exit Navigation mode by pressing the PLUG-IN button.
When there are more than sixteen pages for a Channel or Plug-in it is necessary to use the
Page Bank.
► To access another page with the Page Bank press Buttons 7 and 8.
The pages for the selected bank are displayed in the software and the controller.
► To access Page Navigation mode press NAVIGATE + SHIFT + Button 2.
→ When Page Navigation mode is enabled, your controller displays the Page Navigation
mode:
The left-hand display provides an overview of the selected Channels or Plug-ins for the select-
ed Sound.
► To access each Channel or Plug-in for the selected Sound, press Buttons 5 and 6.
Basic Concepts
Common Operations
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