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
Setting Description
Input Click Inputs to display the Routing Inputs. Here you can select
which inputs on your audio interface should be used for the four
stereo inputs of MASCHINE. Select the inputs of your audio
interface on the right column by clicking the fields: you will be
presented with a drop-down menu with all the available Inputs.
The choices made here will determine which inputs can be used
when sampling external sources, for example.
Output Click Output to display the Routing Outputs. Here you are
presented with a list of the 16 stereo outputs from MASCHINE:
In the right column, you can assign them to the outputs of your
audio interface. Click the fields in the right column to select the
desired outputs via a drop-down menu.
Adjusting Audio Preferences Using the Controller
You can access the Audio preferences directly from the controller. The options found here are
a replica of those found in the software.
To access the Audio preferences using the controller:
1. Press SETTINGS to display the Settings page.
2. Press Button 2 (AUDIO) to access the audio settings.
3. Press the Page buttons to access the different pages: Interface (page 1), Input Routings
(page 2), Output Routings 1–4 (page 3), Output Routings 5–8 (page 4), Output Routings
9 –12 (page 5), Output Routings 13 –16 (page 6).
→ The selected page is displayed, and Knobs 1–8 will dynamically change to represent the
parameters.
Page 1: Interface
Interface settings for the selected Audio device are configured on page 1 of the Audio prefer-
ences.
To configure the Interface settings for the selected audio interface:
► Use the page buttons to select page 1: Interface.
Basic Concepts
Preferences
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