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
11.7.8 Duplicating, Copying, and Pasting Patterns .............................................................. 571
11.7.9 Moving Patterns ........................................................................................................ 574
11.7.10 Adjusting Pattern Length in Fine Increments ............................................................. 575
11.8 Importing/Exporting Audio and MIDI to/from Patterns ................................................................ 576
11.8.1 Exporting Audio from Patterns ................................................................................... 576
11.8.2 Exporting MIDI from Patterns ..................................................................................... 577
11.8.3 Importing MIDI to Patterns ........................................................................................ 580
12 Audio Routing, Remote Control, and Macro Controls ....................................................
589
12.1 Audio Routing in MASCHINE ....................................................................................................... 590
12.1.1 Sending External Audio to Sounds ............................................................................. 591
12.1.2 Configuring the Main Output of Sounds and Groups ................................................. 596
12.1.3 Setting Up Auxiliary Outputs for Sounds and Groups ................................................. 601
12.1.4 Configuring the Master and Cue Outputs of MASCHINE ............................................. 605
12.1.5 Mono Audio Inputs ..................................................................................................... 610
12.1.5.1 Configuring External Inputs for Sounds in Mix View ..................................611
12.2 Using MIDI Control and Host Automation .................................................................................... 614
12.2.1 Triggering Sounds via MIDI Notes .............................................................................. 615
12.2.2 Triggering Scenes via MIDI ........................................................................................ 622
12.2.3 Controlling Parameters via MIDI and Host Automation .............................................. 623
12.2.4 Selecting VST/AU Plug-in Presets via MIDI Program Change ..................................... 631
12.2.5 Sending MIDI from Sounds ........................................................................................ 632
12.3 Creating Custom Sets of Parameters with the Macro Controls ................................................... 636
12.3.1 Macro Control Overview ............................................................................................. 637
12.3.2 Assigning Macro Controls Using the Software ........................................................... 638
12.3.3 Assigning Macro Controls Using the Controller .......................................................... 644
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