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
5. Turn the 4-D encoder to select the desired Plug-in preset or Sample from the list, and
press the 4-D encoder to load it.
→ The selected file replaces the previous file in your Project.
Quick Browse from Browse Mode on the Controller
You can also access Quick Browse from the Browser on your controller. This notably allows you
to perform Quick Browse on Sounds and Groups as well:
1. Press PLUG-IN to enter Control mode.
2. If you want to trigger Quick Browse for a Group or a Sound, set the focus to this Group or
Sound — see section ↑3.3.7, Focusing on a Group or a Sound.
3. If you want to trigger Quick Browse for a Sample or a Plug-in preset, additionally select
the desired Plug-in (for a Sample, select the Sampler Plug-in in which it is loaded) — see
section ↑3.3.8, Switching Between the Master, Group, and Sound Level and ↑3.3.9, Navi-
gating Channel Properties, Plug-ins, and Parameter Pages in the Control Area.
Once you have focused/selected the desired file, switch your controller to Browse mode to con-
tinue:
1. Press BROWSER to enter the Browser.
2. Press Button 1 and 2 to select the file type corresponding to the file you have focused/
selected above.
3. Press Button 3 (showing a magnifying glass) to trigger the Quick Browse function.
The Browser automatically recalls the search query used when you loaded that file.
4. Turn the 4-D encoder or Knob 8 to select the desired Plug-in preset or Sample from the
list, and press the 4-D encoder or Button 8 (LOAD) to load it.
The selected file replaces the previous file in your Project.
Browser
Using Quick Browse
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