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
6.6.1 Pitch Mode
In Pitch mode, sliding your finger on the Smart Strip “bends” the pitch of the notes you play on
the pads, i.e., it detunes the sound by a certain amount. If you have used the pitch bend
wheel on a synthesizer or standard MIDI keyboard before, you are probably familiar with the
effect.
In Pitch mode, the scale on the Smart Strip is centered, as indicated by a white LED in the
middle of the Smart Strip. Sliding your finger to the left will flatten the pitch. Sliding your fin-
ger to the right will sharpen the pitch. The amount of pitch bend applied to the Sound is indi-
cated by the LED dots above the Smart Strip. Once you lift your finger off the Smart Strip, the
pitch of the sound will return to standard tuning.
► To enable Pitch mode, press the PITCH button.
6.6.2 Modulation Mode
In Modulation mode, sliding your finger on the Smart Strip modulates the sound of the notes
you play on the pads. The Smart Strip always controls the parameter that is assigned to the
standard MIDI CC #1. This MIDI Continuous Controller is reserved for the modulation wheel. If
you have used the modulation wheel on a synthesizer or standard MIDI keyboard before, you
are probably familiar with the effect.
In Modulation mode, the scale starts at the left side of the Smart Strip, as indicated by a white
LED. Sliding your finger to the right will apply an increasing amount of modulation, as indicat-
ed by the LED dots above the Smart Strip. When you lift your finger off the Smart Strip, the
modulation value will remain at the position where the strip was last touched; the LED dots
above remain lit to indicate this position.
► To enable Modulation mode, press the MOD button.
6.6.3 Perform Mode
In Perform mode, the Smart Strip controls a parameter of one of the Perform effects (Per-
form FX) described in ↑15.7, Perform FX. For each of the Perform FX, the Smart Strip is map-
ped to the parameter that makes most sense to control in real time.
To control a Perform FX using the Smart Strip:
Playing on the Controller
Using the Smart Strip
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