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
Table of Contents
1 Welcome to MASCHINE .............................................................................................
25
1.1 MASCHINE Documentation .......................................................................................................... 26
1.2 Document Conventions ............................................................................................................... 27
1.3 New Features in MASCHINE 2.8 .................................................................................................. 29
1.4 New Features in MASCHINE 2.7.10 ............................................................................................. 31
1.5 New Features in MASCHINE 2.7.8 ............................................................................................... 31
1.6 New Features in MASCHINE 2.7.7 ............................................................................................... 32
1.7 New Features in MASCHINE 2.7.4 ............................................................................................... 33
1.8 New Features in MASCHINE 2.7.3 ............................................................................................... 36
2 Quick Reference ........................................................................................................
38
2.1 Using Your Controller .................................................................................................................. 38
2.1.1 Controller Modes and Mode Pinning .......................................................................... 38
2.1.2 Controlling the Software Views from Your Controller ................................................. 40
2.2 MASCHINE Project Overview ........................................................................................................ 43
2.2.1 Sound Content ........................................................................................................... 44
2.2.2 Arrangement .............................................................................................................. 45
2.3 MASCHINE Hardware Overview ................................................................................................... 48
2.3.1 MASCHINE Hardware Overview .................................................................................. 48
2.3.1.1 Control Section ..........................................................................................50
2.3.1.2 Edit Section ...............................................................................................53
2.3.1.3 Performance Section ..................................................................................54
2.3.1.4 Group Section ............................................................................................56
2.3.1.5 Transport Section ......................................................................................56
2.3.1.6 Pad Section ...............................................................................................58
2.3.1.7 Rear Panel .................................................................................................63
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