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
2. Turn Knob 4 (LENGTH) to adjust the Pattern Length according to the current resolution of
the Pattern Grid.
Method 2: Using the Pattern Arrange mode
In Pattern mode you can adjust the Pattern Length of the current Pattern:
1. Press ARRANGER then Button 2 (PATTERN) to enter Pattern Arrange mode.
2. Turn Knob 4 (LENGTH) to adjust the Pattern Length according to the current resolution of
the Pattern Grid.
Adjusting the Grid
In Grid mode you can adjust the various grids used in MASCHINE, including the Arrange Grid
resolution. The Arrange Grid changes the size of steps by which Section Lengths and Pattern
Lengths can be adjusted.
1. Press SHIFT + FOLLOW (Grid) to enter Grid mode.
2. Press Button 3 (ARRANGE) to access the Arrange Grid settings.
The right display will show you which pad represents which resolution.
3. Select a resolution by pressing the corresponding pad. Alternatively you can press But-
ton 5, 6 or 8 to successively select each of the resolutions in the corresponding column.
→ The selected value is highlighted on the right display and the corresponding pad turns
fully lit.
To disable the Arrange Grid, simply select the OFF value in the top right corner:
► To disable the Pattern Grid, hold SHIFT + FOLLOW (Grid), press Button 3 (ARRANGE),
then press pad 16 (OFF).
You don’t need to explicitly enable the Pattern Grid on your controller: It is enabled as soon as you
select a resolution other than OFF (pad 16).
Working with Patterns
Pattern Basics
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