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
Selection Tool Description
Knob 1/2 (START/
END)
Define the selection’s start and end points in the timeline for the
focused Sound. All notes within this time interval and within the pitch
interval defined by LOW and HIGH (see below) are included into the
selection.
Knob 3/4 (LOW/
HIGH)
Define the selection’s lowest and highest pitch for the focused Sound.
All notes within this pitch interval and within the time interval defined
by START and END (see above) are included into the selection.
Page buttons Drop the current selection and select the previous/next individual
event for the focused Sound.
By combining these tools you can precisely define the selection of notes you want to edit.
Selecting Events/Notes on the Controller
Using your controller you can select particular events from the selected Pattern. This will allow
you to edit them without affecting the other events.
For example in Pad Mode this can be very useful to quickly quantize a few drum instruments in
your kit without affecting the rest of the kit: Press SHIFT + SELECT + the pads of the desired
drums then press SHIFT + pad 5 (QUANTIZE), and you’re done!
You can select notes and events using the pads. Depending on the current pad mode (Pad
Mode or Keyboard mode, see ↑6.1.1, The Pad View in the Software), events will be selected
differently:
▪ In Pad Mode (the default mode of the pads), each pad represents a specific Sound:
◦ Unlit pads indicate Sounds for which the Pattern has no events. Nothing happens
when you press them.
◦ Dimmed pads indicate Sounds for which events can be selected: Press any dimmed
pad to add all events for that Sound to the selection. The pad turns fully lit to indicate
that all its events are selected. You can press any additional dimmed pad to add its
events to the selection. Pressing a dimmed pad additionally switches the focus to the
corresponding Sound.
Working with Patterns
Editing Events
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