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)–(4) Quick Edit buttons: Enable either VOLUME, SWING, or TEMPO to quickly adjust the vol-
ume, swing, or tempo of your Project via the 4-D encoder (1). These buttons are mutually ex-
clusive: Only one can be active at any time. When VOLUME, SWING or TEMPO is active (lit),
hold a pad or a Group button and turn the 4-D encoder (1) to change the volume, swing or
tune for that individual Sound or Group, respectively. Press the lit button to deactivate it and
switch the encoder back to its default behavior. In Step mode the Quick Edit buttons allow you
to adjust the velocity, the position, and the pitch (key) of the selected events. See Adjusting
Volume, Swing and Tempo for a practical example of how to use these features.
2.3.1.3 Performance Section
The Performance section provides you with various tools shaped for live performance.
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The Performance section on the controller.
(1) NOTE REPEAT button: Note Repeat is a convenient way to play and record beats and melo-
dies. When your pads are in Group mode, the Note Repeat engine plays the selected Sound
automatically at a given rate. While holding the NOTE REPEAT button, hold the pad you want
to play: notes will be repeatedly triggered at the rate selected in the right display. With But-
tons 4–6, you can select different rates while playing. You can select new rate values for each
of these buttons by turning Knobs 5–8. When your pads are in Keyboard or Chord mode, NOTE
REPEAT provides you instead access to the flexible and versatile Arp engine, an arpeggiator
that effectively lets you play your Sounds in note sequences. The arpeggios are created accord-
Quick Reference
MASCHINE Hardware Overview
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