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
▪ On the outer ring of the knob, the colored section (usually indicating the current parameter
value) is replaced by a little segment indicating the modulated value. During playback this
little segment follows the movement you have just recorded. The non-modulated value of
the parameter is still indicated by the little white segment on the knob itself. Since modu-
lation is defined relative to this non-modulated value, you can turn the knob to define the
reference value from which the recorded modulation will deviate.
▪ A modulation track is created for this parameter in the Modulation pane of the Control area
(at the bottom of the Pattern Editor) containing the modulation points you have just record-
ed. You can further edit the modulation track from there — see section ↑11.5.3, Creating
and Editing Modulation in the Control Lane.
Removing Modulation
You can also use the outer ring to remove the entire modulation for the knob:
► To remove the entire modulation for a knob, simply right-click (on macOS: [Ctrl]+click) its
outer ring.
You can also create and edit modulation tracks directly in the Control Lane. See section ↑11.2.2,
The Record Prepare Mode for more information.
To modulate a parameter with the controller:
1. First make sure the song is playing (PLAY must be lit) and your controller is in Control
mode (CHANNEL or PLUG-IN must be lit, if it’s not please press either of them).
2. Navigate to the parameter you want to modulate. To do this, put the focus on the desired
Group or Sound (see ↑3.3.7, Focusing on a Group or a Sound), navigate to the desired
Plug-in or set of Channel properties, and finally to the Parameter page containing that pa-
rameter (see ↑3.3.9, Navigating Channel Properties, Plug-ins, and Parameter Pages in the
Control Area).
3. Hold AUTO to enter Auto-write mode.
At the bottom of the displays, non-modulatable parameters disappear. Among the remain-
ing parameters (all modulatable), the value of each continuous parameter is replaced by a
percentage.
4. While holding AUTO, turn the desired Knob 1–8 under the displays to adjust the deviation
to the actual value as you see fit.
Working with Patterns
Recording and Editing Modulation
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