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
 
→ A new empty Pattern is created in the selected Pattern slot. The new Pattern is loaded in
the Pattern Editor with an empty Event area. Furthermore, this Pattern is referenced by a
Clip for the selected Group  in the current Scene in  the Arranger. This Clip replaces  any
previous Clip for the Group in that Scene (see chapter ↑16.3, Using Song View for more
on this).
11.7.3.1 Creating a New Pattern on Your Controller
► To create a new empty Pattern in the  current  Pattern bank, press PATTERN + any unlit
pad.
→ A new empty Pattern is created at this position in the current Pattern bank. Additionally:
▪ The new Pattern is selected  and displayed in the software’s  Pattern Editor. You can then
modify it both from your controller and in the software.
▪ The new Pattern is referenced by a Clip for the selected Group in the current Scene. This
Clip replaces any previous Clip for the Group in that Scene (see chapter ↑16.3, Using Song
View for more on this).
You don’t need to explicitly create a new empty Pattern before filling it with events: If no Pattern is
selected, as soon as you record events a new Pattern will be created for them! See section ↑11.4.2,
Creating Events/Notes for more information on creating events.
11.7.3.2 Inserting a New Pattern after the Current Pattern on Your Controller
You can also insert a new Pattern right after a particular Pattern:
1. Press and hold PATTERN to enter Pattern mode.
2. Press Button 7 and 8 to select the desired Pattern bank.
3. Press the pad corresponding to the Pattern after which you want to insert a new Pattern.
4. Press Button 5 (CREATE).
→ A new empty Pattern is inserted right after the selected Pattern. All following Patterns are
shifted to the next slot.
Working with Patterns
Managing Patterns
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