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
 
3.3.12 Touch Auto-Write Option ............................................................................................ 108
3.4 Native Kontrol Standard ............................................................................................................. 110
3.5 Stand-Alone and Plug-in Mode ................................................................................................... 111
3.5.1 Differences between Stand-Alone and Plug-in Mode ................................................. 112
3.5.2 Switching Instances .................................................................................................. 113
3.5.3 Controlling Various Instances with Different Controllers ........................................... 114
3.6 Host Integration .......................................................................................................................... 114
3.6.1 Setting up Host Integration ....................................................................................... 115
3.6.1.1 Setting up Ableton Live (macOS) ...............................................................115
3.6.1.2 Setting up Ableton Live (Windows) ............................................................116
3.6.1.3 Setting up Apple Logic Pro X ......................................................................116
3.6.2 Integration with Ableton Live ..................................................................................... 117
3.6.3 Integration with Apple Logic Pro X ............................................................................. 119
3.7 Preferences ................................................................................................................................. 120
3.7.1 Preferences – General Page ....................................................................................... 121
3.7.2 Preferences – Audio Page .......................................................................................... 126
3.7.3 Preferences – MIDI Page ............................................................................................ 130
3.7.4 Preferences – Default Page ....................................................................................... 133
3.7.5 Preferences – Library Page ........................................................................................ 137
3.7.6 Preferences – Plug-ins Page ..................................................................................... 145
3.7.7 Preferences – Hardware Page .................................................................................... 150
3.7.8 Preferences – Colors Page ......................................................................................... 154
3.8 Integrating MASCHINE into a MIDI Setup .................................................................................... 156
3.8.1 Connecting External MIDI Equipment ........................................................................ 156
3.8.2 Sync to External MIDI Clock ....................................................................................... 157
3.8.3 Send MIDI Clock ......................................................................................................... 158
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