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
▪ Use Scene mode to create, select and manage Scenes to prepare them for assignment to
Sections in the Arranger. During playback, you can switch Scenes for quick on-the-fly ar-
rangement by pressing the pads; half-lit pads show existing Scenes, while fully lit pads
show the selected Scene. When you are satisfied with a Scene you can append it to the
Arranger.
▪ Use Section mode to create, select, and manage Sections in order to create an arrange-
ment. Here you can create Sections, assign a Scene to Section, position a Section on the
Timeline, and set the length of a Section.
Press SHIFT + SCENE to quickly toggle between Ideas view and Song view.
Pads and Pad Input Mode Buttons
The Pad Input Mode buttons (10) to (14) allow you to choose from various behaviors for the
pads (9) when it comes to trigger your Sounds. The four buttons directly above the pads (PAD
MODE (10), KEYBOARD (11), CHORDS (12) and STEP (13)) control the four main pad input
modes, while the FIXED VEL button (14) controls additional options for the modes.
(9) Pad 1–16: The sixteen velocity-sensitive pads can be used to play and select your Sounds.
Their behavior can be configured by the Pad Input Mode buttons (10) to (14) described below.
The pads also have many functions depending on the controller mode that is currently select-
ed.
(10) PAD MODE button: Press PAD MODE to switch the pads to Group mode (the default mode).
In Group mode each pad represents one Sound of the Group. Group mode is typically used for
drum kits. You can adjust various parameters of the mode via the displays and the surrounding
Buttons and Knobs. The right display shows you the Sound triggered by each pad. You can use
Buttons 5–8 to adjust the Base Key, which sets the key (pitch) triggered for each Sound in the
Group, and Knobs 1–4 under the left display to set the Choke and Link group settings. Please
refer to the MASCHINE Manual for more information on these features. By pressing PAD
MODE again, you can hide its parameters from the displays and return to your previous work-
flow while keeping Group mode enabled on your pads; as a reminder, the PAD MODE button
will stay lit as long as your pads are in Group mode. Press SHIFT + PAD MODE to switch your
pads to Group mode without switching the displays to the mode parameters.
(11) KEYBOARD button: Press KEYBOARD to switch the pads to Keyboard mode. In Keyboard
mode the pads represent 16 pitches of the chromatic scale for the selected Sound, ascending
from the selected Root Note; this way you can play the selected Sound like a melodic instru-
Quick Reference
MASCHINE Hardware Overview
MASCHINE - Manual - 61