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
(6) MIC IN socket: Balanced input socket for plugging in dynamic microphones with a 1/4" TRS
jack. When a microphone is plugged into the socket, the LINE IN 1 and 2 sockets (7) are disa-
bled.
(7) LINE IN 1 and 2 sockets: Pair of balanced 1/4" TRS input sockets accepting any line level
signal (e.g., a synthesizer or mixer output). In your music software they will appear as 1: Input
Left and 2: Input Right. If a microphone is plugged in the MIC IN socket (6), the LINE IN 1
and 2 sockets are disabled.
(8) MIDI IN and OUT sockets: The MIDI input (IN) and output (OUT) sockets let you integrate
MASCHINE into your MIDI setup. For example, you can connect a MIDI keyboard to the MIDI
IN socket and play melodic Sounds via the keyboard. Connect your favorite hardware synth to
the MIDI OUT socket and trigger its sounds from within your MASCHINE Project. You can syn-
chronize MASCHINE with other tempo-related instruments by sending or receiving a MIDI
Clock signal. Please refer to the Manual to discover all details on the various MIDI possibilities
and how to set them up.
(9) PEDAL socket: Allows you to use a footswitch to control the transport in MASCHINE. Note
that this is a stereo socket, allowing you to plug in a double footswitch and control the PLAY
and the REC buttons in MASCHINE. The PEDAL socket can also be configured to accept con-
tinuous pedals (“expression pedals”). For more details, please refer to the MASCHINE Manual
available from the Help menu.
(10) USB socket: Connects the MASCHINE controller to your computer via USB 2.0/3.0.
(11) Power Supply socket: Connect the included power supply to the socket. Note that the pow-
er supply is not required to operate MASCHINE. Connecting the power supply only adds an ex-
tra brightness to all illuminated elements on your controller, which can be useful in bright en-
vironments.
(12) Power switch: Press the power switch to switch on your MASCHINE controller. Note that
you have to switch on your controller in order to use it, even if you don’t use any power supply.
Quick Reference
MASCHINE Hardware Overview
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