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
ties of the Master you will see the Groups subcategory listing all Groups of your Project,
and if you are editing the Macros of a Group you will see the Sounds subcategory listing
all Sounds in that Group, and if you are editing the Macro properties of a Sound you will
see the MIDI menu item which upon selection lists all available Control Change messages
that can be assigned to a Macro Control.
The Macro Control menu item Select > MIDI lists the full range of MIDI Control Change messages
from 0-127 which can be individually assigned to a Macro Control in order to control parameters on
an external MIDI device. If you are unsure which MIDI Control Change message can be used to con-
trol a particular parameter, please check the documentation that came with your MIDI device for
details.
2. Upon your selection in the previous menu, the menu takes the name of your selection,
and another menu may appear to the right which allows you to refine your search (e.g., by
listing all Parameter pages of the selected Plug-in or Channel properties). This continues
until a parameter is reached and you select it.
→ Upon the selection of a parameter, the Macro Control is assigned to this parameter.
Note that the whole path to this parameter stays visible in the Target selector: this lets you
modify a single selection without starting from the topmost channel and going through the en-
tire selection process again:
► To modify a particular item in the selection shown by the Target selector, click it and se-
lect another item for that level.
→ Items on the left of the selected item (i.e. at a higher level) stay untouched, while items
on its right (i.e. at a lower level) are reset.
Macro Assignment – Context Menu
When the Assignment area is opened and the Pages tab is selected, right-click on an assigned
or unassigned Macro slot to access the context menu.
Audio Routing, Remote Control, and Macro Controls
Creating Custom Sets of Parameters with the Macro Controls
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