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
 
3.9 Syncing MASCHINE using Ableton Link ....................................................................................... 159
3.9.1 Connecting to a Network ............................................................................................ 159
3.9.2 Joining and Leaving a Link Session ........................................................................... 159
3.10 Using a Pedal with the MASCHINE Controller .............................................................................. 160
3.11 File Management on the MASCHINE Controller ........................................................................... 161
4 Browser ....................................................................................................................
163
4.1 Browser Basics ........................................................................................................................... 163
4.1.1 The MASCHINE Library ............................................................................................... 163
4.1.2 Browsing the Library vs. Browsing Your Hard Disks ................................................... 164
4.2 Searching and Loading Files from the Library ............................................................................ 165
4.2.1 Overview of the Library Pane ..................................................................................... 165
4.2.2 Selecting or Loading a Product and Selecting a Bank from the Browser .................... 170
4.2.2.1 [MK3] Browsing by Product Category Using the Controller .........................174
4.2.2.2 [MK3] Browsing by Product Vendor Using the Controller ............................174
4.2.3 Selecting a Product Category, a Product, a Bank, and a Sub-Bank ........................... 175
4.2.3.1 Selecting a Product Category, a Product, a Bank, and a Sub-Bank on the
Controller ...................................................................................................179
4.2.4 Selecting a File Type .................................................................................................. 180
4.2.5 Choosing Between Factory and User Content ............................................................. 181
4.2.6 Selecting Type and Character Tags ........................................................................... 182
4.2.7 List and Tag Overlays in the Browser ......................................................................... 186
4.2.8 Performing a Text Search ........................................................................................... 188
4.2.9 Loading a File from the Result List ............................................................................ 188
4.3 Additional Browsing Tools .......................................................................................................... 193
4.3.1 Loading the Selected Files Automatically .................................................................. 193
4.3.2 Auditioning Instrument Presets ................................................................................. 195
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