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
4.3.3 Auditioning Samples ................................................................................................. 196
4.3.4 Loading Groups with Patterns ................................................................................... 197
4.3.5 Loading Groups with Routing .................................................................................... 198
4.3.6 Displaying File Information ........................................................................................ 198
4.4 Using Favorites in the Browser ................................................................................................... 199
4.5 Editing the Files’ Tags and Properties ........................................................................................ 203
4.5.1 Attribute Editor Basics .............................................................................................. 203
4.5.2 The Bank Page ........................................................................................................... 205
4.5.3 The Types and Characters Pages ............................................................................... 205
4.5.4 The Properties Page ................................................................................................... 208
4.6 Loading and Importing Files from Your File System .................................................................... 209
4.6.1 Overview of the FILES Pane ........................................................................................ 209
4.6.2 Using Favorites .......................................................................................................... 211
4.6.3 Using the Location Bar .............................................................................................. 212
4.6.4 Navigating to Recent Locations ................................................................................. 213
4.6.5 Using the Result List ................................................................................................. 214
4.6.6 Importing Files to the MASCHINE Library ................................................................... 217
4.7 Locating Missing Samples .......................................................................................................... 219
4.8 Using Quick Browse .................................................................................................................... 221
5 Managing Sounds, Groups, and Your Project ...............................................................
225
5.1 Overview of the Sounds, Groups, and Master .............................................................................. 225
5.1.1 The Sound, Group, and Master Channels ................................................................... 226
5.1.2 Similarities and Differences in Handling Sounds and Groups ................................... 227
5.1.3 Selecting Multiple Sounds or Groups ......................................................................... 228
5.2 Managing Sounds ....................................................................................................................... 233
5.2.1 Loading Sounds ......................................................................................................... 235
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