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
▪ The value set in the Arrange Grid is used for length increments. For more information on
Arrange Grid, read: ↑16.6, The Arrange Grid.
▪ When [Shift] is pressed while changing the length, the value set in the Step Grid is used.
For more information on Step Grid, read: ↑11.1.7, Adjusting the Step Grid and the Nudge
Grid.
▪ The minimum length a Section marker can be dragged without modifier is one Arrange Grid
increment.
▪ When [Shift] is pressed, the minimum length a Section marker can be dragged is one Step
Grid increment.
▪ The minimum length of a Section equals the minimum Scene length. This can only be ach-
ieved if Arrange Grid or Step Grid is set to Off.
16.3.6.2 Adjusting the Length of a Section Using the Controller
To adjust the length of a Section using your hardware controller:
1. Press SHIFT + SCENE (Section) to enter Song view.
2. Press SCENE (Section) to enter Section mode.
3. Select the pad relating to the Scene you want to adjust.
4. Turn Knob 4 to adjust the length of the Section as required. Turning the knob left will
shorten the Section, turning it right will lengthen the Section.
5. Press SHIFT and turn Knob 4 to change the Section length in smaller increments.
→ The Section length is adjusted accordingly.
16.3.7 Clearing a Pattern in Song View
Clearing a Pattern allows you to remove all its contents, leaving the Pattern empty.
To clear a Pattern in Song view:
1. Right-click ([Ctrl]-click on macOS) the name of the Pattern you want to clear.
2. Select Clear from the context menu.
→ The Pattern is cleared of all its contents.
Working with the Arranger
Using Song View
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