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. Press Button 8 (OK) to export the Slices.
→ The  Slices  will  be  mapped  to  individual  notes  of  the  selected  Sound,  starting  with  the
bottom C (C-2  in MASCHINE convention).  The  base key of  the Sound will  be set to  the
bottom C  as well  (see  section Adjusting  the Base  Key  for more  information on  the  base
key). Any previous content in the Sound will be replaced. Your controller will leave Sam-
ple mode and return to Control mode. The pads will switch to Keyboard mode so that you
can  directly  play  your  Slices  on  the  pads.  Additionally,  depending  on  the  setting  of  the
Pattern Creation selector in the Slice page of the software, notes will be automatically cre-
ated for each Slice (see above for more information).
To export the Slices to a Group:
1. Select the desired Group by pressing its Group button A–H. If your Project has more than
eight Groups, you can use Button 3 and 4 to first select the desired Group bank.
The selected Group button starts flashing and the corresponding Group is highlighted on
the left display.
2. Press Button 8 (OK) to export the Slices.
→ The  Slices  will  be  mapped  to  individual  Sound  slots,  replacing  their  current  content  (if
any). Only the first 16 Slices will be exported. Your controller will leave Sample mode and
return to Control mode. The pads will switch to Group mode so that you can directly play
your Slices on the pads. Additionally, depending on the setting of the Pattern Creation se-
lector in the Slice page of the software, notes will be automatically created for each Slice
(see below).
At any time you can press Button 7 (CANCEL) to cancel the export and return to the SLICE page.
Exporting a Single Slice
Instead of exporting all Slices, you can also export the selected Slice only:
1. Press Button 7 (APPLY TO).
The controller switches to the Selection mode described above.
2. Press Button 5 (SINGLE) to export the selected Slice only.
3. Choose the target Sound or Group as described above.
Sampling and Sample Mapping
Slicing a Sample
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