User 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
- Adjusting Volume, Swing, and Tempo
- Undo/Redo
- 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
- Loading a Recent Project from the Controller
- Native Kontrol Standard
- Stand-Alone and Plug-in Mode
- Preferences
- Integrating MASCHINE into a MIDI Setup
- Syncing MASCHINE using Ableton Link
- 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 Mode Tags
- 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
- 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
Element Description
Impact Adjusts the amount of click or initial attack, measured as a
percentage. Available values range from 0.0 to 100.0% (default:
70.0%).
Width Adjusts the perceived stereo image, measured as a percentage. At
zero the sound is mono, at 100.0% the sound is a wide stereo
image, replicating the effect of recording with overhead stereo
microphones. Available values range from 0.0 to 100.0% (default:
50.0%).
STRIKE Section
Edge Adjusts the point where the cymbal is hit, measured as a
percentage. Hitting the edge of the cymbal (100%) creates a more
chaotic sound, hitting it near the center (0.0%) creates a more
high-pitched sound. Available values range from 0.0 to 100.0%
(default: 50.0%)
Bell Adjusts the high-frequencies on a narrow band, measured as a
percentage. (default: 0.0%)
Advanced Page
Element Description
HYBRID Section
Character Adjusts a wider range of timbers between more noisy to more
metallic ones, measured as a percentage. Available values range
from 0.0 to 100.0% (default: 20.0%).
Tail Adjusts the length of the sound tail through an envelope. Available
values range from 0.0 to 100.0% (default: 100.0%).
Modulation Page
Like with all other engines and Drumsynths, the Modulation page contains one parameter: Ve-
locity.
Using the Drumsynths
The Cymbals
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