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
 
Hardware
On the controller you want to use with the MASCHINE software, do the following:
▪ MASCHINE (MK3) controller: Press SHIFT + PLUG-IN, turn the 4-D encoder to select the
desired instance, and press the 4-D encoder or Button 4 to load it.
▪ MASCHINE STUDIO controller: Press SHIFT  + PLUG-IN, turn the  jog wheel to select  the
desired instance, and press the jog wheel or Button 8 to load it.
▪ MASCHINE  (MK1  &  MK2)  controller:  Press  SHIFT  +  STEP,  turn  Knob  8  (or  press  But-
ton 5/6) to select the desired instance, and press Button 8 to load it.
▪ MASCHINE MIKRO (MK1 & MK2) controller: Press SHIFT + F2, turn the Control encoder
to select the desired instance, and press the Control encoder to load it.
▪ MASCHINE JAM controller: Press SHIFT + H (INSTANCE), turn the Control encoder to se-
lect the desired instance, and press the Control encoder to load it.
▪ KOMPLETE KONTROL  Keyboard  MK1:  Press INSTANCE  and  turn  the  Control  encoder  to
select the desired instance, and press the Control encoder to load it.
▪ KOMPLETE KONTROL Keyboard MK2: Press INSTANCE and turn  the 4-D encoder to se-
lect the desired instance, and press the 4-D encoder to load it.
3.3.8 Loading a Recent Project from the Controller
Your controller has a dedicated mode that conveniently allows you to use the controller to load
a Project that was recently opened.
To load a recent Project from the controller:
1. Press the Project button (MASCHINE logo) at the top on the left-hand side of the control-
ler.
2. Turn the Encoder to find the recent Project you want to load.
3. Press the Encoder to load the selected Project.
Basic Concepts
Common Operations
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