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
- 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 Character 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
 
1. Press and hold NOTE REPEAT, then hold any pad.
The Sound of the pad is repeatedly triggered at the rate shown at the bottom of the con-
troller’s display.
2. Turn the Encoder to select another repetition rate.
→ This is a handy way to add live ornaments to your Pattern.
You can also use Note Repeat to program your Pattern (e.g., record a continuous hi-hat).
Note  Repeat  mode  seamlessly  switches  to  Arp  mode  as  soon  as  you  switch  your  pads  from  Pad
Mode to Keyboard mode (see below): All current values (including the LOCK state) are retained.
Using Arp in Keyboard mode and Chords mode
If  your  pads  are  in  Keyboard  mode  or  Chords  mode,  pressing  NOTE  REPEAT  (Arp)  switches
your controller to Arp mode:
In Pad Mode,  Keyboard mode and  Chords  mode you can  customize the way  the notes of  the
played chord will be arpeggiated by adjusting following settings.
► Press the Arrow buttons to access following settings, and turn the Encoder to adjust val-
ues.
Playing on the Controller
Performance Features
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