User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Title Page
- Disclaimer
- Contact
- Table of Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Basic Concepts
- 3 Browser
- 4 Sound Slots
- 5 Creating Groups
- 6 Working with Patterns (Hardware)
- 6.1 Creating Patterns
- 6.1.1 Pattern Mode
- 6.1.2 Pad Mode
- 6.1.3 Pad Link
- 6.1.4 Releasing a Pad from a Pad Link Group
- 6.1.5 Recording the Pads
- 6.1.6 The Metronome
- 6.1.7 Using the Step Sequencer
- 6.1.8 Using Note Repeat
- 6.1.9 Using the Piano Roll/Keyboard
- 6.1.10 Recording Automation
- 6.1.11 Recording Automation in the Step Sequencer
- 6.1.12 Step Grid, Pattern Length Grid and Quantization
- 6.2 Editing Patterns
- 6.1 Creating Patterns
- 7 Working with Patterns (Software)
- 7.1 The Pattern Editor
- 7.2 Editing Patterns
- 7.2.1 Mouse Actions in the Pattern Editor
- 7.2.2 The Zoom Tool
- 7.2.3 Compare/Split
- 7.2.4 The Piano Roll / Keyboard
- 7.2.5 Recording and Editing Automation
- 7.2.6 Adding a Modulator
- 7.2.7 Step Grid, Pattern Length Grid and Quantization
- 7.2.8 Pad Link
- 7.2.9 Releasing a Pad from a Pad Link Group
- 7.2.10 Setting up a Pad as Master or Slave in a Pad Link Group
- 7.2.11 Rendering Audio from Patterns using Drag and Drop
- 7.2.12 Rendering MIDI from Patterns using Drag and Drop
- 8 The Effects Overview
- 9 Using FX
- 9.1 Applying Effects to a Sound
- 9.2 Applying Effects to a Group
- 9.3 Applying Effects to the Master
- 9.4 Bypassing Effects
- 9.5 Automating Effects and Sampler Parameters
- 9.6 Applying FX to an External Instrument
- 9.7 Recording FX Automation
- 9.8 Saving FX Presets
- 9.9 Creating a Send Effect
- 9.10 Creating a Multi Effect
- 10 Creating a Song using Scenes
- 11 Sampling and Sample Mapping
- 12 The Master Section
- 13 Exporting Audio
- 14 Appendix: Tips for playing Live
- Index
Unlabeled Buttons and Knobs
The buttons and knobs above and below the displays on your MASCHINE controller do not
have labels (all other elements on the controller do). For better reference, we applied a special
formatting here: throughout the document, the elements are capitalized and numbered, so the
buttons are written Button (1-8), while the knobs are written Knob (1-8). E.g., whenever you
see an instruction such as “Press Button 2 to open the EDIT page,” you’ll know it’s the second
button from the left above the displays.
1.2 MASCHINE Documentation
MASCHINE provides you with many information sources. The main sources are meant to be
read in the following sequence:
▪ MASCHINE Setup Guide
▪ MASCHINE Getting Started Guide and online video tutorials
▪ MASCHINE Reference Manual (this document)
▪ MASCHINE Hardware Control Reference
Hereafter is a quick description of each of these documentation sources.
The Setup Guide is available in printed form and on the DVD in the product box. The whole
documentation set is also available in PDF format and located within the MASCHINE instal-
lation folder on your hard drive. You can also access these documents from the application’s
Help menu.
MASCHINE Setup Guide
A printed Setup Guide is included in the product box. It will guide you through the software
and hardware installation of MASCHINE, from the very beginning to the first sound coming
through your speakers. This should be your first stop in learning MASCHINE.
First read the Setup Guide. Then proceed with this MASCHINE Getting Started Guide to get
more familiar with MASCHINE.
Introduction
MASCHINE Documentation
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