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
14 Appendix: Tips for playing Live
Since MASCHINE is a very hands-on tool for producing music as well as for performing live, we
figured we would gather some tips for you to get you started playing live. If you are used to
playing live, you may not need them, but maybe you will find some new ideas to integrate in
your set.
14.1 Preparations
14.1.1 Focus on the Hardware
In a live situation it is not very comfortable or intuitive to look back and forth from your laptop
screen running the MASCHINE software to the MASCHINE hardware controller.
14.1.2 Customize the Pads of the Hardware
Take your time to setup the pad sensitivity and velocity scaling to your personal taste (see sec-
tion ↑2.4.6, Preferences – Hardware Tab, to learn how to do that) — you will have even more
fun playing MASCHINE.
14.1.3 Check your CPU Power before Playing
Some things can be very embarrassing, for example if you are on stage and your computer
starts to have the hiccups because it cannot handle the amount of effects anymore. Although
the MASCHINE software is programmed very efficiently, this might happen if your computer is
quite old. So before you get on stage, give your live set a thorough performance check by first
playing it at home.
Appendix: Tips for playing Live
Preparations
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