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
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1 Introduction ..............................................................................................................
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1.1 Welcome to MASCHINE! .............................................................................................................. 12
1.1.1 Manual Conventions .................................................................................................. 13
1.1.2 Naming Conventions ................................................................................................. 13
1.2 MASCHINE Documentation .......................................................................................................... 14
2 Basic Concepts .........................................................................................................
16
2.1 Names and concepts you should know ....................................................................................... 16
2.2 Common Operations ................................................................................................................... 18
2.2.1 Switching Views ........................................................................................................ 18
2.2.2 Showing and hiding the Browser ............................................................................... 19
2.2.3 Minimizing the Arranger ............................................................................................ 20
2.2.4 Hiding Parameter Pages in the Control Area .............................................................. 20
2.2.5 Hiding the Modulation Lane ....................................................................................... 21
2.2.6 Navigating Parameter Pages in the Control Area ....................................................... 22
2.2.7 Undo and Redo .......................................................................................................... 23
2.2.8 Pinning a Mode .......................................................................................................... 23
2.3 Stand-alone and Plug-in Mode ................................................................................................... 24
2.3.1 Differences between Stand-alone and Plug-in Mode ................................................. 24
2.3.2 Switching Instances with the Hardware in Plug-in Mode ........................................... 24
2.3.3 Switching Instances with the Software in Plug-in Mode ............................................ 24
2.4 Preferences ................................................................................................................................. 25
2.4.1 Preferences – General Tab ......................................................................................... 26
2.4.2 Preferences – Defaults Tab ....................................................................................... 28
2.4.3 Preferences – User Paths Tab .................................................................................... 29
2.4.4 Preferences – Libraries Tab ....................................................................................... 31
2.4.5 Preferences – Plug-ins Tab ....................................................................................... 31
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