User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Title Page
- Disclaimer
- Contact
- Table of Contents
- Welcome to MASCHINE
- Basic Concepts
- Important Names and Concepts
- Adjusting the MASCHINE User Interface
- Common Operations
- Pinning a Mode on the Controller
- Pinning a Mode on the Controller
- Undo/Redo
- List Overlay for Selectors
- Zoom and Scroll Overlays
- 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
- Using Two or More Hardware Controllers
- Touch Auto-Write Option
- Native Kontrol Standard
- Stand-Alone and Plug-in Mode
- Preferences
- Integrating MASCHINE into a MIDI Setup
- Syncing MASCHINE using Ableton Link
- Using Footswitches with the MASCHINE Controller
- 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
- List and Tag Overlays in the Browser
- 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
- Pattern Basics
- Recording Patterns in Real Time
- Recording Patterns with the Step Sequencer
- Editing Events
- Recording and Editing Modulation
- Creating MIDI Tracks from Scratch in MASCHINE
- Managing Patterns
- Importing/Exporting Audio and MIDI to/from Patterns
- Audio Routing, Remote Control, and Macro Controls
- Audio Routing in MASCHINE
- Using MIDI Control and Host Automation
- Creating Custom Sets of Parameters with the Macro Controls
- Controlling Your Mix
- Using Effects
- Effect Reference
- Working with the Arranger
- Arranger Basics
- Using Ideas View
- Using Arranger 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
- Assigning and Removing Patterns
- Duplicating Sections
- Removing Sections
- Renaming Scenes
- Clearing Sections
- Creating and Deleting Section Banks
- 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
6.1.8 Alternative: the Plug-in Strip ..................................................................................... 293
6.1.9 Saving and Recalling Plug-in Presets ....................................................................... 293
6.1.9.1 Saving Plug-in Presets ..............................................................................294
6.1.9.2 Recalling Plug-in Presets ..........................................................................295
6.1.9.3 Removing a Default Plug-in Preset ............................................................296
6.2 The Sampler Plug-in ................................................................................................................... 297
6.2.1 Page 1: Voice Settings / Engine ................................................................................. 299
6.2.2 Page 2: Pitch / Envelope ............................................................................................ 301
6.2.3 Page 3: FX / Filter ...................................................................................................... 304
6.2.4 Page 4: Modulation .................................................................................................... 306
6.2.5 Page 5: LFO ............................................................................................................... 308
6.2.6 Page 6: Velocity / Modwheel ...................................................................................... 310
6.3 Using Native Instruments and External Plug-ins ........................................................................ 312
6.3.1 Opening/Closing Plug-in Windows ............................................................................. 312
6.3.2 Using the VST/AU Plug-in Parameters ....................................................................... 315
6.3.3 Setting Up Your Own Parameter Pages ...................................................................... 316
6.3.4 Using VST/AU Plug-in Presets .................................................................................... 321
6.3.5 Multiple-Output Plug-ins and Multitimbral Plug-ins ................................................. 324
7 Using the Audio Plug-in .............................................................................................
325
7.1 Loading a Loop into the Audio Plug-in ........................................................................................ 328
7.2 Using Loop Mode ........................................................................................................................ 330
7.3 Using Gate Mode ........................................................................................................................ 331
8 Using the Drumsynths ................................................................................................
333
8.1 Drumsynths – General Handling ................................................................................................. 334
8.1.1 Engines: Many Different Drums per Drumsynth ......................................................... 334
8.1.2 Common Parameter Organization .............................................................................. 334
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