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
▪ For the most secure and reliable connection, create a Link session via a direct connection
from one computer to another using a Thunderbolt or Ethernet cable.
For more general information on setting up and using Link, please refer to the Link FAQs arti-
cle located on the Ableton website:
https://help.ableton.com/hc/en-us/articles/209776125-Link-FAQs.
2.8.2 Joining and Leaving a Link Session
It is possible to join a Link session at any time by clicking the LINK button. When another
Link-enabled application is connected, a moving bar within the LINK button is displayed even
though MASCHINE’s transport is not running. This bar represents the global phase of Link that
all participating applications lock into.
After clicking the Play button, playback will resume on the downbeat once the moving bar
within the LINK button is filled. The first participant to join the session sets the initial tempo,
from then on any participant in the session can change the tempo in their respective applica-
tion. If multiple participants change the tempo at the same time, the last tempo change will
take effect.
To start or join a Link session, proceed as follows:
1. Click the LINK button located in the header.
▪ MASCHINE will either join an existing Link session or begin a new session.
2. Start MASCHINE’s playback by clicking the play button.
▪ MASCHINE’s playback is now synchronized with the Link timeline.
3. To stop using Link, and leave the session, click LINK again.
While connected, the LINK button displays how many other Link-enabled applications are con-
nected via Link. The example below indicates that there are two other applications connected.
Basic Concepts
Syncing MASCHINE using Ableton Link
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