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
12.4.4 Custom Panels for Native Instruments Plug-ins ........................................................ 626
12.4.5 Undocking a Plug-in Panel (Native Instruments and External Plug-ins Only) ............ 630
12.5 Controlling Your Mix from the Controller ..................................................................................... 632
12.5.1 Navigating Your Channels in Mix Mode ..................................................................... 633
12.5.2 Adjusting the Level and Pan in Mix Mode .................................................................. 635
12.5.3 Mute and Solo in Mix Mode ........................................................................................ 636
12.5.4 Plug-in Icons in Mix Mode .......................................................................................... 637
13 Using Effects .............................................................................................................
638
13.1 Applying Effects to a Sound, a Group or the Master .................................................................... 638
13.1.1 Adding an Effect ........................................................................................................ 638
13.1.2 Other Operations on Effects ....................................................................................... 647
13.1.3 Using the Side-Chain Input ....................................................................................... 649
13.2 Applying Effects to External Audio .............................................................................................. 652
13.2.1 Step 1: Configure MASCHINE Audio Inputs ................................................................ 652
13.2.2 Step 2: Set up a Sound to Receive the External Input ................................................ 655
13.2.3 Step 3: Load an Effect to Process an Input ................................................................ 657
13.3 Creating a Send Effect ............................................................................................................... 659
13.3.1 Step 1: Set Up a Sound or Group as Send Effect ........................................................ 660
13.3.2 Step 2: Route Audio to the Send Effect ...................................................................... 664
13.3.3 A Few Notes on Send Effects ...................................................................................... 666
13.4 Creating Multi-Effects ................................................................................................................ 667
14 Effect Reference ........................................................................................................
670
14.1 Dynamics .................................................................................................................................... 671
14.1.1 Compressor ............................................................................................................... 671
14.1.2 Gate ........................................................................................................................... 675
14.1.3 Transient Master ....................................................................................................... 679
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