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
Parameter Description
KEYBOARD (Button 2) Activates/deactivates Keyboard mode. In this mode your pads play
notes of the focused Sound at 16 different pitches. This is well
suited for melodic instruments. The right display indicates the
pitches played by each pad (all are shown in the color of the
focused Sound). See the next paragraph for a detailed description
of this mode. Please note that Keyboard mode is not compatible
with 16 Velocities mode (see below).
16 VELOCITIES
(Button 3)
Activates/deactivates 16 Velocities mode. In this mode your pads
play the same note of the focused Sound but with 16 different
velocity values. This can be useful to play or program complex
drum fills. The right display indicates the velocity values for each
pad (all are shown in the color of the focused Sound). The pitch
of the played note is defined by the base key (see section ↑5.1.3,
Adjusting the Base Key). Please note that 16 Velocities mode is
not compatible with Keyboard mode (see above) nor the Fixed
Velocity option (see below).
FIXED VEL (Button 4) Activates/deactivates the Fixed Velocity option. This option is
available when your pads are in Group mode (default mode) or
Keyboard mode. With this option enabled, your pads play at the
same volume no matter how hard you hit the pads. Obviously, this
option is not compatible with the 16 Velocities mode described
above: hence, their buttons are mutually exclusive.
OCTAVE-, OCTAVE+,
SEMITONE-, and
SEMITONE+ (Button 5–
8)
Adjust the base key for the selected pad. See section ↑5.1.3,
Adjusting the Base Key below.
Page 1
Choke section (Knob 1
and 2)
Configures the Choke group for the selected pad. See section
↑5.1.4, Using Choke Groups for more information.
Link section (Knob 3 and
4)
Configures the Link group for the selected pad. See section
↑5.1.5, Using Link Groups for more information.
Playing on the Controller
Adjusting the Pads
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