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
▪ When VOLUME is selected (lit), the shortcut controls the LEVEL parameter in the Audio
page of the Output properties for the selected Group or Sound. See section ↑11.1.2, Con-
figuring the Main Output of Sounds and Groups for a detailed description of these Channel
properties.
▪ When SWING is selected (lit), the shortcut controls the AMOUNT parameter in the Swing
page of the Groove properties for the selected Group or Sound. See section ↑5.4.3, Groove
for a detailed description of these Channel properties.
▪ When TUNE is selected (lit), the shortcut works only with Sounds containing a Sampler or
a Drumsynth Plug-in. The shortcut controls the TUNE parameter of the Pitch / Gate section
in the Pitch / Envelope page of the Sampler, and the TUNE parameter of the Main section
in the Main page of any Drumsynth. If you hold a Group button, the shortcut will affect all
Sounds of the Group that contain a Sampler or Drumsynth Plug-in. For more details on the
TUNE parameter, please refer to section ↑6.2.1, Page 1: Voice Settings / Engine for the
Sampler and section ↑8.1.5, Pitch Range, Tuning, and MIDI Notes for the Drumsynths.
Tempo Shortcut
You can quickly define the tempo of your Project via the TAP button in the PERFORMANCE
section of the controller:
► Repeatedly tap the TAP button to set the desired tempo.
You can also use the TAP button to adjust the current tempo:
► Hold TAP and turn the jog wheel to quickly adjust the tempo of your Project.
Press and turn the jog wheel (or hold SHIFT while you turn it) to adjust the value in fi-
ner increments.
These shortcuts control the Tempo parameter of MASCHINE. In the software this parameter is
available in the Header:
The Tempo parameter in the software’s Header.
Playing on the Controller
Playing Tools
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