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
Element Description
Tempo Set the original tempo of your Audio so that the Audio plug-in can
accurately play it in sync, no matter what tempo you choose for your
Project. This is useful if MASCHINE has miscalculated the tempo
while importing the audio. However, be aware that changing Tempo
during playback could affect the synchronization of your audio.
To increase Tempo click and drag upwards. To decrease the Tempo,
click and drag downwards. Press the [SHIFT] button on your
computer keyboard while dragging to set finer increments.
Length Set the original length of your Audio so that the Audio plug-in can
accurately play it in sync, no matter what tempo you choose for your
Project. This is useful if MASCHINE has miscalculated the length
while importing the audio. However, be aware that changing Length
during playback could affect the synchronization of your audio.
To increase Length click and drag upwards. To decrease the Length,
click and drag downwards. Press the [SHIFT] button on your
computer keyboard while dragging to set finer increments.
7.1 Loading a Loop into the Audio Plug-in
You can use the Sampler Plug-in to record sound directly from a microphone, or from an elec-
tric instrument (such as an electric guitar) connected to your soundcard, to create your own
loops. Alternatively, you can quickly audition loops within the MASCHINE Library by using the
Loops tag in the Browser to find one you want. To learn how to filter for loops using the Brows-
er, refer to the section ↑3.2.6, Selecting Type and Mode Tags.
It is possible to load an audio tagged as 'Loops' directly from the Browser by dragging and
dropping it onto an empty Sound, which will place the waveform directly within the Pattern. As
the audio is loaded into the Pattern the waveform will become visible and MASCHINE will
seamlessly determine tempo and pattern length information from the audio and automatically
time stretch it to fit the tempo of your Project. You can begin playback immediately after it has
loaded.
Using the Audio Plug-in
Loading a Loop into the Audio Plug-in
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