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
Adjusting the Grid
In Grid mode you can adjust the various grids used in MASCHINE, including the Arrange Grid
resolution. The Arrange Grid changes the size of steps by which Section Lengths and Pattern
Lengths can be adjusted.
1. Press and hold GRID to enter Grid mode. You can also press Button 1 to pin Grid mode so
you can release GRID. For more information read ↑2.3.2, Pinning a Mode on the Control-
ler.
2. Press Button 3 (ARRANGE) to access the Arrange Grid settings.
The right display will show you which pad represents which resolution.
3. Select a resolution by pressing the corresponding pad. Alternatively you can press But-
ton 5, 6 or 8 to successively select each of the resolutions in the corresponding column.
→ The selected value is highlighted on the right display and the corresponding pad turns
fully lit.
To disable the Arrange Grid, simply select the OFF value in the top right corner:
► To disable the Pattern Grid, hold GRID, press Button 3 (ARRANGE), then press pad 16
(OFF).
You don’t need to explicitly enable the Pattern Grid on your controller: It is enabled as
soon as you select a resolution other than OFF (pad 16).
Adjusting the Grid Using Record Prepare Mode
This extra method is very useful if you are about to start a new recording. Indeed, the Record
Prepare mode (accessed by pressing the unlit REC button and holding it) is tightly integrated
into the recording workflow of Control mode. For all details please refer to section ↑10.2.2,
The Record Prepare Mode.
Adjusting the Pattern Length and Arrange Grid on the Controller
On your controller, the length of the selected Pattern, along with the Pattern Grid resolution
used to modify this length, can both be adjusted using various methods: via the Pattern mode,
the Pattern Arrange mode, the Grid mode or the Record Prepare mode. Choose the method that
best fits your current workflow.
Working with Patterns
Pattern Basics
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