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
5.4.3 Groove ....................................................................................................................... 243
5.4.4 Level, Tempo, Tune, and Groove Shortcuts on Your Controller .................................... 246
5.5 Performance Features ................................................................................................................. 251
5.5.1 Overview of the Perform Features .............................................................................. 251
5.5.2 Selecting a Scale and Creating Chords ..................................................................... 253
5.5.3 Scale and Chord Parameters ..................................................................................... 256
5.5.4 Creating Arpeggios and Repeated Notes ................................................................... 262
5.5.5 Swing on Note Repeat / Arp Output ........................................................................... 267
5.6 Using Lock Snapshots ................................................................................................................ 268
5.6.1 Creating a Lock Snapshot .......................................................................................... 268
5.6.2 Using Extended Lock .................................................................................................. 269
5.6.3 Updating a Lock Snapshot ......................................................................................... 269
5.6.4 Recalling a Lock Snapshot ........................................................................................ 270
5.6.5 Morphing Between Lock Snapshots ........................................................................... 270
5.6.6 Deleting a Lock Snapshot .......................................................................................... 271
5.6.7 Triggering Lock Snapshots via MIDI ........................................................................... 272
6 Working with Plug-ins ...............................................................................................
275
6.1 Plug-in Overview ........................................................................................................................ 275
6.1.1 Plug-in Basics ........................................................................................................... 275
6.1.2 First Plug-in Slot of Sounds: Choosing the Sound’s Role ........................................... 279
6.1.3 Loading, Removing, and Replacing a Plug-in ............................................................ 280
6.1.3.1 Browser Plug-in Slot Selection ...................................................................286
6.1.4 Adjusting the Plug-in Parameters ............................................................................. 289
6.1.5 Bypassing Plug-in Slots ............................................................................................ 289
6.1.6 Using Side-Chain ...................................................................................................... 291
6.1.7 Moving Plug-ins ........................................................................................................ 291
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