User Manual
Table Of Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Basic Concepts
- 3 Browser
- 4 Creating Sounds
- 5 Creating Groups
- 6 Working with Patterns (Hardware)
- 7 Working with Patterns (Software)
- 7.1 The Pattern Editor
- 7.2 Editing Patterns
- 7.2.1 Mouse actions in the Pattern Editor
- 7.2.2 The Zoom Tool
- 7.2.3 Compare/Split
- 7.2.4 The Piano Roll/Keyboard
- 7.2.5 Recording and editing automation
- 7.2.6 Adding a Modulator
- 7.2.7 Step Grid, Pattern Length Grid and Quantization
- 7.2.8 Rendering Audio from Patterns using Drag & Drop
- 7.2.9 Rendering MIDI from Patterns using Drag & Drop
- 8 The MASCHINE Effects (FX)
- 9 Using FX
- 10 Creating a Song using Scenes
- 11 Sampling & Sample Mapping
- 12 The Master Section
- 13 Exporting Audio
- 14 Appendix A: MASCHINE Controller Quick Reference Chart
- 14.1 Basic Sequencer Controls
- 14.2 Loading and Saving
- 14.3 Scene Operations
- 14.4 Pattern Operations
- 14.5 Basic Editing
- 14.6 Group Operations
- 14.7 Sound Operations
- 14.8 Effects
- 14.9 Muting
- 14.10 Soloing
- 14.11 Automation
- 14.12 Basic Sampling
- 14.13 Secondary Pad Functions
- 14.14 Navigation Shortcuts on the MASCHINE Controller
- 14.15 Other Shortcuts on the MASCHINE Controller
- 15 Appendix B: Keyboard Shortcuts
- 16 Appendix C: Tips for playing live
- 17 Index
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8 The MASCHINE Effects (FX)
MASCHINE provides a healthy selection of more than 20 different Effects (FX) that can be
quickly applied to Sounds, Groups and the Master, all as Insert Effects. By using MASCHINE’s
powerful Routing System, it is also easy to setup Send Effects, build complex Effect Chains
or apply an Effect to an external source that is connected to your audio interface, such as
an instrument, vocals or a turntable. As before we recommend you load a Project from the
Factory Library to get to know how Effects can be used. There are also two interesting tutorial
videos on the Native Instruments website (www.native-instruments.com) covering FX: “FX &
Automation Part 1” and “FX & Automation Part 2”. The titles say it all: MASCHINE FX are
designed to be modulated and automated! That’s when the sounds really come to life - when
you start recording the knob movements.
Available FX
Many types of effects are available and nearly all applications are represented. You will of
course nd traditional effects such as Delays, Reverbs and Distortions, as well as engineering
tools such as EQs, Dynamics, and Filters. But as you may have come to expect from Native
Instruments, we have also provided you with a series of unique and unusual effects such as
Reex, Ice, and Resochord.