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
 
MASCHINE 1.5 Reference Manual – 193
Selection
SlICE
Choose the Slice you want to edit by dialing Knob 1 here; 
the display will show you which Slice is currently selected. 
You can also use the Pads to select Slices starting from 
Pad 1.
Slice
Start
Here you can adjust the start point of a Slice using Knob 
3.
End This lets you edit the end point of a Slice using Knob 4.
rESEt Reset your Slice edits using Button 6.
add
Add another Slice according to the Mode settings using 
Button 7.
rEmovE
Remove the selected Slice using Button 8. After you have 
performed your Slice edits, conrm them by pressing Button 
5 again to return to the Slice Tab.
apply to
apply to allows you to copy the selected the selected Loop 
to another Group or Sound. After you hit apply to, select 
the Group or Sound you want the Loop / Slice to be copied 
to. If you select a Group, the Slices will be mapped to indi-
vidual Sounds and the Step Editor will open with notes for 
each Slice; if you choose a Sound, they will be mapped to 
one Sound and the Piano Roll / Keyboard Editor will open 
with notes for each Slice.
apply
Performs the slicing according to the settings above 
when you hit Button 7 and creates notes that trigger 
the slices in the currently selected Sound. After you hit 
Apply, MASCHINE will automatically switch to Piano Roll / 
Keyboard Mode and the loop will play back in time with the 
Project tempo.










