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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16 Appendix C: Tips for playing live
Since MASCHINE is a very hands-on tool for producing music as well as for performing live,
we gured we would gather some tips for you to get you started playing live. If you are used
to playing live, you may not need them, but maybe you will nd some new ideas to integrate
in your set.
16.1 Preparations
16.1.1 Focus on the Hardware
In a live situation it is not very comfortable or intuitive to look back and forth from your laptop
screen running the MASCHINE Software to the MASCHINE Hardware.
16.1.2 Customize the Pads of the Hardware
Take your time to setup the Pad Sensitivity and Velocity Scaling to your personal taste (see
section 2.4.5, “Preferences – Hardware Tab,” to learn how to do that)—you will have even
more fun playing MASCHINE.
16.1.3 Check your CPU power before playing
Some things can be very embarrassing, for example if you are on stage and your computer
starts to have the hiccups because it cannot handle the amount of effects anymore. Although
the MASCHINE Software is programmed very efciently, this might happen if your computer
is one of the older kind. So before you get on stage, give your live set a thorough performance
check by rst playing it at home.