User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Title Page
- Disclaimer
- Contact
- Table of Contents
- 1 Welcome to MASCHINE!
- 2 Basic Concepts
- 2.1 Names and Concepts You Should Know
- 2.2 Adjusting the MASCHINE User Interface
- 2.3 Common Operations
- 2.4 Stand-Alone and Plug-in Mode
- 2.5 Preferences
- 2.6 Audio and MIDI Settings
- 2.7 Integrating MASCHINE into Your MIDI Setup
- 2.8 Using Footswitches with Your MASCHINE STUDIO Controller
- 3 Browser
- 3.1 Browser Basics
- 3.2 Searching and Loading Files from the Library
- 3.3 Additional Browsing Tools
- 3.4 Editing the Files’ Tags and Properties
- 3.5 Loading and Importing Files from Your File System
- 3.6 Locating Missing Samples
- 3.7 Using Quick Browse
- 4 Managing Sounds, Groups, and Your Project
- 4.1 Overview of the Sounds, Groups, and Master
- 4.2 Managing Sounds
- 4.3 Managing Groups
- 4.4 Exporting MASCHINE Objects and Audio
- 4.5 Importing Third-Party File Formats
- 5 Playing on Your Controller
- 6 Working with Plug-ins
- 6.1 Plug-in Overview
- 6.1.1 Plug-in Basics
- 6.1.2 First Plug-in Slot of Sounds: Choosing the Sound’s Role
- 6.1.3 Loading, Removing, and Replacing a Plug-in
- 6.1.4 Adjusting the Plug-in Parameters
- 6.1.5 Bypassing Plug-in Slots
- 6.1.6 Using Side-Chain
- 6.1.7 Moving Plug-ins
- 6.1.8 Alternative: the Plug-in Strip
- 6.1.9 Saving and Recalling Plug-in Presets
- 6.2 The Sampler Plug-in
- 6.3 Using Native Instruments and External Plug-ins
- 6.1 Plug-in Overview
- 7 Working with Patterns
- 7.1 Pattern Basics
- 7.1.1 Pattern Editor Overview
- 7.1.2 Navigating the Event Area
- 7.1.3 Following the Playback Position in the Pattern
- 7.1.4 Jumping to Another Playback Position in the Pattern
- 7.1.5 Group View and Keyboard View
- 7.1.6 Adjusting the Pattern Grid and the Pattern Length
- 7.1.7 Adjusting the Step Grid and the Nudge Grid
- 7.2 Recording Patterns in Real Time
- 7.3 Recording Patterns with the Step Sequencer
- 7.4 Editing Events
- 7.5 Recording and Editing Modulation
- 7.6 Creating MIDI Tracks from Scratch in MASCHINE
- 7.7 Managing Patterns
- 7.8 Importing/Exporting Audio and MIDI to/from Patterns
- 7.1 Pattern Basics
- 8 Audio Routing, Remote Control, and Macro Controls
- 9 Controlling Your Mix
- 10 Using the Drumsynths
- 11 Using Effects
- 11.1 Applying Effects to a Sound, a Group or the Master
- 11.2 Applying Effects to External Audio
- 11.3 Creating a Send Effect
- 11.4 Creating Multieffects
- 12 Effect Reference
- 13 Creating a Song Using Scenes
- 13.1 Arranger Basics
- 13.2 Managing Scenes
- 13.3 Playing with Scenes
- 13.4 Triggering Scenes via MIDI (MASCHINE Plug-in Only)
- 14 Sampling and Sample Mapping
- 14.1 Opening the Sample Editor
- 14.2 Recording a Sample
- 14.3 Editing a Sample
- 14.4 Slicing a Sample
- 14.5 Mapping Samples to Zones
- 15 Troubleshooting – Getting Help
- 16 Appendix: Tips for Playing Live
- 17 Glossary
- Index
Parameter Description
KEYBOARD (Button 2)
Activates/deactivates Keyboard mode. In this mode your pads play notes of the fo-
cused Sound at 16 different pitches. This is well suited for melodic instruments.
The right display indicates the pitches played by each pad (all are shown in the
color of the focused Sound). See the next paragraph for a detailed description of
this mode. Please note that Keyboard mode is not compatible with 16 Velocities
mode (see below).
16 VELOCITIES (Button 3)
Activates/deactivates 16 Velocities mode. In this mode your pads play the same
note of the focused Sound but with 16 different velocity values. This can be use-
ful to play or program complex drum fills. The right display indicates the velocity
values for each pad (all are shown in the color of the focused Sound). The pitch
of the played note is defined by the base key (see section ↑5.1.3, Adjusting the
Base Key). Please note that 16 Velocities mode is not compatible with Keyboard
mode (see above) nor the Fixed Velocity option (see below).
FIXED VEL (Button 4)
Activates/deactivates the Fixed Velocity option. This option is available when your
pads are in Group mode (default mode) or Keyboard mode. With this option ena-
bled, your pads play at the same volume no matter how hard you hit the pads.
Obviously, this option is not compatible with the 16 Velocities mode described
above: hence, their buttons are mutually exclusive.
OCT-, OCT+, SEMI-, and SEMI
+ (Button 5–8)
Adjust the base key for the selected pad. See section ↑5.1.3, Adjusting the Base
Key below.
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CHOKE section (Knob 1 and
2)
Configures the Choke group for the selected pad. See section ↑5.1.4, Using
Choke Groups for more information.
LINK section (Knob 3 and
4)
Configures the Link group for the selected pad. See section ↑5.1.5, Using Link
Groups for more information.
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FIX VEL (Knob 1)
Here you can adjust the exact velocity value used in the Fixed Velocity mode
(see above).
Using the Keyboard Mode
1. Select a Sound by pressing the pad it is assigned to.
2. Now enter Pad Mode by holding PAD MODE and lock it by pressing Button 1 (you can
then release PAD MODE).
3. Press Button 2 to enter Keyboard mode.
Playing on Your Controller
Adjusting Your Pads
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