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Table of Contents
1 Welcome to MASCHINE!
- 1.1 Where to Start?
- 1.2 What’s New in MASCHINE 2.0?
- 1.3 Manual Conventions
  - 1.3.1 Unlabeled Buttons and Knobs on the MASCHINE STUDIO Controller
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
  - 3.1.1 The MASCHINE Library
  - 3.1.2 Browsing the Library vs. Browsing Your Hard Disks
- 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
  - 3.7.1 Using Quick Browse on the MASCHINE STUDIO Controller
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
  - 4.5.1 Loading REX Files into Sound Slots
  - 4.5.2 Importing MPC Programs to Groups
5 Playing on Your Controller
- 5.1 Adjusting Your Pads
- 5.2 Playing Tools
6 Working with Plug-ins
- 6.1 Plug-in Overview
- 6.2 The Sampler Plug-in
- 6.3 Using Native Instruments and External Plug-ins
7 Working with Patterns
- 7.1 Pattern Basics
- 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
8 Audio Routing, Remote Control, and Macro Controls
- 8.1 Audio Routing in MASCHINE
- 8.2 Using MIDI Control and Host Automation
- 8.3 Creating Custom Sets of Parameters with the Macro Controls
  - 8.3.1 Macro Control Overview
    - 8.3.1.1 Macro Control Shortcut on the MASCHINE STUDIO Controller
  - 8.3.2 Assigning Macro Controls
9 Controlling Your Mix
- 9.1 Mix View Basics
  - 9.1.1 Switching between Arrange View and Mix View
    - 9.1.1.1 Switching between Arrange View and Mix View on the MASCHINE STUDIO Controller
  - 9.1.2 Mix View Elements
- 9.2 The Mixer
- 9.3 The Plug-in Chain
- 9.4 The Plug-in Strip
- 9.5 Controlling Your Mix from Your Controller
10 Using the Drumsynths
- 10.1 Drumsynths – General Handling
- 10.2 The Kicks
- 10.3 The Snares
- 10.4 The Hi-hats
- 10.5 The Toms
- 10.6 The Percussions
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
- 12.1 Dynamics
- 12.2 Filtering Effects
  - 12.2.1 EQ
  - 12.2.2 Filter
- 12.3 Modulation Effects
- 12.4 Spatial and Reverb Effects
- 12.5 Delays
- 12.6 Distortion Effects
13 Creating a Song Using Scenes
- 13.1 Arranger Basics
- 13.2 Managing Scenes
- 13.3 Playing with Scenes
  - 13.3.1 Selecting a Loop Range
    - 13.3.1.1 Selecting a Loop Range on the MASCHINE STUDIO Controller
  - 13.3.2 Jumping to Other Scenes
    - 13.3.2.1 Adjusting the Perform Grid on Your Controller
    - 13.3.2.2 Adjusting the Retrigger Setting on the MASCHINE STUDIO Controller
- 13.4 Triggering Scenes via MIDI (MASCHINE Plug-in Only)
14 Sampling and Sample Mapping
- 14.1 Opening the Sample Editor
  - 14.1.1 Entering Sampling Mode on Your Controller
- 14.2 Recording a Sample
- 14.3 Editing a Sample
  - 14.3.1 Using the Edit Page
    - 14.3.1.1 Using the EDIT Page on Your Controller
  - 14.3.2 Audio Editing Functions
    - 14.3.2.1 Audio Editing Functions on Your Controller
- 14.4 Slicing a Sample
- 14.5 Mapping Samples to Zones
15 Troubleshooting – Getting Help
- 15.1 Troubleshooting
- 15.2 Getting Help
16 Appendix: Tips for Playing Live
- 16.1 Preparations
- 16.2 Basic Techniques
- 16.3 Special Tricks
17 Glossary
Index

▪ Knowledge Base

▪ User Forum

▪ Technical Support

▪ Registration Support

You will find more information on these in chapter ↑15, Troubleshooting – Getting Help.

1.2 What’s New in MASCHINE 2.0?

Here is a short overview of the new or improved software and hardware features in MA-

SCHINE 2.0.

New Features

▪ MASCHINE STUDIO controller support: MASCHINE 2.0 supports the new groundbreaking

MASCHINE STUDIO controller.

▪ New audio engine with multi-core support: MASCHINE’s audio engine has been completely

re-written. Now providing full multi-core support, it reaches a new milestone in audio

quality while using less CPU power than its predecessor.

▪ Completely re-designed GUI: The user interface of the MASCHINE software has been re-de-

signed to improve workflow efficiency while retaining the MASCHINE feel.

▪ Mix view: The MASCHINE window now provides two switchable, complementary views:

Whereas the Arrange view contains the Arranger, the Control area, and the Pattern Editor

already present in previous versions of MASCHINE, the new Mix view offers two important

new tools: the Mixer and the Plug-in Strip (see below).

▪ Mixer: Located in the top part of the new Mix view, the Mixer is now at your disposal to

control each of your channels (Sounds, Group, and Master). Whereas the Arranger and the

Pattern Editor put emphasis on the arrangement of your song, the Mixer focuses on the

routing — in particular it makes controlling your various audio levels or setting up com-

plex audio routing a breeze! See chapter ↑9.2, The Mixer.

▪ Dedicated Cue bus: You can now send any Sound or Group channel to the new dedicated

Cue bus for pre-listening. Cued channels are temporarily removed from their normal target

and routed to the Cue bus instead. You can send the Cue bus to a separate output of your

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