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
▪ Extended MIDI/host automation and parameter mapping: You can now assign MIDI controls
and host automation directly to MASCHINE parameters independently of the Macro Con-
trols. This is done via the new Assignment area under the Control area. See section ↑8.2,
Using MIDI Control and Host Automation.
▪ MIDI tracks in Patterns: You can now create and edit MIDI tracks at the Sound level for the
desired MIDI messages within your Patterns. These tracks will be sent in real time to the
MIDI output of the respective Sounds. They will also be exported together with the Pattern
via MIDI drag-and-drop export. See section ↑7.6, Creating MIDI Tracks from Scratch in
MASCHINE.
▪ MIDI file import: You can now import your MIDI files to Patterns in MASCHINE. See sec-
tion ↑7.8.3, Importing MIDI to Patterns.
▪ MIDI Program Change for VST/AU plug-in presets: You can now use MIDI Program Change
messages to change the presets in the VST/AU plug-ins loaded in MASCHINE. See sec-
tion ↑8.2.3, Selecting VST/AU Plug-in Presets via MIDI Program Change.
▪ Macro Controls available at all levels: Macro Controls are now available in every Sound, ev-
ery Group, and in the Master, allowing you to build your own sets of parameters as you see
fit — this comes in very handy when playing live! See section ↑8.3, Creating Custom Sets
of Parameters with the Macro Controls.
▪ Improved sampling facilities: The Sample Editor includes various improvements, among
other things: Slices can now overlap or have gaps in between; sample mapping has been
re-organized for more efficiency; etc. See chapter ↑12, Effect Reference.
▪ Pad view: MASCHINE now provides a dedicated Pad view that allows you to focus on the
way pads trigger the various Sounds of the Group. In particular, the Pad view hosts the re-
designed Link groups and Choke groups. See section ↑4.2, Managing Sounds.
▪ New effects: MASCHINE 2.0 includes a new Plate Reverb effect, and the Compressor pro-
vides a new Feedback mode. See section ↑12.4.5, Plate Reverb and ↑12.1.1, Compres-
sor, respectively.
▪ Improved looping: You can now loop any part of your song, not only Scenes. See section
↑13.3.1, Selecting a Loop Range.
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