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
▪ Follow mode for Patterns and Scenes: The Arranger and the Pattern Editor now provide a
Follow option that automatically synchronizes the display to the current playback position.
See section ↑7.1.3, Following the Playback Position in the Pattern and ↑13.1.3, Follow-
ing the Playback Position in Your Project.
▪ Advanced Undo: You now have two different Undo commands at your disposal: Step Undo
cancels the last action you did (classic undo), while Take Undo cancels the last group of
actions at once. In particular, this comes in handy when recording notes or modulation!
See section ↑2.3.4, Undo/Redo.
▪ Customizable metronome: You can now choose any audio sample for the downbeat and up-
beat sounds of the metronome. See section ↑2.5.1, Preferences – General Page.
Hardware New Features and Workflow Improvements
Most of the workflows on the hardware controller have been refined for more efficiency and
flexibility. Many of the new features in the MASCHINE software are also available from the
controller. We cannot list here all the hardware improvements but only mention the most visi-
ble changes:
▪ MASCHINE STUDIO controller: The new MASCHINE STUDIO controller includes numerous
unique features: big color displays, Mix mode, Scene Arrange mode, Pattern Arrange
mode, Master section for quick level adjustment, dedicated EDIT section for event editing
— to mention a few…
▪ Re-designed controller modes: All modes on all controllers have been improved to support
the new features of the MASCHINE software: unlimited number of Plug-ins, unlimited
number of Groups, multiple selection of Sounds and Groups, etc.
▪ New Record Settings mode: Press SHIFT + GRID to access the metronome, Count-in, and
Input Quantize settings from your controller. See section ↑7.2.3, Using the Metronome,
↑7.2.4, Recording with Count-in, and ↑7.2.5, Quantizing while Recording.
▪ New Record Prepare mode: Instead of pressing REC to start recording in real time, you can
hold REC a bit longer to show the Record Prepare mode. This mode allows you to adjust a
few essential parameters for your next recording (Pattern Length, Pattern Grid, metro-
nome). You can then release REC and directly start your recording! See section ↑7.2.2,
The Record Prepare Mode.
▪ Gate function for Note Repeat: You can now cut the repeated notes before the next ones or
let them overlap. See section ↑5.2.1, Note Repeat.
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