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
(11) Control Lane: The Control Lane provides a visual overview and editing tools for the modula-
tion and the MIDI/host automation of each parameter. See section ↑7.5, Recording and Editing
Modulation and ↑8.2, Using MIDI Control and Host Automation for more information.
(12) Horizontal zooming scroll bar: Click the main part of the scroll bar and drag your mouse
horizontally to scroll through the Event area on the horizontal axis (time), or drag it vertically to
zoom in/out on this time axis. You can also click the left or right handle of the scroll bar and
drag it horizontally to zoom in/out while keeping the opposite border of the display at a fixed
position in the Pattern. Double-click the main part of the bar to reset the zoom and display the
entire Pattern. In Keyboard view (2) you will find a vertical zooming scroll bar with similar func-
tionality at the right of the Pattern Editor. See section ↑7.1.2, Navigating the Event Area for
more information.
(13) Edit Mode selector: The Edit Mode selector lets you choose from three different modes
when editing the content of the Pattern: Select, Paint, and Erase mode. See ↑7.4.1, Editing
Events with the Mouse: an Overview for more information.
(14) Step Grid settings: Use the Step Grid button to enable/disable the Step Grid, and the Step
Size menu to change the Step Grid resolution. See section ↑7.1.7, Adjusting the Step Grid and
the Nudge Grid for more information.
(15) Control Lane button: Click the Control Lane button to show/hide the Control Lane (11).
7.1.1.1 Patterns on the MASCHINE STUDIO Controller
Your controller provides numerous modes to work on your Patterns:
▪ The Pattern Arrange mode allows you to quickly visualize the content of your Patterns and
gives you access to various edit commands (see below).
▪ The Pattern mode allows you to select and manage your Patterns: ↑7.7, Managing Pat-
terns.
▪ The Control mode (default mode of your controller) allows you to record Patterns in real
time using various recording modes: ↑7.2, Recording Patterns in Real Time. It also allows
you to record modulation for your Pattern: ↑7.5, Recording and Editing Modulation.
▪ The Step mode allows you to record Patterns (including modulation) in the step sequenc-
er: ↑7.3, Recording Patterns with the Step Sequencer.
▪ The Event Select mode allows you to select the desired events: ↑7.4.3, Selecting Events/
Notes.
Working with Patterns
Pattern Basics
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