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Table Of Contents

Title Page
Disclaimer
Contact
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

►

To switch the Mixer display between all Groups of your Project and all Sound slots in a

particular Group, double-click the background of any Group header at the top of the Mix-

er.

→

If the Mixer was displaying Sound strips beforehand, it will display all Group strips in-

stead, and the Group you have double-clicked will be focused. If the Mixer was displaying

Group strips beforehand, it will instead display all Sound strips of the Group that you

have double-clicked. The last focused Sound slot in that Group will be focused again.

Make sure that you double-click in the header background and not on the number or letter

+number in the top left corner of the header — instead of switching the Mixer between

both views this would mute/unmute the Group channel in question!

9.2.2 Adjusting the Mixer Layout

No matter which of the Group or Sound level is currently displayed in the Mixer, you can adjust

its layout as described below in order to focus on your current task.

Maximizing/Minimizing the Mixer

You can minimize/maximize the Mixer so that it shows only the Group and Sound headers or

the entire channel strips:

►

Click the arrow button at the bottom left of the Mixer to show and hide the channel de-

tails in the Mixer.

Minimizing/maximizing the Mixer.

When the Mixer is minimized, the channel strips will shrink to their headers:

Controlling Your Mix

The Mixer

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