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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

10 Using the Drumsynths

Drumsynths are a powerful set of monophonic Internal Instrument Plug-ins (i.e. Instrument

Plug-ins included with MASCHINE) that allow you to generate individual, fine-tuned drum

sounds for your music productions. Like any other Instrument Plug-in, you can load them only

in the first Plug-in slot of Sounds.

Drumsynths have been designed for extreme playability, both from the high-quality pads of

your MASCHINE controller and from any velocity-sensitive MIDI keyboard. They allow you to

quickly build custom drum sounds and give you full control over the characteristics of the vari-

ous drums — don’t hesitate to tweak them during your live performance or automate them like

any other Plug-in!

See section ↑7.5, Recording and Editing Modulation for more information on automation.

In this chapter you will find:

▪ An overview of the Drumsynths and a presentation of their common features: ↑10.1, Drum-

synths – General Handling.

▪ A detailed description of each particular Drumsynth:

◦ The Kick Plug-in: ↑10.2, The Kicks.

◦ The Snare Plug-in: ↑10.2.8, Kick – Push.

◦ The Hi-hat Plug-in: ↑10.3.8, Snare – Iron.

◦ The Tom Plug-in: ↑10.5, The Toms.

◦ The Percussion Plug-in: 10.6.

We describe here the specific handling and parameters of the Drumsynths. For a descrip-

tion of the features and characteristics of Plug-ins in general (including the Drumsynths),

please refer to section ↑6.1, Plug-in Overview.