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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

10.3.8 Snare – Iron

The Iron snare is an acoustic snare drum model that is capable of a metallic, bright sound.

The two modes available on its Advanced page select from two different snare wire characteris-

tics.

The parameters described below are presented as they appear in the Control area (Arrange

view). The same parameters are available in the Plug-in panel within the Plug-in Strip (Mix

view). See ↑9.4, The Plug-in Strip for more information on this.

Main Page

Element Description

MAIN Section

Engine Selects the engine used in the Snare Plug-in. If you change this setting, please

refer to ↑10.2.8, Kick – Push.

Tune Adjusts the pitch of the drum played by the middle C, measured in MIDI note

numbers and cents. Available values range from 46.00 to 70.00. The default

value is 58.00. For more details see ↑10.1.5, Pitch Range, Tuning, and MIDI

Notes.

Decay Adjusts the duration of the sound’s tail, measured as a percentage. Available

values range from 0.0 to 100.0 % (default: 50.0 %).

Skin Tune Adjusts the fine-tuning of the skin of the drum, measured as a percentage.

Available values range from 0.0 to 100.0 % (default: 50.0 %).

Impact Adjusts how hard the drum is hit, measured as a percentage. Available values

range from 0.0 % (softest) to 100.0 % (hardest). The default value is 75.0 %.

Body Adjusts the level of the snare body independently from level of the snare wires,

which is adjusted on the Advanced page (see below). Available values range

from 0.0 to 100.0 % (default: 75.0 %).

Advanced Page

The Advanced page contains parameters controlling the wires’ sound of the drum.

Using the Drumsynths

The Snares

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