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
10.4.2 Hi-hat – Circuit
Similar to the Silver hi-hat, the Circuit hi-hat uses a more complex oscillator for a more digital,
robotic sound.
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 Hi-hat Plug-in. If you change this setting, please
refer to ↑10.3.8, Snare – Iron.
Tune Adjusts the pitch of the cymbal played by the middle C, measured as a per-
centage. Available values range from 0.0 % to 100.0 % (default: 50.0 %). For
more details see ↑10.1.5, Pitch Range, Tuning, and MIDI Notes.
Decay Adjusts the duration of the sound, measured as a percentage. A short decay
produces a closed hat; a long decay gives an open hi-hat or cymbal. Available
values range from 0.0 to 100.0 % (default: 65.0 %).
Gate When enabled, the decay of the cymbal is choked by the end of the note. When
disabled (default), the cymbal plays as a one-shot sound, i.e. until the end of
its tail, no matter when the note is released, although the sound duration will
still depend on the Decay parameter (see above).
TONE Section
Color Adjusts the center frequency of the filter applied to the sound, measured in
hertz. Available values range from 932.3 Hz to 16.7 kHz (default: 7.4 kHz).
The default position gives a standard metallic analog hi-hat. Colored down, the
sound is much more melodic and in the midrange, good for percussion or ef-
fects. In a way this parameter is a more effective tuning control than the Tune
parameter itself. Note that the Color parameter also follows keyboard tracking
(i.e. the key/pad you play) along with the Tune parameter, limited to the range
of the parameter.
Using the Drumsynths
The Hi-hats
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