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
↑14.5.5, Selecting and Editing Zones in the Map View. Note that the loop will always stay
within the play range. Therefore, when moving the Sample’s start and end points closer to
each other, keep in mind that it might also shrink the loop!
▪ Playhead indicator: When the Sample is played back (e.g., by pressing the pad or by click-
ing the little play icon in the information bar (2)), a playhead indicator (white vertical line)
shows you the current play position within the waveform.
▪ Selection range: Click and drag your mouse to create a selection range. The selection
range defines the portion to which the audio processing functions of the Audio Toolbar (7)
will be applied. Adjust the current selection range by dragging its borders or move it by
dragging its top part. Double-click anywhere in the waveform to set the selection range to
the play range (i.e. to select everything between the S and E markers). You can also select
particular ranges via the context menu (see below) and via the controls in the SELECTION
RANGE section (6).
▪ Context menu: Right-click (Mac OS X: [Ctrl]-click) anywhere in the waveform to open a
context menu with the following commands:
Command Description
Deselect Cancels the current selection range.
Select All Selects the entire Sample.
Select Play Range Selects the play range, i.e. the region between the S and E markers. This is
equivalent to double-clicking anywhere in the waveform.
Select Loop Selects the loop range.
Open containing folder Opens the folder on your hard disk containing the Sample, providing quick ac-
cess to the original file.
Save Sample As… Opens a Save Sample As dialog allowing to save the Sample under another name
and/or to another location on your computer.
(2) Information bar
Displays the file name and the length of the recorded Sample. Click and hold the little play
icon on the left to play back the whole Sample on the Cue bus (see section ↑9.2.6, Using the
Cue Bus for more information). Click the little circle (or pair of circle) at the far right to switch
the waveform display (1) between single-channel and two-channel display.
(3) Timeline
Sampling and Sample Mapping
Editing a Sample
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