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
▪ It is not recommended to run the laptop on battery, as built-in power management sys-
tems might slow the clock rate of the CPU in an effort to extend battery life.
▪ Disconnect all unused hardware (e.g., printer, scanner). This will increase the amount of
processing power available for your music software.
▪ Laptops are often equipped with built-in devices that disturb audio processing, most com-
monly Bluetooth transceivers, an Ethernet network adapter, or a wireless LAN card. You
might need to disable these devices while working with MASCHINE.
Windows users: The Online Knowledge Base contains additional tuning tips for your operating
system. See following articles:
▪ Windows 7 tuning tips for audio processing:
http://www.native-instruments.com/knowledge/questions/847/
▪ Windows 8 tuning tips for audio processing:
http://www.native-instruments.com/knowledge/questions/1395/
15.1.3 The MASCHINE Software Crashes
In case of a crash during runtime, please contact the Native Instruments technical support
team as described in section ↑15.2.2, Technical Support and send them your crashlog and a
detailed description of what you were doing with the software just before the crash happened.
You will find the crashlog in the following folders:
▪ Windows: My Documents\Native Instruments\Maschine 2\Crashlogs
▪ Mac OS X: Users/~/Library/Logs/CrashReporter
15.1.4 Updates
Whenever you encounter problems, it is recommended that you first download and install any
available software updates. Updates are released regularly to fix known problems, maintain
compatibility with operating system updates, and to continuously improve the software. The
version number of your software is displayed in the About dialog for all Native Instruments ap-
plications. This dialog can be opened by clicking the NI logo in the upper right corner of the
user interface, by clicking the MASCHINE logo in its upper left corner, or by selecting About
Maschine from the Help menu in the Application Menu Bar or from the Help submenu in the
MASCHINE menu. Alternatively, you can find the version numbers of all installed Native In-
Troubleshooting – Getting Help
Troubleshooting
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