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12.3 Creating Custom Sets of Parameters with the Macro Controls
Macro Controls enable you to control in one same location a selection of parameters coming
from different sources. Available in every channel (Sounds, Groups, and Master), Macro Con-
trols are very useful for playing live since you can choose a set of parameters from various sour-
ces to manipulate on one screen without having to switch screens.
MASCHINE 1.x owners: In MASCHINE 1.x Macro Controls were additionally used to automate MA-
SCHINE parameters via MIDI or host automation. This is not the case in MASCHINE 2.0 anymore:
automation and Macro Controls now are totally independent. Now MASCHINE parameters can be di-
rectly assigned to MIDI controls or host automation IDs (as described in section ↑12.1.4, Configur-
ing the Master and Cue Outputs of MASCHINE), while Macro Controls are plain shortcuts of the de-
sired parameters, at all levels of MASCHINE, and without any limitation in number.
The Macro Controls are available in the Macro properties.
The Macro properties (here for a Sound) in the software.
Please refer to section ↑3.3.5, Navigating Channel Properties, Plug-ins, and Parameter Pages in the
Control Area to know how to access the Macro properties in the software and from your controller.
12.3.1 Macro Control Overview
Each Macro Control can be assigned to one destination with the full range of the selected pa-
rameter. On the other hand, the same parameter can be the destination of more than one Mac-
ro Control.
To know which parameters you can assign to a Macro Control, consider this single rule:
Audio Routing, Remote Control, and Macro Controls
Creating Custom Sets of Parameters with the Macro Controls
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