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
(4) Zone List: Shows all Zones in a list. The Zone List can be shown/hidden by clicking the
Zone List button (1). Click an entry in the list to set the focus to that Zone. You can also select
multiple Zones, move them via drag and drop, and add/delete Zones in the list. See section
↑14.5.4, Selecting and Managing Zones in the Zone List for a complete description of the
Zone List.
(5) Map view / Sample view: The Map view is the default view (pictured above). It shows and
lets you edit all Zones contained in your Sound. The Sample view shows the waveform of the
Sample for the focused Zone and lets you edit some of its settings. Click the Sample View but-
ton (2) to switch between the Map view and the Sample view (the Sample view is visible when
the Sample View button is enabled). The Map and Sample views are explained in detail in sec-
tion ↑14.5.5, Selecting and Editing Zones in the Map View and ↑14.5.6, Editing Zones in the
Sample View, respectively.
(6) Zone settings: Displays the parameters for the focused Zone. See section ↑14.5.7, Adjusting
the Zone Settings for a detailed description of the available parameters.
14.5.3 Adding Samples to the Sample Map
You can add Samples directly to the Map view of the Zone page.
To see the Map view, make sure that the Sample View button is disabled next to the Zone
tab at the top of the Sample Editor. If this is not the case, click it to disable it.
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To add a new Sample, select one from the Browser or from your operating system and
drag it onto the Sample Map of the Map view (the biggest part in the middle of the Zone
page). Once your mouse is hovering the Sample Map, and before you release the mouse
button:
▪ Drag your mouse horizontally to choose the root key of the new Zone.
▪ Drag your mouse vertically to adjust the key range: With your mouse in the lower half of
the Sample Map the Zone will cover the root key only; dragging your mouse up in the up-
per half of the Sample Map will extend the Zone’s key range up to one octave above the
root key; with your mouse at the top of the Sample Map, the Zone will cover the entire
keyboard.
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As you release the mouse button, the Zone is created.
You can add other Samples to the Sound via this method.
Sampling and Sample Mapping
Mapping Samples to Zones
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