User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Title Page
- Disclaimer
- Contact
- Table of Contents
- Welcome to MASCHINE
- Quick Reference
- Basic Concepts
- Important Names and Concepts
- Adjusting the MASCHINE User Interface
- Common Operations
- Using the 4-Directional Push Encoder
- Pinning a Mode on the Controller
- Adjusting Volume, Swing, and Tempo
- Undo/Redo
- List Overlay for Selectors
- Zoom and Scroll Overlays
- Focusing on a Group or a Sound
- Switching Between the Master, Group, and Sound Level
- Navigating Channel Properties, Plug-ins, and Parameter Pages in the Control Area
- Navigating the Software Using the Controller
- Using Two or More Hardware Controllers
- Touch Auto-Write Option
- Native Kontrol Standard
- Stand-Alone and Plug-in Mode
- Host Integration
- Preferences
- Integrating MASCHINE into a MIDI Setup
- Syncing MASCHINE using Ableton Link
- Using a Pedal with the MASCHINE Controller
- File Management on the MASCHINE Controller
- Browser
- Browser Basics
- Searching and Loading Files from the Library
- Overview of the Library Pane
- Selecting or Loading a Product and Selecting a Bank from the Browser
- Selecting a Product Category, a Product, a Bank, and a Sub-Bank
- Selecting a File Type
- Choosing Between Factory and User Content
- Selecting Type and Character Tags
- List and Tag Overlays in the Browser
- Performing a Text Search
- Loading a File from the Result List
- Additional Browsing Tools
- Using Favorites in the Browser
- Editing the Files’ Tags and Properties
- Loading and Importing Files from Your File System
- Locating Missing Samples
- Using Quick Browse
- Managing Sounds, Groups, and Your Project
- Playing on the Controller
- Working with Plug-ins
- Plug-in Overview
- The Sampler Plug-in
- Using Native Instruments and External Plug-ins
- Using the Audio Plug-in
- Using the Drumsynths
- Using the Bass Synth
- Working with Patterns
- Pattern Basics
- Recording Patterns in Real Time
- Recording Patterns with the Step Sequencer
- Editing Events
- Recording and Editing Modulation
- Creating MIDI Tracks from Scratch in MASCHINE
- Managing Patterns
- Importing/Exporting Audio and MIDI to/from Patterns
- Audio Routing, Remote Control, and Macro Controls
- Controlling Your Mix
- Using Effects
- Effect Reference
- Working with the Arranger
- Arranger Basics
- Using Ideas View
- Using Song View
- Section Management Overview
- Creating Sections
- Assigning a Scene to a Section
- Selecting Sections and Section Banks
- Reorganizing Sections
- Adjusting the Length of a Section
- Clearing a Pattern in Song View
- Duplicating Sections
- Removing Sections
- Renaming Scenes
- Clearing Sections
- Creating and Deleting Section Banks
- Working with Patterns in Song view
- Enabling Auto Length
- Looping
- Playing with Sections
- Triggering Sections or Scenes via MIDI
- The Arrange Grid
- Quick Grid
- Sampling and Sample Mapping
- Appendix: Tips for Playing Live
- Troubleshooting
- Glossary
- Index
▪ The Sample selected in the result list can be triggered from the pad of the focused Sound
or from any pad without being loaded into that Sound.
▪ Pressing any other pad triggers its Sound without changing the focus. To set the focus to
another Sound you have to press SELECT + its pad or to disable Prehear.
▪ Turn the 4-D encoder or Knob 8 to select the previous or next Sample in the result list.
Upon selection this Sample is played back and the previous Sample stops playing.
▪ Button 5 (PREV) and 6 (NEXT) do not automatically load the Sample they select as they
usually do (see section ↑4.3.1, Loading the Selected Files Automatically), but instead they
play it back as well.
▪ To load the Sample, press the 4-D encoder or Button 8 (LOAD).
When you disable Prehear, the playback of any Sample still being pre-listened is stopped.
The Prehear signal is sent to the Cue bus of MASCHINE. For more information on the Cue bus, see
section ↑13.2.6, Using the Cue Bus.
4.3.4 Loading Groups with Patterns
Every Group from the factory library includes a set of Patterns that illustrate possible uses of
that Group. Similarly, when you save a Group of your own to the Library for later use, all Pat-
terns you have created for that Group will be saved with the Group.
When browsing Groups, you can choose to load each Group with or without its Patterns. This is
done by clicking the + PATTERNS button at the bottom of the Browser:
▪ + PATTERNS button enabled: Groups will be loaded together with their Patterns. This al-
lows you to use the Patterns you have saved with the Groups. Upon loading, all Patterns of
the focused Group will be replaced, and a Clip referencing the first Pattern will be created
in the selected Scene.
▪ + PATTERNS button disabled: Groups will be loaded without their Patterns. This allows
you to load another set of Sounds while keeping your current Patterns. Notably, this can be
very useful to try another drum kit with your current Patterns.
+PATTERNS is only available when browsing Groups.
Browser
Additional Browsing Tools
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