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
To create a new modulation track:
1. To create a new modulation track for a parameter of a Sound, click the desired Sound in
the Sound List (left of the Pattern Editor) and click the SOUND tab in the Control area.
2. To create a new modulation track for a parameter of a Group, click the desired Group in
the Group List (left of the Arranger) and click the GROUP tab in the Control area.
3. In the Modulation pane click the “+” symbol at the end of the Modulator List to create a
new empty modulation track.
A new Modulator X entry appears at the end of the list (X is an ordering number) and it is
automatically selected. The corresponding modulation track is still empty. Moreover you
cannot create any modulation point in the track yet, you first need to assign it to a param-
eter of your choice.
4. Right-click ([Ctrl]-click on macOS) the Modulator X label to open a structured menu con-
taining all modulatable parameters in that channel.
5. Navigate the structure of the menu down to the desired parameter: For a parameter locat-
ed in Channel properties select Sound > [set of Channel properties] > [Parameter page] >
[parameter]. For a parameter located in a Plug-in select [Plug-in name] > [Parameter
page] > [parameter].
Once you have selected a parameter in the menu the parameter name appears in place of
Modulator X in the Modulator List and the modulation track on the right is editable.
→ In the modulation track you can now add and edit modulation points for the selected pa-
rameter as described above. The modulation track is added to all Patterns of the Group
and you can directly create different modulation points in other Patterns for that track.
Working with Patterns
Recording and Editing Modulation
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