User 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
- Adjusting Volume, Swing, and Tempo
- Undo/Redo
- 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
- Loading a Recent Project from the Controller
- Native Kontrol Standard
- Stand-Alone and Plug-in Mode
- Preferences
- Integrating MASCHINE into a MIDI Setup
- Syncing MASCHINE using Ableton Link
- 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 Mode Tags
- 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
- 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
In your operating system, Group files have the extension “.mxgrp” (MASCHINE 2) or “.mgrp” (MA-
SCHINE 1.x).
To learn more about the Browser, refer to ↑4, Browser.
Loading Groups on Your Controller
On your controller, use the Browser to load Groups:
▪ You can browse your MASCHINE Library for the desired Group. For more information on
how to do this, please refer to section ↑4.2, Searching and Loading Files from the Library.
▪ Alternatively you can recall the search query that was used to find the Group currently
loaded in the focused Sound slot. See section ↑4.8, Using Quick Browse for more informa-
tion.
5.3.3 Renaming Groups
By default, new Groups are named Group Ax–Hx, “x” indicating the bank number (Group A1–
H1, Group A2–H2, etc.).
You can rename Groups as you see fit. Naming is only available from within the software, but
any changes will also show up on your controller.
Group renaming is performed like Sound renaming:
1. Double-click the name of the desired Group in the Group List or right-click ([Ctrl]-click on
macOS) the Group and select Rename from the context menu.
The Group name is now highlighted and editable.
2. Modify the name of the Group. Press [Enter] on your computer keyboard to confirm.
Managing Sounds, Groups, and Your Project
Managing Groups
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