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
(11) Control Lane: The Control Lane provides a visual overview and editing tools for the modula-
tion and the MIDI/host automation of each parameter. See section ↑11.5, Recording and Edit-
ing Modulation and ↑12.2, Using MIDI Control and Host Automation for more information.
(12) Horizontal zooming scroll bar: Click the main part of the scroll bar and drag your mouse
horizontally to scroll through the Event area on the horizontal axis (time), or drag it vertically to
zoom in/out on this time axis. You can also click the left or right handle of the scroll bar and
drag it horizontally to zoom in/out while keeping the opposite border of the display at a fixed
position in the Pattern. Double-click the main part of the bar to reset the zoom and display the
entire Pattern. In Keyboard view (2) you will find a vertical zooming scroll bar with similar func-
tionality at the right of the Pattern Editor. See section ↑11.1.2, Navigating the Event Area for
more information.
(13) Edit Mode selector: The Edit Mode selector lets you choose from three different modes
when editing the content of the Pattern: Select, Paint, and Erase mode. See ↑11.4.1, Editing
Events with the Mouse: an Overview for more information.
(14) Step Grid settings: Use the Step Grid button to enable/disable the Step Grid, and the Step
Size menu to change the Step Grid resolution. See section ↑11.1.7, Adjusting the Step Grid
and the Nudge Grid for more information.
(15) Control Lane button: Click the Control Lane button to show/hide the Control Lane (11).
11.1.2 Navigating the Event Area
The Event area in the Pattern Editor can be scrolled and zoomed in or out to fit your current
needs.
Navigating the Pattern Editor Horizontally (Time)
A zooming scroll bar is available at the bottom of the Pattern Editor. This tool allows you to
both scroll and zoom in/out horizontally in the Event area and the Control Lane on the time
axis:
Working with Patterns
Pattern Basics
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