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
2.3.5 Pattern Editor ............................................................................................................ 59
3 Basic Concepts .........................................................................................................
61
3.1 Important Names and Concepts ................................................................................................. 61
3.2 Adjusting the MASCHINE User Interface ..................................................................................... 64
3.2.1 Adjusting the Size of the Interface ............................................................................. 64
3.2.2 Switching between Ideas View and Song View ........................................................... 65
3.2.3 Showing/Hiding the Browser ...................................................................................... 66
3.2.4 Minimizing the Mixer ................................................................................................. 66
3.2.5 Showing/Hiding the Control Lane .............................................................................. 67
3.3 Common Operations ................................................................................................................... 68
3.3.1 Adjusting Volume, Swing, and Tempo ........................................................................ 68
3.3.2 Undo/Redo ................................................................................................................. 71
3.3.3 Focusing on a Group or a Sound ................................................................................ 73
3.3.4 Switching Between the Master, Group, and Sound Level ........................................... 77
3.3.5 Navigating Channel Properties, Plug-ins, and Parameter Pages in the Control Area . 78
3.3.6 Navigating the Software Using the Controller ............................................................ 83
3.3.7 Using Two or More Hardware Controllers ................................................................... 83
3.3.8 Loading a Recent Project from the Controller ............................................................ 85
3.4 Native Kontrol Standard ............................................................................................................. 86
3.5 Stand-Alone and Plug-in Mode ................................................................................................... 87
3.5.1 Differences between Stand-Alone and Plug-in Mode ................................................. 87
3.5.2 Switching Instances .................................................................................................. 89
3.6 Preferences ................................................................................................................................. 89
3.6.1 Preferences – General Page ....................................................................................... 90
3.6.2 Preferences – Audio Page .......................................................................................... 94
3.6.3 Preferences – MIDI Page ............................................................................................ 96
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