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
Assigning Macro Controls from Parameters
Assigning a parameter as a Macro from a Channel or Plug-in properties is quick and easy. You
can simply right-click ([Ctrl]-click on macOS) a parameter name and select which Macro level
you want to assign it to.
To assign a Macro Control directly from a parameter:
1. Select Channel or Plug-in icon depending on where the parameter you want to assign is
situated.
2. Select the level where the parameter is, this can be on the MASTER, GROUP or SOUND
level.
3. Right-click ([Ctrl]-click on macOS) the name of the parameter (the text below the knob,
switch, or menu) you want to assign and select either Create Master Macro, Create Group
Macro, or Create Sound Macro depending on the options available, and to which level you
want to assign the parameter as a Macro Control.
⇨ The parameter is assigned as a Macro and you can see your assignments by selecting
Macro in the Channel properties and selecting the Macro level (MASTER, GROUP or
SOUND) where you assigned the Macro Control.
4. To remove a Macro, right-click the parameter again and select Remove Macro.
→ The selected Macro is removed.
Assigning Macro Controls Using the Pages Pane
Assigning Macro Controls is done in the Pages pane of the Assignment area when the Macro
properties are selected. The procedure is similar to the procedure used when assigning param-
eters of VST/AU plug-ins to Parameter pages in MASCHINE (see section ↑7.3.3, Setting Up
Your Own Parameter Pages).
Opening the Pages Pane in the Assignment Area
First of all, you need to open the Pages pane of the Assignment area for Macro properties. To
do this:
1. Select the Macro properties of the desired channel (Sound, Group, or Master) as descri-
bed in section ↑3.3.5, Navigating Channel Properties, Plug-ins, and Parameter Pages in
the Control Area.
Audio Routing, Remote Control, and Macro Controls
Creating Custom Sets of Parameters with the Macro Controls
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