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
The channel’s context menu provides the exact same entries as in Arrange view.
Following management commands are available in the Mixer:
Management Command Action
Renaming channels Double-click the channel name in the header, type the desired
name on your computer keyboard, and press [Enter] to confirm
(or [Esc] to cancel). You can also open the channel’s context
menu and select Rename.
See section ↑5.2.3, Renaming Sound Slots and ↑5.3.3,
Renaming Groups.
Changing the channel’s
color
Open the channel’s context menu and select Color.
See section ↑5.2.4, Changing the Sound’s Color and ↑5.3.4,
Changing the Group’s Color.
Copying/pasting channels Open the channel’s context menu and select Copy or Paste.
See section ↑5.2.6, Copying and Pasting Sounds and ↑5.3.6,
Copying and Pasting Groups.
Resetting Sound channels Open the Sound channel’s context menu and select Reset.
See section ↑5.2.8, Resetting Sound Slots.
Deleting Group channels Open the Group channel’s context menu and select Delete.
See section ↑5.3.8, Deleting Groups.
Saving channels Open the channel’s context menu and select Save As….
See section ↑5.2.5, Saving Sounds and ↑5.3.5, Saving Groups.
You cannot move Sounds and Groups via drag and drop in the Mixer. This is only possible in Ar-
range view — see section ↑5.2.7, Moving Sounds and ↑5.3.7, Reordering Groups for more details.
Controlling Your Mix
The Mixer
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