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
Click the little “+” in the Header to switch between Default and Additional view.
macOS users: The VST plug-in of a Native Instruments product must be installed for this product’s
Default view (and Additional view, if any) to appear in the Plug-in Strip. If you normally use the AU
version of this Native Instruments product, please check that its VST version is also installed on
your computer to ensure the perfect integration of this plug-in into MASCHINE. You can show/hide
the AU version of Native Instruments plug-ins in the Plug-in menu (software) and Plug-in Browser
(controller) via the Use NI Audio Units checkbox in the Plug-ins page of the Preferences panel —
see section ↑3.6.6, Preferences – Plug-ins Page for more information.
You can also undock any Native Instruments Plug-in and open it in a separate floating window.
In the floating window you can notably switch between the Default view and the full user inter-
face of the original Native Instruments product — see section ↑13.4.5, Undocking a Plug-in
Panel (Native Instruments and External Plug-ins Only) for more information.
13.4.5 Undocking a Plug-in Panel (Native Instruments and External Plug-ins Only)
You can undock the panel of a Native Instruments or External Plug-in and open it in its own
floating window by clicking the little diagonal arrow in the Plug-in Header:
Click the little diagonal arrow to open the Plug-in in a floating window.
► To undock a Native Instruments or External Plug-in and open it in its dedicated floating
window, click the little diagonal arrow on the left of the Plug-in Header.
→ The Plug-in shows up in its own floating window.
Controlling Your Mix
The Plug-in Strip
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