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
Closing the Section Manager
► To close the Section Manager, click anywhere outside it.
Section Manager vs. Arranger’s Top Row
If all Section operations can be done in the Section Manager, most of them can also be done
in the top row of the Arranger:
The top row of the Arranger.
The only difference between the Section Manager and the Arranger’s top row is that the Sec-
tion Manager allows you to manage your Section banks, which is impossible in the Arranger’s
top row. Apart from this, actions in the Arranger’s top row and in the Section Manager are
strictly equivalent.
The Section Mode on the Controller
The Section mode is where you select and manage your Sections.
► To enter Section mode on your controller, press SHIFT + SCENE (Section).
→ Your controller switches to Section mode. This is indicated by the lit SCENE (Section)
button.
Now the pads on your controller represent the 16 Section slots of the current Section bank:
▪ The fully lit pad indicates the selected Section slot.
▪ Dim lit pads indicate Section slots referencing a Scene.
▪ Unlit pads represent empty Section slots.
In addition, the Section mode provides useful Section management commands. These are de-
scribed in the following sections.
16.3.2 Creating Sections
You can create a new Section directly in the Song view.
Working with the Arranger
Using Song View
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