User's 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 Character 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
▪ If it is a Sample, it will be loaded into the Sound slot currently in focus. The Sampler Plug-
in will be automatically loaded in the first Plug-in slot in order to play the Sample. The
Sample will spread over the entire velocity and note range.
The file loaded will replace the object previously at that position or in this slot, if any! If needed,
you can undo/redo your action via the shortcuts [Ctrl] + [Z]/[Y] (Windows) or [Cmd] + [Z]/[Y] (ma-
cOS).
Loading Files via Drag and Drop
Except for Projects, you can also load files from the Result list into the desired location via
drag and drop. This notably has the following benefits:
▪ You can load the file into a Group or a Sound slot that is not currently focused, or into a
Plug-in slot that is not selected.
▪ You can load a Sample into its own Zone in the Zone page of the Sample Editor: A new
Zone will be created for that Sample. See section ↑17.5.7, Adding Samples to the Sample
Map for more information.
Drag and drop of Groups and Sounds is possible only in Arrange view.
Loading Multiple Files at Once via Drag and Drop
Once you have selected multiple files from the Result list (see description above), you can drag
and drop them to the relevant locations in MASCHINE. By doing this, please keep in mind the
following:
▪ When dragging several Groups onto the Group List, you have following options:
◦ If you drop the Groups between two existing Groups (where the insertion line appears),
the dropped Groups will be inserted between these two Groups.
◦ If you drop the Groups onto an existing Group, the dropped Groups will replace that
Group and the following ones.
◦ If you drop the Groups onto the “+” at the end of the Group List, the Groups will be
appended to the existing Groups in the Group List.
▪ When dragging several Sounds, you have following options:
Browser
Searching and Loading Files from the Library
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