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
Adjusting the Base Key in the Software
By default the base key of every Sound slot is C3 (i.e. middle C in the MASCHINE convention).
To change the base key of the selected pad(s) / Sound slot(s) in the software:
1. Click the Pad View button above the Sound List in the Pattern Editor to show the Pad
view for the focused Group.
2. Click the Key value and drag your mouse vertically, or double-click it, enter a new value
on your computer keyboard, and press [Enter] to confirm.
To change the base key of the selected Sound on your controller:
1. Press PAD MODE to enter Pad Mode.
2. To adjust the base key in semitones, turn the Encoder.
3. To adjust the base key in octaves, press SHIFT and turn the Encoder.
→ The new base key is indicated in the display.
6.2 Adjusting the Key, Choke, and Link Parameters for Multiple Sounds
In the software, if you select multiple Sounds with different Key, Choke and/or Link values, the
corresponding parameters in Pad view now display MULTI. On your controller in Pad Mode, the
corresponding parameters now display (MULTI).
Moreover, you can adjust these parameters for the selected Sounds as described below.
Adjusting the Key Parameter for Multiple Sounds with different Key Values
► Click and drag the MULTI label next to Key to transpose the base key of all selected
Sounds. While dragging, the field displays a +/-x value indicating the transposition that
will apply to all Sounds as you release the mouse button.
Playing on the Controller
Adjusting the Key, Choke, and Link Parameters for Multiple Sounds
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