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
Available Chords
The Chord engine can automatically generate chords depending on the pad you hit and possi-
bly the selected scale. The Chord engine is controlled via two parameters:
▪ Chord Mode (Off by default): Selects from three different modes for generating chords:
◦ Off: No chords will be generated. Only the notes corresponding to the pads that you hit
will be played.
◦ Harmonizer: Generates chords based on the pads you hit and using notes from the se-
lected scale, as specified by the Root Note and Scale Type parameters (see above).
Use the Chord Type parameter to choose the particular notes to be used in the chord
(see below). As the chord is triggered, pads of all included notes flash.
◦ Chord Set: This special mode maps a set of chords onto the first 12 pads of your con-
troller. These chords are not bound to any scale type, they are only affected by the se-
lected Root Note. Use the Chord Type parameter to choose a particular set of chords
to be mapped onto the pads (see below). In this mode, only the pad you actuate flash-
es.
▪ Chord Type: Selects which chords will be mapped to your pads. The available chord types
depend on the selected Chord Mode and Scale Type:
◦ If Chord Mode is set to Harmonizer, the Chord Type parameter offers different chords
depending on whether Scale Type is set to Chromatic or to any other scale. All availa-
ble chords are listed in the tables below.
◦ If Chord Mode is set to Chord Set, the Chord Type parameter provides 16 different
sets of 12 chords each (8 major sets and 8 minor sets): Major 1, Major 2, …, Major 8,
and Minor 1, Minor 2, …, Minor 8. The 12 chords are mapped onto the first 12 pads.
Pads 13–16 are disabled.
When Chord Mode is set to Harmonizer and Scale Type is set to Chromatic, since this scale in-
cludes all semitones the chords can use any of them. Chord Type offers following chords:
Chord Type
Semitones Added above Played Note
Octave 12
Perfect 4 5
Perfect 5 7
Playing on the Controller
Performance Features
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