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
A Macro Control of a channel can control any parameter located in the properties or Plug-ins of that
channel or of any underlying channel. In other words:
▪ For Sounds: You can assign the Macro Controls of a Sound to any parameters in its proper-
ties or Plug-ins. It is also possible to assign MIDI Control Change messages, Pitchbend and
Program Changes to Macro Controls in order to control external MIDI devices.
▪ For Groups: You can assign the Macro Controls of a Group to any parameters in its proper-
ties or Plug-ins as well as any parameters in any Sound inside the Group.
▪ For the Master: You can assign the Macro Controls to any parameters found in the proper-
ties or Plug-ins of any channel in your Project.
Obviously, the Macro properties (even of a different channel) are not available as targets for any
Macro Control.
Linking the same parameter to more than one Macro Control can be useful in the following example:
If a parameter of a Sound is particularly important, you can link it to the same knob in the Macro
Controls of that Sound, of its parent Group, and of the Master. By doing this, you ensure that the
parameter is always available on the same knob when you switch between the Master, Group, and
Sound level (but not if you switch to another Sound or Group, of course).
Macro Control Shortcut on the Controller
On your controller, a dedicated button allows you to quickly access your Macro Controls at any
time:
Press SHIFT + PLUG-IN (Macro) to directly switch to the Macro Controls of the focused chan-
nel (Sound, Group or Master).
12.3.2 Assigning Macro Controls Using the Software
Macro Controls can be assigned in two different ways. The quickest and easiest way is to cre-
ate a Macro Control directly from a parameter. The other more elaborate method is to use the
Pages Pane in the Assignment Area.
Audio Routing, Remote Control, and Macro Controls
Creating Custom Sets of Parameters with the Macro Controls
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