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
5.5.1 Loading REX Files into Sound Slots ........................................................................... 218
5.5.2 Importing MPC Programs to Groups ........................................................................... 219
6 Playing on the Controller ...........................................................................................
223
6.1 Adjusting the Pads ..................................................................................................................... 223
6.1.1 The Pad View in the Software .................................................................................... 223
6.1.2 Choosing a Pad Input Mode ....................................................................................... 225
6.1.3 Adjusting the Base Key .............................................................................................. 226
6.2 Adjusting the Key, Choke, and Link Parameters for Multiple Sounds .......................................... 227
6.3 Playing Tools .............................................................................................................................. 229
6.3.1 Mute and Solo ............................................................................................................ 229
6.3.2 Choke All Notes .......................................................................................................... 233
6.3.3 Groove ....................................................................................................................... 233
6.3.4 Level, Tempo, Tune, and Groove Shortcuts on Your Controller .................................... 235
6.3.5 Tap Tempo ................................................................................................................. 235
6.4 Performance Features ................................................................................................................. 236
6.4.1 Overview of the Perform Features .............................................................................. 236
6.4.2 Selecting a Scale and Creating Chords ..................................................................... 239
6.4.3 Scale and Chord Parameters ..................................................................................... 240
6.4.4 Creating Arpeggios and Repeated Notes ................................................................... 253
6.4.5 Swing on Note Repeat / Arp Output ........................................................................... 257
6.5 Using Lock Snapshots ................................................................................................................ 257
6.5.1 Creating a Lock Snapshot .......................................................................................... 257
7 Working with Plug-ins ...............................................................................................
259
7.1 Plug-in Overview ........................................................................................................................ 259
7.1.1 Plug-in Basics ........................................................................................................... 259
7.1.2 First Plug-in Slot of Sounds: Choosing the Sound’s Role ........................................... 263
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