User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Title Page
- Disclaimer
- Contact
- Table of Contents
- Welcome to MASCHINE
- Basic Concepts
- Important Names and Concepts
- Adjusting the MASCHINE User Interface
- Common Operations
- Pinning a Mode on the Controller
- Pinning a Mode on the Controller
- Undo/Redo
- List Overlay for Selectors
- Zoom and Scroll Overlays
- 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
- Using Two or More Hardware Controllers
- Touch Auto-Write Option
- Native Kontrol Standard
- Stand-Alone and Plug-in Mode
- Preferences
- Integrating MASCHINE into a MIDI Setup
- Syncing MASCHINE using Ableton Link
- Using Footswitches with the MASCHINE Controller
- 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 Mode Tags
- List and Tag Overlays in the Browser
- 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
- Pattern Basics
- Recording Patterns in Real Time
- Recording Patterns with the Step Sequencer
- Editing Events
- Recording and Editing Modulation
- Creating MIDI Tracks from Scratch in MASCHINE
- Managing Patterns
- Importing/Exporting Audio and MIDI to/from Patterns
- Audio Routing, Remote Control, and Macro Controls
- Audio Routing in MASCHINE
- Using MIDI Control and Host Automation
- Creating Custom Sets of Parameters with the Macro Controls
- Controlling Your Mix
- Using Effects
- Effect Reference
- Working with the Arranger
- Arranger Basics
- Using Ideas View
- Using Arranger 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
- Assigning and Removing Patterns
- Duplicating Sections
- Removing Sections
- Renaming Scenes
- Clearing Sections
- Creating and Deleting Section Banks
- 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
16.5.1 Opening the Zone Page .............................................................................................. 880
16.5.2 Zone Page Overview ................................................................................................... 881
16.5.3 Selecting and Managing Zones in the Zone List ........................................................ 883
16.5.4 Selecting and Editing Zones in the Map View ............................................................ 888
16.5.5 Editing Zones in the Sample View ............................................................................. 892
16.5.6 Adjusting the Zone Settings ...................................................................................... 895
16.5.7 Adding Samples to the Sample Map .......................................................................... 902
17 Appendix: Tips for Playing Live ..................................................................................
905
17.1 Preparations ............................................................................................................................... 905
17.1.1 Focus on the Hardware .............................................................................................. 905
17.1.2 Customize the Pads of the Hardware ......................................................................... 905
17.1.3 Check Your CPU Power Before Playing ....................................................................... 905
17.1.4 Name and Color Your Groups, Patterns, Sounds and Scenes ..................................... 906
17.1.5 Consider Using a Limiter on Your Master ................................................................... 906
17.1.6 Hook Up Your Other Gear and Sync It with MIDI Clock ................................................ 906
17.1.7 Improvise ................................................................................................................... 906
17.2 Basic Techniques ....................................................................................................................... 907
17.2.1 Use Mute and Solo ..................................................................................................... 907
17.2.2 Use Scene Mode and Tweak the Loop Range .............................................................. 907
17.2.3 Create Variations of Your Drum Patterns in the Step Sequencer ................................ 907
17.2.4 Use Note Repeat ........................................................................................................ 907
17.2.5 Set Up Your Own Multi-effect Groups and Automate Them ........................................ 908
17.3 Special Tricks ............................................................................................................................. 908
17.3.1 Changing Pattern Length for Variation ...................................................................... 908
17.3.2 Using Loops to Cycle Through Samples ..................................................................... 908
17.3.3 Load Long Audio Files and Play with the Start Point .................................................. 908
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