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
Instrument Plug-ins Effect Plug-ins
Internal Plug-ins Audio, Sampler, Drumsynth, Bass
Synth
MASCHINE internal effects
Native Instruments
Plug-ins
VST/AU instrument plug-ins from
Native Instruments’ range of
products
VST/AU effect plug-ins from
Native Instruments’ range of
products
External Plug-ins Third-party VST/AU instrument
plug-ins
Third-party VST/AU effect plug-ins
▪ Instruments: These Plug-ins generate sound. Instrument Plug-ins can only be loaded in the
first Plug-in slot of Sounds. Following Plug-ins are available:
◦ Audio: Included with MASCHINE, the Audio Plug-in allows audio loops to play back in
time with the tempo of your Project. Adding audio with the Loops tag from the Brows-
er to the Sound slot will automatically load the Audio plug-in in the first Plug-in slot
of the Sound. See ↑7, Using the Audio Plug-in for more details.
◦ Sampler: Included with MASCHINE, the Sampler Plug-in allows the selected Sound to
play back Samples. Adding a Sample to the Sound slot will automatically load the
Sampler in the first Plug-in slot of the Sound. See ↑6.2, The Sampler Plug-in for more
details.
◦ Drumsynths: Included with MASCHINE, these Plug-ins are mini-synths specialized in
generating drum sounds. See chapter ↑8, Using the Drumsynths for more details.
◦ Bass Synth: Included with MASCHINE, this Plug-in is a monophonic synthesizer speci-
alized in generating bass sounds. See chapter ↑9, Using the Bass Synth for more de-
tails.
◦ Native Instruments: You can use all Native Instruments KOMPLETE instruments instal-
led on your computer as VST/AU plug-ins (e.g., MASSIVE, which is included with MA-
SCHINE). Products from Native Instruments are tightly integrated in MASCHINE.
◦ External: You can also use VST/AU instrument plug-ins from any third-party manufac-
turers.
▪ Effects: These Plug-ins modify the audio coming from the previous Plug-in slot (or from the
incoming audio if the Effect is loaded in the first Plug-in slot of a Sound). Effect Plug-ins
can be loaded in any Plug-in slot. Following Plug-ins are available:
Working with Plug-ins
Plug-in Overview
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