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
 
▪ A  new  empty  Section  is  created  after  all  existing  Sections.  You  can  then  assign a  Scene
using your controller and software — see section: ↑15.3.3, Assigning a Scene to a Section.
Creating a New Section on Your Controller
To create a new Section on your controller:
1. Press NAVIGATE + Button 3 (ARRANGER) to enter Arranger view.
2. Press SCENE + any unlit pad to create a new empty Section in the current Section bank.
→ A  new empty Section is created. You can then assign a Scene using  your controller and
software, see section: ↑15.3.3, Assigning a Scene to a Section.
15.3.3 Assigning a Scene to a Section
Now you have created  an empty Section  on the timeline of  the Arranger, you  can  now add a
Scene from the Ideas view to the Arranger view.
To add a Scene to a Section on the timeline of the Arranger:
► Right-click  ([Cmd]  +  click  on  macOS)  a  Section  slot  and  select  Append  in  the  context
menu, then for example, select Scene 2 from the submenu.
→ The selected Scene is added to the Section.
By repeating this for each new Section, you can quickly add Scenes to the Arranger.
To add a Scene to a Section in the Arranger view using your controller:
1. Press NAVIGATE + Button 3 ARRANGER to access the Arranger view.
2. Press SCENE then turn Knob 2 to select the Scene you want to add to the Section.
Working with the Arranger
Using Arranger View
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