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
 
Adding Folders to the User Library
In the User pane of the Library page, you can add other folders to the user content of your MA-
SCHINE Library. To do this:
1. Click Add at the bottom of the pane.
A folder selection dialog opens up.
2. In the  dialog,  navigate to  the  desired folder  on  your computer  and  click OK  (Choose  on
macOS).
→ All MASCHINE-compatible files found in the selected folder are added to your user con-
tent in MASCHINE.
Furthermore,  the  imported  files  will  have  their  attributes  (product/bank/sub-bank,  Type/Sub-
Type/Mode tags, as well as properties) set as follows:
▪ For all file types, any attributes already in the files will be retained.
▪ For  Samples,  if  the  product/bank/sub-bank  attributes  are  empty,  they  will  be  set  to  the
folders in which the Samples are located:
◦ The product will be set to the name of the folder you have selected.
◦ If  Samples  reside  in  a  subfolder  of  this  folder,  the  subfolder  name  will  be  used  as
bank.
◦ If Samples reside in a subfolder of this subfolder, the name of the lower subfolder will
be used as sub-bank.
By adding a folder to the user content of your MASCHINE Library, you make their files availa-
ble in the Browser’s LIBRARY pane for quick searching and loading! For more information on
how  to  use  the  LIBRARY  pane  of  the  Browser,  please  refer  to  section  ↑3.2,  Searching  and
Loading Files from the Library.
Paths  to  folders  added  via  the  IMPORT  button  in  the  Browser’s  FILES  pane  will  also
show up here. The only difference between adding folders via the Add button in Prefer-
ences  panel,  described  here,  and  via  the  IMPORT  button  in  the  FILES  pane  of  the
Browser is  that the  latter  allows you  to  directly tag  the  files as  they  are imported.  See
section ↑3.6.5, Using the Result List for more information on how to import folders via
the FILES pane.
Basic Concepts
Preferences
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