User Manual

5.5.3 Using Two or More MASCHINE Controllers
You can use two or more MASCHINE controllers of different types (MASCHINE JAM, MA-
SCHINE STUDIO, MASCHINE MK2, MASCHINE MIKRO MK2, MASCHINE, and MASCHINE
MIKRO) simultaneously with different instances of the MASCHINE software (possibly with one
instance in stand-alone mode). In doing so, the following applies:
▪ MASCHINE JAM will work alongside your existing MASCHINE hardware and share the fo-
cus of the MASCHINE software.
▪ Only one MASCHINE controller of any type can be connected to an instance at a time.
▪ You can choose which instance you want to control from each controller as described in
Switching Instances (see below).
▪ When you start a new instance of the MASCHINE software, it connects to one of your other
MASCHINE controllers according to following precedence rules:
◦ Rule 1: The MASCHINE STUDIO controller focus have priority over the MK2 control-
lers (MASCHINE MK2 and MASCHINE MIKRO MK2), which themselves take priority
over legacy controllers (MASCHINE and MASCHINE MIKRO).
◦ Rule 2: The MASCHINE controllers (legacy and MK2) have priority focus over MA-
SCHINE MIKRO controllers (legacy and MK2).
◦ Rule 1 has priority over rule 2.
If you have more than one instance of the MASCHINE software running on your comput-
er, you can control each instance with a different controller. See the MASCHINE Soft-
ware Manual for more information.
A controller that is disconnected from any MASCHINE software instance can be used in
MIDI mode (i.e. as a MIDI controller) at the same time as the other controller(s). See
the Controller Editor Manual for more information on MIDI mode.
Switching Instances
On the controller you want to use with the MASCHINE software, do the following:
Working with MASCHINE JAM
Using MASCHINE JAM in Plug-in Mode
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