Native Instruments MASCHINE MIKRO Manual

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2.3.7 using two or more hardware controllers ................................................................... 52 2.4 native kontrol standard ............................................................................................................. 53 2.4.1 installing kontakt instruments with n...

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3.5.4 the properties page ............................................................................................... 149 3.6 loading and importing files from your file system .................................................................... 149 3.6.1 overview of the files pane .................

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5.4.3 groove ....................................................................................................................... 237 5.4.4 level, tempo, tune, and groove shortcuts on your controller .................................... 240 5.5 performance features ..................................

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7.3.2 editing events in step mode ...................................................................................... 339 7.4 editing events ............................................................................................................................ 340 7.4.1 editing events with t...

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9.1.1 switching between arrange view and mix view ......................................................... 464 9.1.2 mix view elements ..................................................................................................... 465 9.2 the mixer ...............................................

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10.5.2 tom – fractal ............................................................................................................ 556 10.5.3 tom – floor ................................................................................................................ 560 10.5.4 tom – high ...............

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12.5.2 grain delay ................................................................................................................ 663 12.5.3 grain stretch ............................................................................................................. 666 12.5.4 resochord ...............

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13.3.14 looping ...................................................................................................................... 746 13.3.14.1 setting the loop range in the software .....................................................747 13.3.14.2 setting the loop range using the controller ....

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16 appendix: tips for playing live ..................................................................................881 16.1 preparations ............................................................................................................................... 881 16.1.1 focus on the hardware ...

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1.1 maschine documentation native instruments provide many information sources regarding maschine. The main docu- ments should be read in the following sequence: 1. Maschine getting started 2. Maschine manual (this document) additional documentation sources provide you with details on more specific ...

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1.2 document conventions this section introduces you to the signage and text highlighting used in this manual. This man- ual uses particular formatting to point out special facts and to warn you of potential issues. The icons introducing these notes let you see what kind of information is to be expe...

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Click patterns in the grid to assign them to the scene (assigned patterns are brightly lit). To un-assign an assigned pattern, simply click on it. To create new patterns in this view, double- click in an empty grid cell. ▪ a new button has been added for toggling between ideas and arranger views. Ke...

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2 basic concepts this chapter will reintroduce you to maschine’s main elements and terminology and explain how they relate to one another. You will also learn how to set up your audio interface and how to connect midi devices. Before reading this chapter it is strongly recommended that you read the ...

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Scene a scene is a combination of patterns for each group. They can be used to combine patterns in order to create musical ideas. Scenes are created in the ideas view and then added to sections in the arranger view to create an arrangement. Refer to chapter ↑ 13.3, using arranger view for more infor...

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The view submenu in the maschine menu. Full screen view is also available from your computer keyboard via [ctrl]+[f] (mac os x: [cmd]+[f]). 2.2.2 showing/hiding the browser ► click the browser button (with the magnifier symbol) in the header to show and hide the browser. You can also select browser ...

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Minimizing/maximizing the mixer. Minimizing the mixer on the maschine controller press view + pad 15 to show/hide the channel details in the mixer. 2.2.5 showing/hiding the control lane when maschine is in arrange view, you can show/hide the control lane under the pattern editor: ► click the arrow b...

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We show here how to put sounds and groups in focus when the maschine software is in arrange view (default view). For instructions on putting sounds and groups in focus in mix view, please refer to chapter ↑ 9.2.3, selecting channel strips . Setting the focus on a group ► to put a group in focus, cli...

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1. Set the focus to the group containing the desired sound by clicking it in the group list on the left of the arranger (see above). The focused group is highlighted. The pattern editor displays the sounds and patterns of that group. 2. Click the desired sound slot in the sound list of the pattern e...

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Once the sound is focused you can use f1 – f3 above the display to quickly switch between the master, the containing group and the focused sound! You can also select multiple sounds at once to apply changes to all of them. See sec- tion ↑ 4.1.3, selecting multiple sounds or groups for more informati...

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To select a particular plug-in or a particular set of channel properties, you first need to display the parameters of the master, the desired group or the desired sound. 1. To display the parameters of a particular group or sound, put it in focus by clicking it in the group list or sound list, respe...

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The parameter pages of the sound’s output properties: audio (currently displayed), aux, and midi. If all page names cannot be displayed at once at the top of the parameter area, two small ar- rows are displayed on the left to click through the pages: ► click the left or right arrow to access additio...

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Depending on what is shown on the display, some of the buttons might be inactive — in that case they are off. The active buttons (i.E. Those that would do something if you would press them) are always dimmed or fully lit. To see and edit any parameter of any channel properties or plug-in in any soun...

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7. Turn the control encoder to change the value of the selected parameter. For continuous parameters, press and turn the control encoder to change the value in finer increments. 2.3.5 undo/redo undoing and re-doing your last actions can be useful to cancel operations you have performed or to compare...

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▪ recording modulation outside of these three situations, take undo has the same effect as step undo (see above). 2.3.6 pinning a mode on your controller besides the default control mode, your controller has various other modes of operation, which you can enter by pressing their dedicated buttons. D...

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Hardware on the controller you want to use with the maschine software, do the following: ▪ maschine studio controller: press shift + plug-in , turn the jog wheel to select the desired instance, and press the jog wheel or button 8 to load it. ▪ maschine (mk2) controller: press shift + step , turn kno...

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The maschine library and the kontakt browser reference the instrument files con- tained in the folder. Do not delete or move the folder afterwards, otherwise maschine and kontakt will not be able to access the instrument files. 2.4.2 loading nks and third-party plug-ins from the plug-in menu the plu...

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Audio and midi handling when maschine is used in stand-alone mode, it directly communicates with your audio and midi interface. You can select which physical audio/midi ports have to be used on your inter- face, and configure crucial audio settings like the sample rate. All this is done via the audi...

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◦ rule 2: the maschine controllers (legacy and mk2) have prority focus over ma- schine mikro controllers (legacy and mk2). ◦ rule 1 has priority over rule 2. 2.6 preferences the preferences panel lets you specify various settings for maschine. ► to open the preferences panel, click preferences… in t...

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The preferences – general page. Setting description startup reload last project if this option is checked, the last project you worked on will automatically load the next time you start maschine. Recording audio basic concepts preferences maschine mikro - manual - 61.

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Setting description enabled check this box to activate the metronome. You can also enable the metronome by clicking the metronome button in the maschine header — see section ↑ 7.2.3, using the metronome . Auto-enable when recording auto-enable option automatically turns on the metronome when you sta...

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1. Open the general page of the preferences by clicking preferences… in the maschine menu (mac os x) or file menu (windows) of the application menu bar, or in the file sub- menu of the maschine menu. 2. Click the allow usage data tracking checkbox to enable or disable user data tracking. Usage data ...

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Setting description status this shows you whether your audio interface is currently running. Sample rate this displays the selected sample rate of your audio interface. Please restart maschine after changing the sample rate. Asio config (windows only) click open panel to access specific controls rel...

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The preferences – midi page. Basic concepts preferences maschine mikro - manual - 69.

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Setting description inputs clicking inputs displays a list of all the available midi inputs of your system. You can activate/deactivate each input by clicking the fields in the status column, which displays the current status of the corresponding port. Outputs clicking outputs displays a list of all...

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Setting description project standalone here you can select a project to load automatically when you start a new project in maschine used as a stand-alone application. The field displays the location of the template project selected for use. Click the folder icon to select another template project. A...

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At the top of the page, the factory and user buttons allow you to switch between the factory pane and the user pane. Factory pane ► to display the factory pane, click the factory button at the top of the library page. The preferences panel – the library page’s factory pane. Basic concepts preference...

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The preferences panel – the library page’s user pane. The user pane shows all user libraries currently used. These include maschine’s standard user directory as well as any other user directory you might have defined. These libraries will appear in the user view of the browser’s library pane. Basic ...

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The user content folder can neither be renamed nor removed from the list. You can modify its path in the location column. Standard user directory cannot be removed the standard user directory can neither be renamed nor removed from the list in the user pane of the library page in the preferences pan...

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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...

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The preferences panel – the plug-ins page’s manager pane. Basic concepts preferences maschine mikro - manual - 83.

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Manager pane: use ni audio units checkbox (mac os x only) on mac os x, the manager pane contains an additional use ni audio units checkbox. Check this box to include the audio units (au) versions of your native instruments plug-ins in the software’s plug-in menus and in the controller’s plug-in brow...

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Element description remove button click remove to remove the selected directory. Rescan button if you have changed the content of a directory (such as installed or removed plug-ins), you should rescan your plug-in directories in order to keep the list of available plug-ins up to date. Clicking resca...

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Setting description velocity scaling velocity scaling determines how your playing is translated into velocity values: starting from soft 3 (a soft touch is enough to get a big velocity value) through linear to hard 3 (you really have to hit the pad hard to get a big velocity value). Display brightne...

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▪ one device (maschine or komplete kontrol s-series) focused on that instance: the controller menu holds only one entry for that device. This entry is always selected and you can adjust the settings for that device. ▪ two devices (one controller from the maschine family and one komplete kontrol s- s...

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Setting description scene default selects a default color for your scenes. In the menu you can choose the desired color from the 16-color palette or white (default setting). The color selected as default is highlighted in the menu. If you select auto each scene will have a different default color. G...

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1. Select preferences entry from the file menu. 2. Select the midi page. 3. In the sync section select slave (receive clock) from the menu. 4. Select the input button to see a list of connected devices. 5. Check the name of the device sending midi clock (the device you want maschine to sync with). T...

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Master (send clock) activated. You can adjust the midi clock offset in the midi page of the preferences panel. See ↑ 2.6.3, preferences – midi page for more information. If you want maschine to send other midi messages than midi clock, in particular if you want to control other midi-capable devices ...

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After clicking the play button, playback will resume on the downbeat once the moving bar within the link button is filled. The first participant to join the session sets the initial tempo, from then on any participant in the session can change the tempo in their respective applica- tion. If multiple...

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Note that the library is the only other way to display and access your files: you could also navigate to the same files in your file system. The (substantial) difference lies in the fact that the library organizes your files in a musically relevant way. Which files are included in the maschine libra...

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 the elements of the library pane. (1) library tab: click the library tab to open the library pane described here. (2) file type selector: this contains six icons, each representing the different files types of ma- schine. From the left to right the file types are project, group, so...

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▪ for all files, click the edit button at the far right of the bar to open the attribute editor and modify the tags and properties assigned to the selected file(s). See section ↑ 3.5, editing the files’ tags and properties . Overview of the search workflow in the library pane when searching for file...

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The closed product selector header. Selecting a product category ► click on the product selector header to open it. → the product selector opens up, showing you all products available in your maschine li- brary. Browser searching and loading files from the library maschine mikro - manual - 107.

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→ upon your selection, the product selector automatically closes, the product name and icon appear in the header, and the tag filter and results list below will be filtered accord- ingly. Products are shown in the product selector only if the library contains files for them. If a particular product ...

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► as with the product selection, you can remove the selected bank by clicking the little cross next to the bank name in the closed menu. Loading a product from the product selector if you wish to not only filter the results list by selecting a product, but also load the product along with its defaul...

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(2) product category filter: shows the categories of the products that have files available in the maschine library. Click a category of a product to select/deselect it. Selecting a category limits the number of products shown in the product list below (3). Only one category can be selected at a tim...

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Similarly, some banks are split into several sub-banks. In that case a sub-bank menu appears under the bank menu and allows you to select a particular sub-bank. For example, in the pic- ture below the grain delay sub-bank of the maschine 2.0 library bank is selected for the ma- schine effect presets...

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3.2.4 selecting a file type the file type selector shows six icons representing the different file types of maschine: 1 2 3 4 5 6 the file type selector. (1) project: (.Mxprj) (2) groups: (.Mxgrp) (3) sounds: (.Mxsnd) (4) instrument plug-in presets: (.Mxinst) (5) effect plug-in presets: (.Mxfx) (6) ...

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Types and modes filters for the massive threat bank of the massive plug-in. ► click the desired tags in the tag filter to select them and limit the search to the files marked with them. Click the selected tags again to deselect them and broaden the search. Tags for projects, groups, sounds, and samp...

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▪ now imagine that you have loaded an acoustic shaker sample and want to find a sample for another drum instrument, e.G., a tom: you leave the drums tag selected at the top level of the types filter and directly go to the second level, where you select tom instead of shaker . As you select tom , the...

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Highlighted triangle next to the attributes (types and modes). 3.2.6.1 selecting type and mode tags on the maschine mikro controller on your controller in browse mode: 1. Press f1 to select the filter page. 2. Press the left/right arrow buttons to select the type field. Browser searching and loading...

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Selecting tags for instrument and effect presets when browsing instrument or effect presets, continue as follows: 1. Press the right arrow button to select the mode field. 2. Turn the control encoder to select a mode, if any. Turn the control encoder at full left to remove any particular selection (...

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You can also select multiple files in the result list in order to process them all at once. To select adjacent files in the list, do the following: ► hold [shift] on your computer keyboard and click two files in the result list to select these files and all files in-between. To select distant files ...

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▪ when dragging several instrument presets, you have the same options as when dragging sev- eral sounds (see above). Each instrument preset will be loaded into in its own sound, and the sound will take the name of the preset. ▪ when dragging several effect presets, you have following options: ◦ if y...

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Check that the desired group or sound slot is focused and/or the desired plug-in slot is selected before loading the file from the browser to avoid loading it at the wrong place! To set the focus to a group or a sound slot, you can use group buttons a – h and the pads without leaving browse mode (se...

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Autoload is not available when browsing samples with prehear enabled — see section ↑ 3.3.2, auditioning your samples . When prehear is enabled, button 5 and 6 select the previous/next sample in the result list without loading it automatically. 3.3.2 auditioning your samples when you are browsing sam...

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+patterns is only available when browsing groups. Loading groups with patterns using the controller when browsing groups on your controller: ► press f3 ( + pat ) to include or exclude patterns when groups are loaded. → when the option is enabled ( f3 lit and + pat label highlighted), groups are load...

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Assigned as a favorite, and also match all other selected filters, including the search query en- tered into the search field. Favorites are available for both the factory content and the user content. Here are some important notes regarding the use of favorites: ▪ favorites are automatically shared...

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1. Click on the filter favorites control next to the search field to filter the results by favor- ites: 2. The filter favorites control is now lit and the results list shows all favorites that match the selected search criteria: adding an item to the favorites list to add an item to the favorites, f...

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1. Click on the lit set favorite icon to remove the corresponding item from the favorites. 2. The item is removed from the favorites, indicated by the hidden set favorite icon. The next time you select the favorites filter, the item will not be shown in the results list. Using favorites with the con...

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7. Press shift + control encoder to set the selected preset as a favorite. 8. Press f1 to select filter . 9. Press the left/right arrow button under the display to select page favorites . 10. Turn the encoder to turn favorites on . ► the favorites filter is now activated and the results list shows a...

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▪ in the library pane of the browser, all pages are available: bank , types , modes (in- strument/effect presets only), and properties . ▪ in the files pane of the browser, only the types and modes pages are available. ► click the desired tab at the top right of the attribute editor to show the corr...

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Taken into account only if instrument or effect presets are imported. The modes page shows only one column: displaying tags ▪ in both types and modes pages, tags assigned to the selected files are marked with a check mark right of their name: ▪ in the types page, click the name of a tag to select it...

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3.5.4 the properties page the properties page is only available when opening the attribute editor from the library pane. The properties page of the attribute editor. The properties page displays three additional attributes of the selected files: ▪ vendor : use this field to indicate the manufacturer...

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(3) location bar: displays the selected path. The location bar provides various tools to quickly navigate your file system. See section ↑ 3.6.3, using the location bar . (4) recent locations button: click this button to see a list of the last visited locations and quick- ly jump any of them. See sec...

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The location bar. The location bar provides following tools: ▪ up arrow: click the up arrow on the left to go one level up in your file system. ▪ selected path: within the path displayed, you can: ◦ click any folder name to jump to that folder: ◦ click any right-pointing arrow after a folder name to...

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The result list of the files pane. If the list is too long to fit in the display, use your mouse wheel or drag the scroll bar on the right to show the remaining items. In front of each file, an icon indicates the type of the file: icons for various file types. Navigating your file system in the resu...

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The context menu in the result list of the files pane (windows depicted). Following commands are available: command description add to favorites (folders only) adds the selected folder to your favorites. See section ↑ 3.6.2, using favorites for more information. Import to library (folders only) impo...

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→ all maschine-compatible files found in the selected folder(s) are imported to your li- brary. They are added as user content (user icon selected in the content selector of the library pane, see section ↑ 3.2.5, choosing between factory and user content ). Fur- thermore, the paths of the imported f...

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The purge missing samples and the find missing samples entries in the context menu of a sound whose sample is missing. ► select purge missing samples from the sound slot’s context menu to remove the missing sample(s) from that sound. ► select find missing samples from the sound slot’s context menu t...

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◦ if a sampler plug-in is selected, it will recall the search query used for the sample loaded in that sampler. If several samples are loaded in the sampler, it will recall the search query for the sample in the selected zone in the zone list. ◦ if any other instrument or effect plug-in is selected,...

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4 managing sounds, groups, and your project this chapter explains how to handle the various objects that structure any maschine project: sounds, groups, and the master. 4.1 overview of the sounds, groups, and master in a maschine project, objects are organized into three hierarchic levels, from the ...

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When the software is in mix view, sounds, groups, and the master are represented by channel strips in the mixer. This view provides you with an intuitive control on both the audio and midi routings of any sound, group, and the master. Please refer to section ↑ 9.2, the mixer for more information. Th...

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▪ the selection, on the other hand, determines what will be affected by your actions (e.G., adjusting a parameter). For example, the focused sound (i.E. The one you clicked in the sound list) is implicitly selected — nothing special here: this just means that the sound whose parameters are currently...

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Selecting multiple sounds/groups in the software to select multiple sounds or multiple groups in the maschine software, simply use the com- mon keyboard shortcuts of your operating system: in the sound list or the pad view for sounds, and in the group list for groups. Following actions are available...

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▪ when multi is disabled ( f3 off): ◦ pressing group then the pad of an unselected group, or pressing the pad of an unse- lected sound, sets the focus to that group/sound and clears the current group/sound selection (only the focused group/sound is then selected). The pad lights up. ◦ pressing group...

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4.2.1 loading sounds you can load a readymade sound from the browser or from your operating system. The sound can be included in the maschine library or any expansion pack but it can also be a sound you have created yourself and saved for later use. You have many methods at your disposal to load a s...

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1. Press and hold the select button. 2. Check that f1 ( quiet ) is enabled — if necessary, press it to enable it. 3. Press the pad containing the desired sound. → the sound is focused without being triggered. 4.2.3 renaming sound slots by default, sound slots are named sound 1 – 16 . If you load a s...

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Notes on changing the color of multiple sounds when opening the color palette (in order to set a new color setting for the selected sounds): ▪ if the selected sounds have the same color setting (a particular color or the default color), this color is highlighted in the color palette. ▪ if the select...

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1. Right-click (on mac os x: [ctrl]-click) the sound slot in the sound list or in the pad view and select save as… from the context menu: a save sound dialog appears. By default, the sound file inherits the name of its sound slot and it will be saved in your standard user directory (as defined in pr...

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The copying procedure for multiple sounds is as follows: when you copy a selection of sounds, they are both placed into the clipboard and kept in the sound list. The pasting procedure for multiple sounds is as follows: ▪ when you paste a selection of sounds onto a sound slot, the pasted sounds repla...

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2. While holding the mouse button, drag your mouse toward the desired location in the sound list or in the pad view. As the mouse cursor moves an insertion line appears at the potential places where you can drop the sound slot(s). 3. When the insertion line appears at the desired location in the sou...

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→ the sound is removed from the pad and the pad turns off. 4.3 managing groups this section describes the global editing functions available for groups. Group menu many of the functions described in the following sections are available in the following two context menus: managing sounds, groups, and...

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▪ the context menu of the focused group in the pattern editor, opened via a right-click ([ctrl]-click on mac os x) on the group name in the top left corner of the pattern editor: both context menus are equivalent: use either menu as you see fit. 4.3.1 creating groups creating a group will add a new ...

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Automatic group bank management in maschine group banks are managed automatically, so that you don’t have to create or de- lete them manually. Group are always adjacent in the group list: you cannot have any gap in the group list — nor in any group bank. When you create a new group, the following ha...

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If you use maschine as a plug-in, some hosts will utilize the [enter] key, as it is map- ped to some function of the host software. In this case, click anywhere else in the ma- schine plug-in window to confirm the name you have entered. 4.3.4 changing the group’s color you can change the color of ea...

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► right-click (on mac os x: [ctrl]-click) the group in the group list or the group name in the top left corner of the pattern editor and select save from the context menu: → your modifications are saved to the sound file. Even if you don’t save a group individually, its current settings will still b...

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In the software, groups are copied without their clips in the arranger. To include the clips in the copying operation, use duplicate on your controller (see below)! To copy and paste groups in the software: 1. Right-click (on mac os x: [ctrl]-click) the group you want to copy in the group list or th...

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The pasting procedure for multiple groups is as follows: ▪ when you paste a selection of groups onto an existing group, the pasted groups replace that group and the following groups. Example: if you paste the groups a1 and b1 onto the group e2, the duplicates of a1 and b1 will replace the groups e2 ...

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2. While holding the mouse button, drag your mouse vertically toward the desired location in the group list. As the mouse cursor moves, an insertion line appears at the potential places where you can drop the group. 3. When the insertion line appears at the desired location, release the mouse button...

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4.4.1 saving a group with its samples sometimes it is useful to have the ability to save a group with its samples outside of the ma- schine library. If you want to take a group to another studio or if you want to backup or share a custom drum kit with all the related files, this comes in handy. To s...

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1. Choose save project with samples… from the file menu or the file submenu in the ma- schine menu: you will be presented with the save project with samples panel: 2. In this panel, adjust the settings (see table below) and click save to confirm or close to cancel the operation. Managing sounds, gro...

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2. Choose export audio… from the file menu or from the file submenu in the maschine menu. You will be presented with the export audio panel (see picture below). 3. In the export page of the export audio panel, select the source(s) and the destination (see description below). 4. If you wish, click th...

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Element description source output menu and output list underneath selects what will be exported. The content of the output list under the menu depends on your selection in the menu: master output: select this to export the master output signal (including all groups and sounds and their effects) to o...

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The export page of the export audio panel. Following parameters are available: element description options normalize if this option is checked, the resulting audio file(s) will be normalized, i.E. The exported audio will be brought to the highest possible level without clipping (0 dbfs). Managing so...

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Names of the exported audio files the exported audio files are named according to following rules: ▪ if master output is selected in the output menu the audio file will be named as follows: [project name] - [bpm].Wav/aiff ▪ if group outputs is selected in the output menu the audio files will be name...

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Mpc parameter mpc500, 1000, 2500 mpc400 0 mpc2000 (xl) mpc300 0 maschine parameter range lower/higher x x − − high/low key tuning x x x x tune attack x x x x attack decay x x x x decay voice overlap x − x x polyphony filter1 type x − − − filter type filter1 frequency x − x x filter cutoff filter1 re...

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Control description import all banks select this to import all banks of the mpc program file. Each bank will be loaded into a separate group. Import one bank select this if you only want to import a single bank. Use the drop-down menu to the right to select which bank you want to import. The list be...

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► click the pad view button to show or hide the pad view. When the pad view button is enabled, the pad view replaces the sound list below: the pad view replaces the sound list. At the top of the pad view, the grid of pads gives you access to all sound slots of the current group. The focused pad is f...

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Parameter description keybd ( f1 ) activates/deactivates keyboard mode. In this mode your pads play notes of the focused sound at 16 different pitches. This is well suited for melodic instruments. See the next paragraph for a detailed description of the keyboard mode. Please note that keyboard mode ...

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To shift the scale in octaves use f2 ( oct - ) or f3 ( oct + ). You can also adjust the scale in semitones via the parameter 5/6: base key described above. Try to experiment with all kinds of samples in the keyboard mode; some rather boring sounding samples can be really interesting if you play them...

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5.1.4 using choke groups when your pads are in group mode, choke groups allow you to build sets of “mutually exclu- sive” pads: a choke group lets you force each newly triggered sound to cancel out all other sounds still playing — in other terms, these sounds would never play together, the newer sou...

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5. Turn the control encoder to select the desired choke mode from master (default set- ting) or slave for that pad. 6. Release pad mode (or press it again if you pinned the mode). 5.1.5 using link groups when your pads are in group mode, link groups allow you to link pads with each other: this can b...

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3. Turn the control encoder to select the desired link group 1 – 8 for that pad or choose none (default setting) to remove the pad from its current link group. 4. Press the right arrow button to display the 4/6: link mode parameter. 5. Turn the control encoder to select the desired link mode from ma...

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This is also true when adjusting the parameter from your controller. 5.3 adjusting the base key in group mode, the base key defines the key (or pitch) at which the selected sound will be played when its pad is pressed. In keyboard mode, it defines the key played by pad 1 on your controller; pads 2 –...

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Audio mute vs. Event mute at the group level, the mute function is an audio mute: the whole audio output of the muted group will be bypassed. At the sound level, the mute function is by default a trigger mute: the pattern content (the events) for the muted sound will not be triggered — but any audio...

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Muting a group ► to mute a group, click the group index (letter + number) on the left side of the group in the arranger: muting a group. ► to unmute the group, click the group index again. Mute and solo work in the same way: the solo mode on the controller. 1. Press and hold solo to enter solo mode....

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5.4.2 choke all notes the choke all notes feature allows you to kill any note or event currently playing in your project. This affects the audio coming from all plug-ins (internal, native instruments, and ex- ternal). Choke all notes is only available on your controller: ► press shift + mute to chok...

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Controls description cycle determines on what musical resolution the groove is applied. This directly affects which events will be shifted. Values are measured in fractions of a whole note. Invert allows you to invert the groove so that instead of being delayed in the pattern events will be triggere...

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4. To change the output level of a group, hold the group button, press the pad 9 – 16 of the desired group (first navigate to its group bank via the left/right arrow buttons if necessa- ry), and turn the control encoder while holding group . 5. To change the output level of an individual sound, hold...

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Press and turn the control encoder to adjust the value in finer increments. At the master level, the shortcut controls the tempo parameter in the header. The tempo parameter in the software’s header. At the group and sound level, the shortcut works only with sounds containing a sam- pler or a drumsy...

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▪ the notes played on your pads are first sent to the perform features (scale, chord, and arp engines), which send the resulting notes to the pattern editor. In other terms, you can re- cord the generated scales, chords or arpeggiated notes into your patterns. However, the perform features do not pr...

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2. Turn the control encoder to set the root note to d3 . → hit a few pads: they trigger the notes from the minor pentatonic scale based on d. Fur- thermore all your pads were shifted two semitones up so that pad 1 still triggers the root note of the selected scale. Now we want the pads to trigger ch...

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▪ the output of the scale and chord engine is recorded into the pattern editor. ▪ the scale and chord parameters cannot be modulated nor automated in maschine. ▪ of course, if a sound slot contains a komplete instrument providing control notes (e.G., key switches) on particular keys, these notes wil...

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◦ harmonizer: generates chords based on the pads you hit and using notes from the se- lected scale, as specified by the root note and scale type parameters (see above). Use the chord type parameter to choose the particular notes to be used in the chord (see below). As the chord is triggered, pads of...

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Type of pad (for selected scale) led in default state led when pad triggered root notes fully lit flash other pads dimly lit flash note that if chord mode is set to harmonizer, pads triggered as part of the chord will also flash. When chord mode is set to chord set, pad 1 is fully lit: type of pad l...

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Arp and note repeat have similar modes on your controller: depending on whether your pads are in group mode or keyboard mode, pressing note repeat on your controller will switch to note repeat mode or arp mode, respectively. Arp mode simply adds a few parameters to those found in note repeat mode. G...

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Element description lock ( f3 ) keeps the arp feature enabled even when you leave arp mode. For example, this can be useful to adjust the chord settings, switch to another pattern, adjust plug-in parameters, etc., while keeping arpeggios running. If arp is locked, when you switch to another controll...

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To reproduce a note repeat using arp mode, set type to chord , sequence to off , and octaves to 1 . To repeat single notes, additionally make sure that chords are disa- bled (in pad mode, check that chord mode is set to off ). 5.5.5 swing also applied to note repeat / arp output the swing engines (a...

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The control area displaying the content of the sound kick ordinance of the selected sound slot 1. Sounds, groups, and the master can each hold any number of plug-ins. These are stacked up in the plug-in list, on the left of the control area. Working with plug-ins plug-in overview maschine mikro - ma...

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Instrument plug-ins effect plug-ins internal plug-ins sampler, drumsynths 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...

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The control area above. The control area will now show the content (channel properties or plug-ins) of the sound we have just selected. 2. At the far left of the control area, click the little plug icon to display the plug-ins. This displays the plug-in list on the left of the control area: the plug...

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A few plug-ins loaded. This down-pointing arrow lets you open the plug-in menu for slots already hosting a plug-in. ► in the plug-in list, click the down-pointing arrow at the right of a plug-in name to open the plug-in menu for that slot. You can also right-click ([ctrl]-click on mac os x) the plug...

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Plug-in menu entry description native instruments submenu lists available native instruments’ instruments (first plug-in slot of sounds only) and effects. For products working both as instrument and effect, the effect plug-in name is followed by the mention fx. If necessary each entry is followed by...

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4. While holding nav , turn the control encoder or press the dimmed pads to select the de- sired plug-in slot. The name of the selected plug-in appears in the display — if there are no plug-ins in the channel this will read (none) . → you are now ready to load, insert, remove or replace a plug-in as...

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▪ troubleshooting complex effect chains and routings (“where does this strange reverb tail come from?”). To bypass a plug-in, do the following: 1. If you want to bypass a plug-in of the master, click the master tab in the top left corner of the control area. 2. If you want to bypass a plug-in of a g...

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Hold shift and nav and press the pad corresponding to the desired plug-in in order to mute/unmute it. Use the same method to unmute the plug-in: ► to unmute a plug-in, hold shift + nav and press the pad of the plug-in slot again. In most cases the first plug-in slot contains an instrument plug-in (e...

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5. In the plug-in menu that opens, select paste. → the plug-in with all its parameters has now been moved from its original location to its target location. Duplicating plug-ins across sounds and groups instead of selecting cut in the plug-in menu of the original slot (see above), select copy to du-...

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Plug-in menu entry description save as default… saves the current settings and assignments as the default preset for the plug-in. This default preset will be loaded with this plug-in the next time it is opened. Remove default preset removes the default preset for the current plug-in. This menu item ...

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→ the default plug-in preset is removed and the plug-in will load with its initialized settings next time it is opened. You can also use the plug-in manager in the preferences panel to gain an overview of your de- fault plug-in presets and also remove them if required. Removing the default preset fo...

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Parameter description voice settings polyphony here you can define a voice limit for the sound, that is the maximum number of voices (notes) the sampler can play simultaneously. Once this polyphony has been reached, triggering any additional note will kill the “oldest” note still playing (i.E. The n...

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The type selector. The type selector allows you to choose from three different types of amplitude envelopes. De- pending on the selected type, the available parameters in the amplitude envelope section will differ (see table below): ▪ one-shot: this is typical vintage drum machine behavior: the samp...

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6.2.3 page 3: fx / filter sampler parameters – page 3 of 6: fx and filter on the controller. Sampler parameters – page 3 of 6: fx and filter in the software. Fx this is a small selection of basic effects, not to be mixed up with the collection of effect plug- ins covered in depth in chapter ↑ 12, ef...

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Sampler parameters – page 4 of 6: modulation envelope and destination in the software. Modulation envelope the modulation envelope section offers an additional envelope allowing further modifica- tion (or “modulation”) of specific sampler parameters according to the way you play on the pads. Its par...

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Lfo controls description type here you can choose the shape of the lfo waveform. Available shapes are sine, tri (triangle), rect (rectangle), saw, and random. Speed controls the rate of the lfo measured in hertz (hz). If you choose to synchronize the speed by activating sync , it will show note valu...

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Parameter modulation destination cutoff cutoff parameter of the filter section (with filter types lp2, hp2, bp2 only) on the fx / filter page (page 3). Volume this allows you to modulate the volume, which is what velocity normally is used for. Modwheel destination here you can determine how incoming...

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Maschine showing the user interfaces of a few native instruments plug-ins (monark, passive eq, guitar rig, and fm8). When a native instruments or external plug-in has been loaded into a plug-in slot, a little di- agonal arrow appears left of the parameter pages’ tabs, at the top of the control area:...

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▪ edit view: the edit view shows the full user interface of the original native instruments product. You can show/hide the edit view by clicking the edit button (showing a pencil icon) in the plug-in header: opening/closing plug-in windows on the controller on the maschine mikro controller, do the f...

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Parameter pages may be assigned automatically using auto-mapping (see section ↑ 6.3.2, using the vst/au plug-in parameters above) or created individually via learn mode. With learn mode, you can create custom pages containing only the desired parameters arranged to fit your personal workflow. Moreov...

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(1) delete page button (“x” symbol): click the little “ x ” after a page name to delete this parame- ter page. (2) add page button (“+” symbol): click the little “ + ” after the last page label to append a new page. By default, pages are labeled “page 1,” “page 2,” etc. You can change page labels by...

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Pages name - context menu when the assignment area is opened and the pages tab is selected, a right-click on a page name at the top of the parameter area opens a context menu. The parameter pages’ context menu. The context menu contains the following items: menu item description keyboard shortcuts d...

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This submenu provides the list of all presets that your vst/au plug-in has made available to the host — maschine in this case. 3. Select the desired preset in this submenu. → the preset is loaded into the plug-in. Each vst/au instrument or effect might handle its presets (or patches, programs…) diff...

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7 working with patterns creating a pattern is where the fun starts, because the sequencer really is the core of ma- schine. Both your controller and the software provide you with many powerful tools to create and edit your own beats. This chapter is organized as follows: ▪ general points on patterns...

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(3) sample editor button: click this button to switch between the pattern editor and the sample editor. The sample editor is covered in chapter ↑ 12, effect reference . (4) sound list: sound slots 1 – 16 of the selected group are listed here. In keyboard view (2), click a sound slot to display its e...

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▪ the grid mode lets you adjust the step grid: ↑ 7.1.7, adjusting the step grid and the nudge grid . 7.1.2 navigating the event area the event area in the pattern editor can be scrolled and zoomed in or out to fit your current needs. Navigating the pattern editor horizontally (time) a zooming scroll...

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Action shortcut scroll pattern left press pad 1 scroll pattern right press pad 3 zoom in (pattern editor) press pad 6 zoom out (pattern editor) press pad 2 keyboard mode only: scroll pattern up press pad 8 scroll pattern down press pad 4 you can also use the left/right arrow buttons and the control ...

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▪ on your controller the follow function affects the displays in scene mode when arrange submode is enabled. Additionally, in step mode the follow function affects the pads: with follow enabled, when the playhead has gone across all 16 steps shown by the pads on your controller, the pads switch to t...

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If playback is on, the jumps retain the playhead position relative to the grid resolution (pattern grid without shift , step grid with shift ). Using your controller, you can jump outside the current pattern. For more details, please see section ↑ 13.4.1, jumping to another playback position in your...

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Switching between group and keyboard view from your controller the group/keyboard view in the software is always in sync with the group/keyboard mode of the pads on your controller: switching between group and keyboard view in the software will automatically switch between group mode and keyboard mo...

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Reducing the length of a pattern might exclude the last events from the pattern. However these events are not deleted: they simply appear darker in the event area and will be included back into the pattern next time you extend it. Events beyond the pattern’s end can be edited in the software. Howeve...

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In the pattern editor, the step grid is indicated by the gray vertical lines in the event area: the vertical lines represent the step grid in the event area. By default the step grid is active and the step size is 1/16th. However you may use another step size or disable the step grid completely, as ...

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► to adjust the nudge grid, right-click ([ctrl]-click on mac os x) on the background of the event area, select nudge grid in the menu, and choose a resolution from the values avail- able in the submenu: step, step/2, step/4, step/8, and step/16: the nudge grid is not indicated in the event area of t...

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2. Press f3 ( step ) to access the step and nudge grid settings. 3. Use the right arrow button under the display to select the nudge parameter at the bot- tom of the display: 4. Turn the control encoder to select the desired nudge grid resolution. → the new nudge grid resolution is directly in use —...

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Replace mode when recording in replace mode the events of the selected sound(s) are replaced by what you play. 1. Select the sound(s) of which you want to replace events: in group mode you can select multiple sounds (see section ↑ 4.1.3, selecting multiple sounds or groups ); in keyboard mode only t...

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The record prepare mode on the controller 1. With rec disabled, press and hold rec to enter record prepare mode. After a second, the following display appears: 2. While holding rec , press the right arrow button to select patgrid and turn the control encoder to adjust the pattern grid resolution. 3....

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2. Press the left arrow button repeatedly until metronome level appears on the display and turn the control encoder to adjust the metronome volume. 3. Press the left/right arrow button to select time on the display and turn the control en- coder to select a time signature. While adjusting the metron...

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2. Press the left/right arrow button to select count-in length on the display and turn the control encoder to select a duration for the count-in. 7.2.5 quantizing while recording you can choose to have notes automatically quantized as you record them on the pads. This is called input quantization. Y...

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A typical 4/4 line in step mode. In step mode events are created with following settings: ▪ the event pitch is set to the sound’s base key. To know how to change the base key of your sounds, see section ↑ 5.1.3, adjusting the base key . ▪ the event velocity is defined by how hard you hit the pads, u...

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Doubling your pattern you can quickly double the content of the pattern: ► press f2 ( double ) to double the content of the pattern. → the length of the pattern is doubled. All events in the original pattern are duplicated to the second half of the extended pattern. Any events that were located beyo...

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► to choose a mouse edit mode, click the desired icon in the edit mode selector, at the bottom left of the pattern editor. You can also right-click ([ctrl]-click on mac os x) in the background of the event area and select the desired mode from the context menu. (1) select mode: provides an exhaustiv...

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Action function [ctrl] + drag left/right note border (mac os x: [cmd] + drag left/right border) freely moves the start/end of selected notes (overrides the step grid quantization), thereby resizing the notes. Drag note vertically group view: moves selected notes to another sound of the group. Keyboa...

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Your controller offers numerous ways to create events — on your controller this is referred to as “recording patterns.” for details on this please refer to section ↑ 7.2, recording patterns in re- al time and ↑ 7.3, recording patterns with the step sequencer . 7.4.3 selecting events/notes maschine p...

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The select mode on your controller: selecting events and notes. You can now select notes and events using the pads. Depending on the current pad mode (group mode or keyboard mode, see ↑ 5.1.1, the pad view in the software ), events will be se- lected differently: ▪ in group mode (the default mode of...

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Action function double-click note deletes selected notes. Right-click (mac os x: [ctrl]- click) deletes selected notes. If multiple notes are selected, mouse actions can be performed on any of the selected notes — they will apply to all selected notes. If you perform any of the actions listed above ...

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► press shift + pad 7 ( nudge ) to nudge the selected events to the left, or shift + pad 8 ( nudge > ) to nudge the selected events to the right. If nothing is selected, all event/ notes in the pattern will be affected. Setting the step grid to “off” and then using nudge will shift events in extreme...

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If select mode is pinned, you can release select and only hold erase when pressing the pads to erase the desired events. See section ↑ 2.3.6, pinning a mode on your con- troller for more information on pinning modes. If you accidentally deleted events, press shift + pad 1 to undo it! Deleting the se...

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→ the events will be pasted according to the rules described hereinafter. If no event is se- lected, all displayed events will be affected: in keyboard view these are all events of the focused sound; in group view these are all events of all sounds within the group (see section ↑ 7.1.5, group view a...

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→ the events will be pasted according to the same rules as when using the keyboard short- cuts in the software (see above). If no event is selected, all displayed events will be af- fected: in keyboard view these are all events of the focused sound; in group view these are all events of all sounds w...

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To apply full or half quantization: 1. Select the events you wish to quantize. If nothing is selected, the whole pattern content will be quantized. See --- missing link --- to know how to select events. 2. To apply full quantization to the selected events, press shift + pad 5 ( quantize ). 3. To app...

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7.4.10 adding variation to patterns variation provides an abundance of inspiration and even “happy accidents” when applied to your workflow. The variation engine contains two modes: ▪ humanize: this mode adds natural rhythmic fluctuations to programmed sequences. ▪ random: this mode provides randoml...

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Element description note hi create notes no higher than the set value. Velocity range velocity lo create notes with a velocity no lower than the set value. Velocity hi create notes with a velocity no higher than the set value. Chords (keyboard mode) note count set the amount of notes that are availa...

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▪ temporary: the modified value is valid only until the end of the clip: when the scene is looped or when playback is restarted, the parameter value is reset to its non-modulated val- ue. ▪ relative (knobs only): for continuous parameters (these parameters are controlled by a ro- tary knob in the so...

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◦ sound’s and group’s output properties: the cue button in the audio page. ◦ group’s input properties: the root note knob in the midi page. At the sound and group level the same parameters are both automatable and modulata- ble. For more information on automation please refer to section ↑ 8.2.3, con...

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► press shift + pad 10 ( clr auto ) to delete all modulation for all parameters of the fo- cused sound or group. 7.5.3 creating and editing modulation in the control lane you can also create, select, and edit individual modulation points in the modulation pane of the control lane. Displaying the mod...

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Editing modulation points you can create, edit, and delete modulation points in the displayed modulation track with your mouse. As for the event area above, the mouse behavior in the control lane will depend on the mouse edit mode selected in the edit mode selector, at the bottom left of the pattern...

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To create a new modulation track: 1. To create a new modulation track for a parameter of a sound, click the desired sound in the sound list (left of the pattern editor) and click the sound tab in the control area. 2. To create a new modulation track for a parameter of a group, click the desired grou...

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7.6 creating midi tracks from scratch in maschine within maschine you can create midi tracks from scratch for any sound of your project. Ma- schine’s midi automation tracks can have two purposes: ▪ when playback is on, the content of these tracks is sent in real time as midi data via the midi output...

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7.7 managing patterns this section describes how to organize your patterns, pattern slots, and pattern banks. 7.7.1 the pattern manager and pattern mode in the software, all pattern management operations are done in the pattern manager: ► to open the pattern manager, click the pattern manager button...

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Closing the pattern manager ► to close the pattern manager, click anywhere outside it. The pattern mode on your controller the pattern mode is where you select and manage your patterns. ► to enter pattern mode on your controller, press pattern (you can pin it by pressing control at the same time). →...

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