Native Instruments MASCHINE MK3 Manual

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Maschine mk3 manual.

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2.4 native kontrol standard ............................................................................................................. 60 2.5 stand-alone and plug-in mode ................................................................................................... 62 2.5.1 differences betwe...

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3.5.3 the types and modes pages .................................................................................... 156 3.5.4 the properties page ............................................................................................... 158 3.6 loading and importing files from your file system...

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5.4.2 choke all notes .......................................................................................................... 245 5.4.3 groove ....................................................................................................................... 246 5.4.4 level, tempo, tune, and ...

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7 using the audio plug-in .............................................................................................327 7.1 loading a loop into the audio plug-in ........................................................................................ 330 7.2 using loop mode .........................

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9.1.1 parameter organization ............................................................................................. 420 9.1.2 bass synth parameters ............................................................................................. 422 10 working with patterns .........................

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11 audio routing, remote control, and macro controls ....................................................532 11.1 audio routing in maschine ....................................................................................................... 533 11.1.1 sending external audio to sounds ...............

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13.3.2 step 2: route audio to the send effect ...................................................................... 653 13.3.3 a few notes on send effects ...................................................................................... 655 13.4 creating multi-effects ............................

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15.1.3 jumping to other sections ......................................................................................... 755 15.2 using ideas view ........................................................................................................................ 757 15.2.1 scene overview .......

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16.4.2 adjusting the slicing settings ................................................................................... 839 16.4.3 live slicing ................................................................................................................ 845 16.4.3.1 live slicing using the contr...

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1 welcome to maschine thank you for buying maschine! Maschine is a groove production studio that implements the familiar working style of classi- cal groove boxes along with the advantages of a computer based system. Maschine is ideal for making music live, as well as in the studio. It’s the hands-o...

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Maschine documents are available in pdf. You can also access these documents from the application’s help menu or the following location: www.Native-instruments.Com . Please check the native instruments website regularly for up-to-date and localized ver- sions of these documents. 1.2 document convent...

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 the unlabeled buttons and knobs on the maschine controller. For better reference, we applied a special formatting here: throughout the document, the ele- ments are capitalized and numbered, so the buttons above the displays are written button 1 to button 8, while the ...

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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 ↑ 15.3, 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] (macos: [cmd]+[f]). 2.2.2 switching between ideas view and arranger view at any time you can quickly switch between the ideas view and the arranger view, using the arranger view butto...

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Minimizing/maximizing 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 button on the bottom left of the pattern editor to show and hide the con- trol lane. Basic concepts adjusting the ma...

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The encoder situated to the left of the volume , swing and tempo buttons. Depending on the menu or context, the available actions differ: ▪ the displays are navigated by moving the 4-d encoder in a direction indicated by the sur- rounding leds. ▪ entries in a list are browsed by turning the 4-d enco...

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But in some situations you might want to release the mode button of a temporary mode with- out leaving that mode, e.G., to free your hand and tweak other controls more easily. For this purpose, maschine lets you pin (or “lock”) temporary modes so that they behave like perma- nent modes. 2.3.4 undo/r...

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2.3.5 list overlay for selectors many maschine parameters are presented in the form of a selector providing a list of possible values for the parameter (e.G., the mode parameter of the saturator plug-in or the dest. Param- eter in the audio page of the sound’s/group’s output channel settings). A sel...

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Setting the focus on a sound or group is slightly different than selecting it: the focus defines what will be displayed, whereas the selection defines what will be affected by your edits. Note that a focused sound/group is always selected. The distinction is of importance because you can select mult...

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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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2.3.8 switching between the master, group, and sound level at any time you can quickly switch the control area between the parameters of the master, the focused group, and the focused sound. Click the desired tab to switch the display of the control area. ► click the master , group or sound tab in t...

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2. Click the desired button ( input , output , groove , or macro ) in the channel property selec- tor to select that set of channel properties. → the selected button is highlighted and the parameters of the selected channel properties appear in the parameter area (the right and biggest part of the c...

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Element action knob: click the knob and drag your mouse vertically to change the parameter value. Hold [shift] on your computer keyboard and drag your mouse to adjust the value in finer increments. Button: click the button to switch its state. When the button is enabled, it shows a small colored led...

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Using the navigate mode alternatively, you can also navigate channel properties and plug-ins along with their parameter pages via the navigate mode of your controller: 1. Press shift + variation ( navigate ) to enter navigate mode (or pin it by pressing navi- gate + button 1). 2. Hold shift + variat...

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Action shortcut sound lane height (pad mode only) turn knob 7 pattern editor scroll up/down (except pad mode) turn knob 8 or press pad 8 / 4 you can quickly switch the software between ideas view and arranger view by pressing shift + scene on your controller. The page navigation mode allows you to n...

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A controller not connected to 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 con- troller editor manual for more information on midi mode. You can choose which controller you want to use with the maschine softw...

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◦ if you touch the knobs but don’t rotate them, the last modulation values for these pa- rameters keep being recorded as new events as the playhead moves forward, thereby overwriting any existing modulation events at the playhead position. Modulation stops being recorded when you release the knob(s)...

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Type and mode tags ). And when you load a preset from an nks instrument, its parameters are mapped to the controls on your komplete kontrol s-series keyboard in a meaningful way, just like any preset from your komplete instruments. Nks instruments are automatically added to your library when you sta...

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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 mk3) have priority focus over ma- schine mikro controllers. ◦ 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 the maschine menu...

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The preferences – general page. Setting description startup reload last project click this checkbox to automatically reload the last project on startup. Recording audio basic concepts preferences maschine - manual - 67.

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Setting description count-in length select the duration of the count-in, i.E. How long the metronome will sound before the recording actually starts. Link enabled click the checkbox to enable the link protocol by default. Applications that support ableton link can join a link session when connected ...

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▪ press button 5 ( metronome ) to enable the metronome. ▪ press button 6 ( link ) to enable ableton link. ► to save your settings and return to maschine mode, press settings . For more information on using link refer to: ↑ 2.8, syncing maschine using ableton link . 2.6.2 preferences – audio page the...

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Setting description status this confirms 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 rela...

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▪ turn knob 1 ( driver ) to select an audio driver. ▪ turn knob 2 ( device ) to select an alternative audio device. ▪ turn knob 3 ( sample rate ) to select a sample rate. ▪ turn knob 4 ( buffer size ) to adjust the buffer size. Page 2: input routings input routing is configured on page 2 of the audi...

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Setting description sync mode click the drop-down menu to set the midi sync mode preference for maschine: off : no midi sync mode is selected. Master (send clock) : if maschine is running as a stand-alone application, it can also send a midi clock signal to any device that is capable of receiving mi...

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The preferences – default page. Basic concepts preferences maschine - manual - 79.

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Setting description duplicate select from the drop-down menu how the duplicate function in maschine will operate when duplicating scenes. Scene only only the scene is duplicated. The result is a new unlinked scene with the same patterns referenced. Scene and patterns the scene itself and additionall...

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The preferences panel – the library page’s factory pane. The factory pane displays all factory libraries available. These includes the maschine factory library, libraries imported from other ni products, as well as installed maschine expan- sions. These libraries will appear in the factory view of t...

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The preferences panel – the library page’s user pane. The user pane displays all user libraries currently in use. This includes the standard ma- schine user directory as well as any other user directory you might have defined. These libra- ries will appear in the user view of the browser’s library p...

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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 - manual - 91.

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Manager pane: use ni audio units checkbox (macos only) on macos, 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 soft- ware’s plug-in menus and in the controller’s plug-in browser:...

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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. Click rescan t...

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Setting description controller the controller menu allows you to select a connected device and modify its settings. You can have two devices simultaneously focused on a maschine instance: a controller from the maschine family and a komplete kontrol s- series keyboard. After a new device has been sel...

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▪ turn knob 6 ( auto-write ) to enable or disable the touch auto-write option. ► to save your settings and return to maschine mode, press settings . 2.6.8 preferences – colors page the colors page enables you to choose default colors for your scenes, groups, and sounds. ► to display the colors page ...

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2.7 integrating maschine into a midi setup you can quickly integrate maschine into a midi setup. You can use midi in maschine in various ways. Notably: ▪ you can synchronize a midi clock signal between maschine and other midi devices: ↑ 2.7.2, sync to external midi clock and ↑ 2.7.3, send midi clock...

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If you want to configure maschine to react to other midi messages than midi clock, in particular if you want to control maschine notes and parameters via midi, please refer to section ↑ 11.2, using midi control and host automation , where this is described in detail. 2.7.3 send midi clock if maschin...

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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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To access file mode: ► press the file button. → the file menu is displayed. All file menu options are explained in the table below. File management option description new creates a new project file. If you already have a project open, you will be prompted to save or discard it, after which a new pro...

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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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1. Move the 4-d encoder left/right to select the field you want to select. The selected field is indicated by thin brackets: 2. Turn the 4-d encoder to change the value in the selected field. 3. Move the 4-d encoder up/down to scroll the results list. 4. Press the 4-d encoder to make a selection fro...

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If vendor is selected in the category / vendor selector, the product list is sorted by the names of the manufacturers. ► to select a product and show only the preset files associated with it, click on the product in the list. → upon your selection, the product selector automatically closes, the prod...

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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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The closed product selector without any instrument selected. Selecting a product or a product category ► click the product selector to open it. → the product selector opens up and displays the following: browser searching and loading files from the library maschine - manual - 121.

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Selected at a time. You can also select a category and close the product selector by clicking its header (1) again: the header (1) will display the category that you have just selected, and the types filter (and modes filter, if present) along with the result list will be filtered by that category. ...

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The grain delay sub-bank in the maschine 2.0 library bank. As with the product above, you can remove the selected bank and sub-bank by clicking the lit- tle cross at the right of the bank or sub-bank name in the closed menu. Products and banks for user content when you save your own maschine files, ...

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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) samples: (.Wav, .Aiff) ► click the desired icon in the file type selector to display only the files of that type in th...

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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 mk3 controller on your controller in browse mode: ► turn knob 5–7 under the right display to select tags at the three levels of the tag filter. Turn a knob at full left to remove any p...

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The left display, here when browsing effects: selecting the creative effects category via knob 1 (on the left), the 2.0 library bank via knob 3 (in the middle), and all sub-banks via knob 4 (on the right). Like in the software, each of these lists includes an all… entry at the top allowing you to de...

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The result list showing kicks from the maschine library. 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. The result list allows you to: ▪ select the desired file(s). ▪ load the selected file(s) into your project (or...

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▪ you can load a sample into its own zone in the zone page of the sample editor: a new zone will be created for that sample. See section ↑ 16.5.7, adding samples to the sample map for more information. Drag and drop of groups and sounds is possible only in arrange view. Loading multiple files at onc...

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→ the file is deleted from the maschine library and from your hard disk. When browsing factory content, the delete entry is not available in the context menu. Navigating to the files in your operating system if you want to find out the location of a particular file shown in the result list, do the f...

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3.3.2 auditioning instrument presets when you are browsing instrument presets, a prehear button and prehear volume slider appear next to the autoload button. The prehear controls. ► click the prehear button (showing a little speaker icon) to enable/disable prehear. When prehear is enabled, you can d...

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Auditioning samples using the controller when browsing samples on your controller: ► press shift + button 8 ( prehear ) to enable/disable the prehear function. When prehear is enabled: ▪ the sample selected in the result list can be triggered from the pad of the focused sound or from any pad without...

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► click the information button (showing a little “i”) next to the edit button in the right part of the control bar to display information on the file(s) selected in the result list. → a box appears above with various information on the selected file(s): file format , date modified , file size , type...

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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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→ the item is added to the favorites, indicated by the favorite icon next to its name: removing an item from the favorites to remove an item from the favorites use the following instructions: 1. Press the browser button. 2. Turn the control encoder to select the item you want to remove from the favo...

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You can adjust the overall height of the attribute editor by dragging its upper border. The number of items selected appears in yellow in the upper left corner of the attribute editor. Displaying attributes of factory files when browsing in the library pane, if the files selected in the result list ...

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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 and display its sub-types in the next column to the right. In each column only one tag can be selected. The...

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▪ vendor : use this field to indicate the manufacturer of the selected files. Click the down- pointing arrow on the right to quickly select any vendor attribute already in use in other files of the library. ▪ author : use this field to indicate the author of the selected files. Click the down-pointi...

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(4) recent locations button: click this button to see a list of the last visited locations and quick- ly jump any of them. See section ↑ 3.6.4, navigating to recent locations . (5) result list: the result list displays the content (files and folders) of the folder loaded in the location bar (3). Onl...

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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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Thermore, the paths of the imported folders are added to the list of user libraries in the user pane of the library page in the preferences panel — see section ↑ 2.6.4, preferences – default page for more information on this. If the folder(s) you are importing contain different types of files (e.G.,...

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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. 1. Select purge missing samples from the sound slot’s context menu to remove the missing sample(s) from that sound. 2. Select find missing samples from the sound slot’s context menu...

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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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Quick browse from browse mode on the controller you can also access quick browse from the browser on your controller. This notably allows you to perform quick browse on sounds and groups as well: 1. Press plug-in to enter control mode. 2. If you want to trigger quick browse for a group or a sound, s...

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1 2 the group list (1) and the sound list (2) in the arrange view of the software. 4.1.1 the sound, group, and master channels from a routing point of view, each sound, each group, and the master represents a distinct channel in maschine. The channels of the 16 sounds in a group are mixed together a...

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▪ in each group you always have a fixed number of sound slots — namely 16. Some of these sound slots might be empty, and you can have gaps in your slots (i.E. Some empty sound slots between other slots containing sounds), depending on how you prefer to play your sounds from your pads. You cannot cre...

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▪ if you set the focus to a sound or group which is already included in the current selection, the focus is moved to this new sound or group but the selection is preserved. This notably allows you to check the parameters of any selected sound or group while keeping the abili- ty to modify parameters...

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► press and hold select to enter select mode. You can also press select + button 1 to pin this mode and make it permanent. → you are ready to select more than one sound or group. Selecting sounds and groups via the select mode. You have following selection tools at your disposal: selection tool desc...

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The pad view. The pad view can be shown by activating the pad view button above the sound list: the pad view button. ► click the pad view button to show or hide the pad view. → the pad view replaces the sound list on the left of the pattern editor. In the pad view, each cell represents a pad on your...

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▪ alternatively you can recall the search query that was used to find the sound currently loaded in the focused sound slot. See section ↑ 3.8, using quick browse for more informa- tion. 4.2.2 pre-listening to sounds you can pre-listen to the sounds of the focused group as you set the focus on them i...

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1. Right-click ([ctrl]-click on macos) the desired sound slot in the sound list or in the pad view and select color from the context menu. A color palette appears. In the palette, the current color of the sound is highlighted. 2. Select the desired color in the palette. You can also choose to set th...

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► right-click (on macos: [ctrl]-click) the sound slot in the sound list or in the pad view and select save from the context menu: → your modifications are saved to the sound file. Even if you don’t save a sound individually, its current settings will still be saved with your project. But once a soun...

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In the software, sounds are copied without their note content in the pattern. To include the note content in the copying operation, use duplicate on your controller (see be- low)! To copy and paste sounds in the software: 1. Right-click (on macos: [ctrl]-click) the sound slot (in the sound list or i...

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2. If you want to duplicate a sound including its pattern content, enable the +events op- tion (button 5). 3. Press the pad of the sound you want to copy. The pad of the sound starts blinking. 4. Press the pad of the target sound slot (this can also be in another group, in this case first press the ...

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4.2.8 resetting sound slots resetting a sound slot will remove the sound it contains and put all its settings (channel properties, name, color…) back to their default values. You can select multiple sound slots to reset them all at once! See ↑ 4.1.3, selecting multiple sounds or groups for more info...

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▪ the context menu of the focused group in the pattern editor, opened via a right-click ([ctrl]-click on macos) 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 emp...

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

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1. Right-click ([ctrl]-click on macos) the desired group in the group list or the group name in the top left corner of the pattern editor and select color from the context menu. A color palette appears. In the palette, the current color of the group is highlighted. 2. Select the desired color in the...

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You cannot save changes to factory files — these files are read-only. If you run the save com- mand on a factory file, it automatically turns into the save as… command: a save group dia- log opens and lets you save your modified group to your user library. See next paragraph for more details. The sa...

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3. Right-click (macos: [ctrl]-click) any group in the group list and select paste from the context menu to replace that group with the copied one. If you want to paste the group without affecting the existing groups, first click the “ + ” under the last group to create a new empty group and paste th...

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4. Press the group button of your target group (this can also be in another group bank, in this case first press button 3/4 to select the group bank). If you want to paste the group without affecting the existing groups, press the dim white group button after the last col- ored group button to creat...

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Deleting a group. Deleting a group on your controller on your controller in control mode, do the following to delete a group: ► to delete a group, hold shift + erase and press the group button of the group you want to delete. → the group is removed. All following groups are shifted left to fill the ...

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Controls description group displays the name and location of the group file to be created. The samples will be put in a folder with the same name in the same location. By default, the group file inherits the name of the group in the project and it will be saved in the “groups” subfolder of your stan...

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Element description project displays the name and location of the project file to be created. The samples will be put in a folder with the same name in the same location. By default, the project file inherits the name of the project and it will be saved in the “projects” subfolder of your standard u...

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The export scenes as audio panel. The following parameters are available in the export audio dialog, which is split into three dis- tinct sections: source , options , and destination . Source section the source section allow you to define exactly what will be exported. Managing sounds, groups, and y...

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Element description the desired entries in the list to include/exclude the corresponding sounds. Only sounds with a check mark will be exported. The check box of group entries allow to check/uncheck all sounds of the group at once. If some of the sounds only are checked in a group, the group is “dim...

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▪ if group outputs is selected in the output menu the audio files will be named as follows: [project name] - [group order number] [group index (letter + number)] [group name] - [bpm].Wav/aiff the group order number is a two-digit number indicating the “order of appearance” of the group in the group ...

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Mpc parameter mpc500, 1000, 2500 mpc400 0 mpc2000 (xl) mpc300 0 maschine parameter voice overlap x − x x polyphony filter1 type x − − − filter type filter1 frequency x − x x filter cutoff filter1 resonance x − x x filter resonance filter1 velocity to frequency x − − − velocity cutoff mixer level x x...

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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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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 fully lit; other pads containing a sound are dim lit; pads ...

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If your controller is in group mode (default mode), the right display contains a mapping matrix showing the name and color of the sound played by each pad. You can adjust the base key for the selected pad by pressing buttons 5-8. Parameter description octave- , octave+ , semitone- , and semitone+ (b...

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To shift the scale in octaves use button 5 (octave down) or button 6 (octave up). You can also shift the scale in semitones: use button 7 (semitone down) and button 8 (semitone up). Try to experiment with all kinds of samples in the keyboard mode; some rather boring sounding samples can be really in...

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This is also true when adjusting the parameter from your controller. To change the base key of the selected pad(s) / sound slot(s) on your controller: 1. Hold the pad mode button to enter pad mode. On the right display, the key indicated for pad 1 (in the bottom left corner) is the current base key....

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This is also true when adjusting the parameter from your controller. To assign the selected pad(s) / sound slot(s) to a choke group and set its/their choke mode on your controller: 1. Hold the pad mode button to enter pad mode. 2. If necessary, press the page left button to switch to the first param...

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Sound slots 1 to 4 are selected. If they have different choke values, a multi label appears (left). When you click it and select a new choke or link group from the list (middle), this new group is applied to all selected sounds. This is also true when adjusting the parameter from your controller. To...

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Adjusting the choke or link parameter for multiple sounds with different choke or link values ► click the multi label next to choke or link and select the desired value from the list to set all selected sounds to that same choke or link group, respectively. This also applies to the master/slave sett...

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▪ mute and solo allow you to selectively mute and solo sounds and groups: ↑ 5.4.1, mute and solo . ▪ choke all notes allow you to cut all playing audio: ↑ 5.4.2, choke all notes . ▪ groove allows you to give a shuffling flair to individual sounds/groups or to your entire project: ↑ 5.4.3, groove . ▪...

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Muting a sound ► to mute a sound, click the number on the left side of the sound slot in the pattern edi- tor. Muting a sound. ► to unmute the sound, click the number again. By default, the mute on sounds is an event mute: events for muted sounds are not trig- gered, but the audio coming from previo...

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2. Mute sounds by pressing their pads, and mute groups of the current group bank by pressing their group buttons. Press button 3 and 4 to switch to the previous/next group bank, respectively. In both solo and mute modes you will note the following: ▪ on your controller, the unmuted pads and group bu...

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The groove properties for a sound in the software. The groove properties for a sound on the controller. Controls description swing section amount adjusts the amount of swing, i.E. The amount by which some events are shifted. At 0 % events are not shifted. Raise the amount value to increase the stren...

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Volume and velocity shortcuts the volume button. In pad mode, keyboard mode or chords mode: 1. Press the volume [velocity] button. 2. To change the output level of the master (i.E. The overall output level of maschine), sim- ply turn the 4-d encoder. 3. To change the output level of a group, hold it...

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► to change the position of a selected step in step mode, hold its pad and turn the 4-d en- coder. → the adjusted value is temporarily shown on the left display. To adjust the value in finer increments, press and turn the 4-d encoder (or hold shift while you turn it). These shortcuts control the amo...

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You can also use the tempo button to adjust the current tempo: ► press the tempo button and turn the 4-d encoder to quickly adjust the tempo of your project. Press and turn the 4-d encoder (or hold shift while you turn it) to adjust the value in finer increments when the tempo button is enabled. The...

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The control signal flow—pads in group mode the following diagram illustrates signal flow between your hits on the pads in group mode and the resulting sounds: the signal flow including the perform features (note repeat, choke group, and link group) when your pads are in group mode. In this picture y...

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▪ of course, if a sound slot contains a komplete instrument providing control notes (e.G., key switches) on particular keys, these notes will not be triggered by the scale and chord engine. Available scales the scale engine is controlled via two parameters: ▪ root note (c3 by default): defines both ...

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◦ off: no chords will be generated. Only the notes corresponding to the pads that you hit will be played. ◦ 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 parame...

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When chord mode is set to off or harmonizer, pads of root notes are fully lit: 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 als...

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Like the scale and chord engine, the arp engine is dedicated to keyboard mode. The arp engine can be seen as a melodic extension of the note repeat: actually, arp replaces and extends note repeat in keyboard mode. Instead of playing repeated notes at a constant pitch you can play sequences of notes ...

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In arp mode you can customize the way the notes of the played chord will be arpeggiated by adjusting following settings: element description lock (button 2) 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 pat...

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Element description dynamic (knob 7) amplifies or reduces the velocity derived from the pressure you apply on each single pad you hold (polyphonic aftertouch). Available values range from 1% to 200% . This setting applies globally to all rate presets. Gate (knob 8) adjusts the ratio between the dura...

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→ the lock snapshot is recalled and the lock button ceases to be highlighted. You can ac- cess your snapshot in extended lock mode. For more information on extended lock read ↑ 5.6.2, using extended lock . If you find better settings press the lock button again to update the snapshot. ► press shift ...

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Element description morphing morph select to switch morphing on or off mode. Mode travel will morph the selected snapshots without syncing to the grid. The morph will begin instantly instead of waiting until the next bar begins. The duration of the morph is set using the time parameter. Target will ...

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2. Click midi change. 3. ▪ this opens the following dialog: ▪ click lock enabled from the dialog. 4. In the submenu that opens, select the source you want to use for changing the midi pro- gram change messages. A list of connected controller names appear in the drop-down menu, or you can select none...

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In pitch mode, the scale on the smart strip is centered, as indicated by a white led in the middle of the smart strip. Sliding your finger to the left will flatten the pitch. Sliding your fin- ger to the right will sharpen the pitch. The amount of pitch bend applied to the sound is indi- cated by th...

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6 working with plug-ins plug-ins are the building blocks of all sound in maschine. They can be used at all three lev- els of the maschine audio routing system: in sounds, in groups, and in the master. This chapter includes various general or specific plug-in topics: ▪ an overview of plug-ins and how...

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► to show the plug-in list, click the little plug-in icon at the far left of the control area: in the plug-in list, the processing order is always from top to bottom. In addition to plug-ins, each sound, each group, and the master also provide a set of global settings called channel properties. Thes...

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◦ internal effects: these are the effect plug-ins included with maschine. To read every details about each of the maschine internal effects, and how to use them, please refer to chapter ↑ 11, audio routing, remote control, and macro controls and ↑ 14, effect reference . ◦ native instruments: you can...

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The plug-in list is still empty, because we selected an empty sound slot. The only visible element in the list is a “ + ” icon at the top left. 3. Click the slot with the “ + ” icon at the top of the plug-in list. This opens the plug-in menu where you can select the desired plug-in for loading (see ...

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► to remove the plug-in currently loaded in a slot, open its plug-in menu and select none at the top of the menu. → the plug-in is unloaded from the slot. All following plug-ins are shifted one slot upwards to fill the gap. Furthermore, the plug-in menu also allows you to replace the loaded plug-in ...

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Plug-in menu entry description sampler (first plug-in slot of sounds only) the sampler is the internal instrument plug-in used to play back all samples in maschine — this essential plug-in will be described in details in section ↑ 6.2, the sampler plug-in . Drumsynth submenu (first plug-in slot of s...

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2. Select the sound, group or the master where the plug-in is located (see section ↑ 2.3.7, focusing on a group or a sound ). 3. Move the 4-d encoder to the right to navigate to the desired plug-in. The name of the selected plug-in appears on the right display in the field between the arrows under b...

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6.1.4 adjusting the plug-in parameters the procedure for adjusting the plug-in parameters is common to all types of plug-ins and all sets of channel properties. It is described in section ↑ 2.3.9, navigating channel properties, plug-ins, and parameter pages in the control area . Native instruments a...

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6. Press shift + button 7 ( bypass ) above the right display to bypass the selected plug-in slot. → the plug-in is bypassed and does not affect the sound anymore. In the left display the plug-in icon and name are grayed out. When you hold shift , button 7 is fully lit and the bypass label on the rig...

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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- plicate the plug-in to another slot! Moving a plug-in on the controller on your controller in control mode, you can move a plug-in to another slot of the sa...

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Plug-in menu entry description save saves your changes to the preset currently loaded. Save as… saves the current plug-in settings as a new preset on your hard disk. Save as default… saves the current settings and assignments as the default preset for the plug-in. This default preset will be loaded ...

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3. Click remove default preset in the menu to remove the default preset. → 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...

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6.2.1 page 1: voice settings / engine sampler parameters – page 1 of 6: voice settings and engine on the controller. Sampler parameters – page 1 of 6: voice settings and engine in the software. Working with plug-ins the sampler plug-in maschine - manual - 301.

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6.2.2 page 2: pitch / envelope sampler parameters – page 2 of 6: pitch / gate and amplitude envelope on the controller. Sampler parameters – page 2 of 6: pitch / gate and amplitude envelope in the software. Parameter description pitch / gate tune defines the basic pitch of your sample: turn the knob...

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▪ adsr: typically, the adsr envelope is used for longer, sustained samples that require complex dynamic control. Unlike many other hardware devices, the pads on maschine are sensitive not only to being hit, but also to being held — so using the adsr envelope, you can make the pads behave like a midi...

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Parameter description sr sr stands for “sample rate”: you can use it to lower the original sample rate in order to make the sound more lo-fi. Bits allows you to lower the original bit depth of the sound, resulting in a more rough, digital sounding lo-fi effect. Filter the filter selector in the filt...

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Envelope controls description decay with decay you adjust how fast the envelope drops to the sustain level in adsr mode; in ahd mode it is used to adjust how fast the envelope fades out. Sustain the envelope level that will be maintained as long as the note is played. Release the time for the sustai...

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Lfo controls description phase defines the initial phase of the lfo waveform, from -0.50 to 0.50. Sync the sync selector is used to synchronize the lfo with the tempo of your project. If free is selected, the lfo rate is independent of the project tempo. If retrig or lock is enabled, the values of t...

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Parameter modulation destination start start parameter of the pitch / gate section on the pitch / envelope page (page 2). Positive values shift the sample start position later in time as you play harder, negative values shift it closer to the beginning of the sample as you play harder. Tip: a typica...

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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 controller, to open/close a floatin...

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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) section label fields: these fields allow you to define sections of parameters within the dis- played page. Double-click the field above the first parameter you want to include in the se...

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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 using the audio plug-in the audio plug-in can playback audio (drums, percussion, basslines, guitar riffs, etc.) in-sync with the tempo of your project. It has two modes: loop mode and gate mode. ▪ loop mode is the default setting where the loaded loop will play continuously whenever there is an ac...

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Element description fade ( gate mode only) set a simple fade-in fade-out amount to avoid pops or clicks that may occur when using the gate mode. To increase the fade of gate mode, turn the fade knob clockwise by clicking and dragging upwards. To decrease the fade, turn the fade knob counter-clockwis...

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Pattern editor with the audio plug-in loop mode loaded on sound 4. By default the audio plug-in will playback in loop mode, meaning the audio will be repeated for the duration of the pattern regardless of the length of the audio. If you want to chop the loop and pitch it, switch to gate mode. For mo...

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7.3 using gate mode gate mode is used to chop and pitch selected parts of your audio by applying midi note events in the keyboard view of the pattern editor or by recording them using your controller. Each event is a gate for the audio; the length determines the duration of playback, and placement o...

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8 using the drumsynths drumsynths are a powerful set of monophonic internal instrument plug-ins (i.E. Instrument plug-ins included with maschine) that allow you to generate individual, fine-tuned drum sounds for your music productions. Like any other instrument plug-in, you can load them only in the...

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All drumsynths share the same parameter organization in the control area. ▪ their parameters are grouped into the same three parameter pages: ◦ the main page groups the most important parameters for each drum type. Here you can select the engine to be used, the tuning, the decay, etc. ◦ the advanced...

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8.1.3 shared parameters within each drumsynth, some parameters are shared between several engines (e.G., the tune parameter). Shared parameters have the advantage of keeping their position when you switch to another engine in the drumsynth. This allows you to compare the sound of various engines mor...

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The kick panel in the plug-in strip. As in every drumsynth, the engine can be selected via the engine selector on the main page. Each engine has a different character and set of parameters, as detailed in the following sec- tions. The kick provides following engines: ▪ sub (default): ↑ 8.2.1, kick –...

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Element description bend adjusts the amplitude of the pitch envelope applied throughout the sound duration (punch), measured as a percentage. Available values range from 0.0 to 100.0 % (default: 6,8 %). At zero, the sound stays at its original pitch during its entire decaying phase. As the bend valu...

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Element description tune adjusts the pitch of the drum played by the middle c, measured in midi note numbers and cents. Available values range from 31.00 to 55.00. The default value is 43.00. For more details see ↑ 8.1.5, pitch range, tuning, and midi notes . Decay adjusts the duration of the sound’...

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8.2.3 kick – dusty the dusty kick is an electronic kick with an organic feel. It’s capable of broken, dusty sounds but can also open up to a thundering warehouse boom. The parameters described below are presented as they appear in the control area (ar- range view). The same parameters are available ...

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Main page element description main section engine selects the engine used in the kick plug-in. If you change this setting, please refer to section 10.2 “the kicks” in the maschine 2.0 manual. Tune adjusts the pitch of the drum played by the middle c, measured in midi note numbers and cents. Availabl...

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8.2.5 kick – rasper the rasper kick is an acoustic bass drum emulation providing a unique and organic sound that can be easily adapted into drum’n’bass or dubstep productions. Its two crispness modes allow for a wide range of bass drums. The parameters described below are presented as they appear in...

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The parameters described below are presented as they appear in the control area (ar- range view). The same parameters are available in the plug-in panel within the plug-in strip (mix view). See ↑ 12.4, the plug-in strip for more information on this. Element description main section engine selects th...

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Element description tune adjusts the pitch of the drum played by the middle c, measured as a percentage. Available values range from 0.0 to 100.0 % (default: 50.0 %). For more details see ↑ 8.1.5, pitch range, tuning, and midi notes . Decay adjusts the duration of the sound’s tail, measured as a per...

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Element description size adjusts the size of the room, measured as a percentage. Available values range from 0.0 to 100.0 % (default: 50.0 %). Amount adjusts the amount of room effect applied to the drum sound, measured as a percentage. Available values range from 0.0 to 100.0 % (default: 75.0 %). A...

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Element description scale section velocity adjusts the velocity response of the drum. Available values range from -100.0 % to 100.0 % (default value). At zero (mid course), the drum is played at full velocity, no matter how hard you hit the keys (or pads). From that mid position, by turning the knob...

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▪ vintage: ↑ 8.3.6, snare – vintage ▪ chrome: ↑ 8.3.7, snare – chrome ▪ iron: ↑ 8.3.8, snare – iron ▪ clap: ↑ 8.3.9, snare – clap for more information on engines, see ↑ 8.1.1, engines: many different drums per drum- synth . For general information on the snare and the other drumsynths, see ↑ 8.1, dr...

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Element description scale section velocity adjusts the velocity response of the drum. Available values range from -100.0 % to 100.0 % (default value). At zero (mid course), the drum is played at full velocity, no matter how hard you hit the keys (or pads). From that mid position, by turning the knob...

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8.3.3 snare – pow the pow snare is a shot of filtered noise, useful as an electro snare, an effect or a layer in a combined snare sound. The parameters described below are presented as they appear in the control area (ar- range view). The same parameters are available in the plug-in panel within the...

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Element description tune adjusts the pitch of the drum played by the middle c, measured as a percentage. Available values range from 0.0 % to 100.0 % (default: 50.0 %). For more details see ↑ 8.1.5, pitch range, tuning, and midi notes . Decay adjusts the duration of the sound’s tail, measured as a p...

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Element description decay adjusts the duration of the sound’s tail, measured as a percentage. Available values range from 0.0 to 100.0 % (default: 50.0 %). Skin tune adjusts the fine-tuning of the skin of the drum, measured as a percentage. Available values range from 0.0 to 100.0 % (default: 50.0 %...

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