Native Instruments Maschine Manual

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2.6 preferences ................................................................................................................................. 56 2.6.1 preferences – general page ....................................................................................... 58 2.6.1.1 usage data tracking...

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4.1.1 the sound, group, and master channels ................................................................... 159 4.1.2 similarities and differences in handling sounds and groups ................................... 161 4.1.3 selecting multiple sounds or groups ........................................

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6.1.2 first plug-in slot of sounds: choosing the sound’s role ........................................... 254 6.1.3 loading, removing, and replacing a plug-in ............................................................ 254 6.1.4 adjusting the plug-in parameters ........................................

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7.5 recording and editing modulation ............................................................................................. 352 7.5.1 which parameters are modulatable? ......................................................................... 353 7.5.2 recording modulation .......................

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9.4.2 panels for drumsynths and internal effects .............................................................. 475 9.4.3 panel for the sampler ................................................................................................ 476 9.4.4 custom panels for native instruments plug-ins ......

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11.1.1 adding an effect ........................................................................................................ 570 11.1.2 other operations on effects ....................................................................................... 579 11.1.3 using the side-chain input .........

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13.1.2 navigating the arranger ............................................................................................ 692 13.1.3 following the playback position in your project ......................................................... 696 13.1.4 jumping to another playback position in your pro...

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14.4.6.2 delete all slices .........................................................................................808 14.4.7 sample slicer mono option ........................................................................................ 810 14.4.7.1 activating the sample slicer mono option in t...

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17.3 special tricks ............................................................................................................................. 894 17.3.1 changing pattern length for variation ...................................................................... 894 17.3.2 load long audio files a...

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1.1 where to start? Maschine provides you with many information sources. The main documents are meant to be read in the following sequence: 1. Maschine setup guide 2. Maschine getting started and online video tutorials 3. Maschine manual (this document) the whole documentation set is available in pd...

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▪ knowledge base ▪ user forum ▪ technical support ▪ registration support you will find more information on these in chapter ↑ 16, troubleshooting – getting help . 1.2 manual conventions this section introduces you to the signage and text highlighting used in this manual. This man- ual uses particula...

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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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Event events are the individual drum hits or notes that make up a pattern. In the pattern editor, events are visually represented by rectangles in the event area. Depending on the current view in the pattern editor, you can see events for all sounds slots (group view) or for the selected sound slot ...

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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 from the view menu in the application menu bar or from the view submenu in the maschine menu. The browser button in the header. You can also...

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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 selecting multiple sounds or groups for more information. 2.3.2...

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Area, showing a square of four buttons representing the various sets of channel properties available for the selected sound, group or the master: 2. Click the desired button ( input , output , groove , or macro ) in the channel property selec- tor to select that set of channel properties. → the sele...

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Adjusting the parameters in the parameter area, each parameter includes a control element and a label. Following types of control elements are available: element action knob: click the knob and drag your mouse vertically to change the parameter value. Hold [shift] on your computer keyboard and drag ...

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3. Press nav + f2 ( chnl. ) to navigate channel properties or nav + f3 ( plug-in ) to navi- gate plug-ins. 4. While holding nav , turn the control encoder or press the dimmed pads to select another set of channel properties or another plug-in. 5. Press nav + left/right arrow button to switch to anot...

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Step undo step undo/redo is the classic undo/redo found in most applications. It cancels or re-executes each single action you have performed. In the software use the following keyboard shortcuts for the step undo and step redo func- tions: ► to cancel your last action (step undo), press [ctrl]+[shi...

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→ now the mode is always pinned when you select it. ► to unpin a mode (i.E. Make it a temporary mode again), press its mode button + main again. → now the mode will only be active as long as you hold the mode button. Here is a list of all buttons on your controller that you can pin by pressing main ...

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▪ support of komplete kontrol s-series features such as the light guide. This means that instruments supporting nks can be found in the maschine browser next to your komplete instruments. All of their presets are fully tagged, so you can use filters to search for sounds from all of your nks and komp...

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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 nks and third- party plug-ins nks a...

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▪ how to route maschine to multiple outputs in ableton live: http://www.Native-instruments.Com/knowledge/questions/1705 ▪ how to route maschine to multiple outputs in cubase: http://www.Native-instruments.Com/knowledge/questions/1707 ▪ how to route maschine to multiple outputs in pro tools: http://w...

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Preferences… in the file menu of the application menu bar (windows depicted), and in the file submenu of the ma- schine menu. Ms_sw_2.5_access_preferences_1 basic concepts preferences maschine mikro - manual - 57.

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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 - 59.

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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 - 67.

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If you want maschine to send other midi messages than midi clock, in particular if you want to control other midi-capable devices via the notes played in maschine, please refer to section ↑ 8.2.5, sending midi from sounds . 2.6.4 preferences – default page the default page allows you to define a few...

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Setting description down beat sample and up beat sample here you can select audio files to be used as up and down beat of the metronome, respectively. The fields display the locations of the audio files selected for use. Click the fields to select other files. Click the little crosses on the right o...

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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. The factory pane shows all factory libraries available. These includes the maschine factory library, libraries imported from other ni products...

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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 - 81.

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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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Sync to external midi clock activated. You have to define at least one input in the audio and midi settings panel’ midi page to enable sync to external midi clock. When sync to external midi clock is checked, the play button in the maschine header and the play button on your controller are deactivat...

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3 browser the browser is the place where you can organize and categorize all of your projects, groups, sounds, plug-in presets, and samples. This is done by tagging them, which means categoriz- ing them by using keywords. Given that the maschine software has some advantages over the hardware in this...

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Click the desired tab to show the corresponding pane of the browser. The library pane is described in section ↑ 3.2, searching and loading files from the library , and the files tab is described in section ↑ 3.6, loading and importing files from your file system . 3.2 searching and loading files fro...

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(3) content selector: click the ni icon (on the left) to select factory content or the user icon (on the right) to select user content instead. Only the files of the content selected here will be dis- played in the result list (8). See section ↑ 3.2.5, choosing between factory and user content . (4)...

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On the display of your controller, the browser is organized as follows: ▪ when the f1 button ( filter ) is selected, you can narrow your search by using the f3 but- ton, the left/right arrow buttons, and the control encoder to select the file type, the con- tent type (factory or user files), the pro...

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1 2 3 the opened product selector. (1) product selector header: the header shows the selected product—if there is no selection it shows a generic label ( all instruments ). Click on the header to close the product selector. (2) category/vendor selector: allows you to sort the product list by categor...

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The bank menu showing all banks for polyplex the bank menu allows you to select a particular bank of files for the selected product (poly- plex in the picture above). Banks can be additional libraries (for example massive expansions), different versions of the original factory library (for example f...

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→ the product selector opens up and shows you the following: 1 2 3 4 the opened product selector (for instrument presets). (1) product selector header: the header shows the product or the selected product category — if there is no selection it shows a generic label ( all instruments in the picture a...

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→ the product selection is cancelled. The product selector displays the generic label corre- sponding to the selected file type (project, group, sound, instrument preset, effect pre- set or sample). The tag filter and the result list under the product selector now include files for all products. Sel...

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3.2.3.1 selecting a product category, a product, a bank, and a sub-bank on the 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 product field. 3. Turn the control encoder to select a product. Turn the control enc...

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3.2.5 choosing between factory and user content the content selector shows two icons representing the factory content on the left, and the user content on the right: the content selector. ► click the ni icon to search the factory content, or click the user icon to search the user content. Choosing t...

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▪ you have already selected the maschine product in the product selector, and the maschine 2.0 library bank of this product (for more information on this, see section selecting a product category, a product, a bank, and a sub-bank). For now the types filter shows on- ly top-level tags: ▪ in order to...

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If you don’t select any tag in the types or the modes filter, the result list will include all files satisfying any of their tags. Selecting multiple tags from the same level in both types and modes filter you can select multiple tags from the same level: ► hold [shift] on your computer keyboard and...

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3. Turn the control encoder to select a type. Turn the control encoder at full left to remove any particular selection (i.E. Select all types). 4. If the selected type contains any sub-types, press the right arrow button to select the sub-type field, and turn the control encoder to select a sub-type...

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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 the file into a group or a sound slot that is not currently focused, or into a plug-in slot that is not selected. ▪ 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 ↑ 14.5.7, adding samples to the sa...

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1. Right-click ([ctrl]-click on mac os x) the desired user file and select delete from the con- text menu. If you want to delete several files at once, first select them as described above, and right-click ([ctrl]-click on mac os x) ([ctrl]-click on mac os x) any of them. A warning dialog opens to i...

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3.3.1 loading the selected files automatically ► click the autoload button to enable/disable autoload. The autoload button. When autoload is enabled, any item that you select in the result list of the library pane or files pane is automatically loaded into the focused group or sound slot or into the...

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When prehear is enabled, following things happens: ▪ the sample selected in the result list can be triggered from the pad of the focused sound or from any pad without being loaded into that sound. ▪ pressing any other pad triggers its sound without changing the focus. To set the focus to another sou...

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The information box provides various information on the selected file(s). If the selected files have different characteristics, the corresponding fields in the information box will read multi . 3.4 using favorites in the browser favorites in the maschine browser allow you to quickly view and browse ...

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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 removed from the favorites list. 3.5 editing the files’ tags and properties the attribute editor allows you to assign or edit tags and properties to your maschine files to make it easier to find them later when browsing the maschine library in the library pane (see section ↑ 3.2, searc...

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Factory files are loaded in the attribute editor. The attribute editor will display the various attributes for these files, but you won’t be able to modify them. 3.5.2 the bank page the bank page is only available when opening the attribute editor from the library pane. The bank page of the attribut...

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▪ 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 selected tag is highlighted: assigning tags ► click the empty check box right of the desired tag name to assign this tag to the select...

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As with the other pages of the attribute editor, the fields in the properties page can be modified only if you have selected user files in the result list. The attributes of facto- ry files cannot be edited. 3.6 loading and importing files from your file system the browser’s files pane allows you to...

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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 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 open a list of it...

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In front of each file, an icon indicates the type of the file: icons for various file types. Navigating your file system in the result list you can further browse your file system in the result list by opening any of the displayed fold- er: ► double-click a folder to display its content. To return t...

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Command description sort by name sorts the result list according to the item names. Sort by date sorts the result list according to the item dates. 3.6.6 importing files to the maschine library apart from the huge maschine factory library, you might want to use your own samples or any maschine files...

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3.7 locating missing samples if you are loading a maschine project and one or more referenced sample(s) cannot be found for any reason, a dialog in which you can locate the missing samples will appear. The missing sample dialog allows you to locate missing samples. Sounds referencing missing samples...

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Would now have to try to remember the name or the tags you used to find it, or browse all kick samples (given that the maschine library already has several hundreds of kick samples, this may take a considerable amount of time). With quick browse you can restore the query with just one click. Quick b...

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1. If you want to trigger quick browse for a group or a sound, set the focus to this group or sound — see section ↑ 2.3.1, setting the focus on a group or a sound . 2. If you want to trigger quick browse for a sample or a plug-in preset, additionally select the slot of that plug-in (for a sample thi...

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1 2 the sound list (1) and the group 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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The mixer displaying the channel strips for all sounds in a group. 4.1.2 similarities and differences in handling sounds and groups sounds and groups are handled in very similar ways — see section ↑ 4.2, managing sounds and ↑ 4.3, managing groups below for all details. We list here the main differen...

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Other sounds were added to the selection (but they are not focused). More precisely, if a group or a sound is currently focused, you can additionally select other groups or sounds, respectively. These will be also affected by your edits on the focused group or sound. You cannot select sounds and gro...

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Action function click selected object sets the focus to this object while retaining the selection. [ctrl]-click ([cmd]-click on mac os x) unselected object adds the object to the selection. [ctrl]-click ([cmd]-click on mac os x) selected object deselects the object — except for the focused object, w...

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◦ pressing group then the pad of a selected group, or pressing the pad of a selected sound, sets the focus to that group/sound without changing the current group/sound selection. The pad stays fully lit. ▪ when multi is enabled ( f3 on): ◦ pressing group then the pad of an unselected group, or press...

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▪ context menu: right-click ([ctrl]-click on mac os x) the desired sound slot in the sound list or the corresponding cell of the pad grid in pad view, and select open… in the context menu. In the load sound dialog that opens, navigate to the desired sound file on your computer and click open to load...

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You can also rename sound slots manually. Naming is only available from within the software, but any changes will also show up on your controller. To rename a sound slot: 1. Double-click the name of the desired sound slot or right-click ([ctrl]-click on mac os x) the sound slot and select rename fro...

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▪ 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 selected sounds have different color settings, no setting is highlighted in the color palette. When you select a new color setting from the color p...

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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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Group menu many of the functions described in the following sections are available in the following two context menus: ▪ the context menu of the groups in the group list, opened via a right-click ([ctrl]-click on mac os x) on the desired group: managing sounds, groups, and your project managing grou...

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Creating groups on the controller on your controller: ► press and hold the group button. → existing groups are indicated by the lit pads 9 – 16 : ▪ the focused group is indicated by the fully lit pad. ▪ the other groups of your project are indicated by half-lit pads. ▪ in the last group bank the las...

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In your operating system, group files have the extension “.Mxgrp” (maschine 2) or “.Mgrp” (maschine 1.X). Please refer to chapter ↑ 3, browser for more information on the browser. Loading groups on your controller on your controller, use the browser to load groups: ▪ you can browse your maschine lib...

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By default each group has a different color. But you can choose a common default color for groups in preferences > colors > group default. See section ↑ 2.6.9, preferences – colors page for more information. Once you have set a custom color for a group as described above, the group will retain its c...

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1. 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 as… from the context menu: a save group dialog appears. By default, the group file will be saved in your standard user directory (as defined in prefer...

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3. Right-click (mac os x: [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...

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4. Press the pad of your target group (this can also be in another group bank, in this case first press the left/right arrow button under the display to select the group bank). If you want to paste the group without affecting the existing groups, press the dim white pad after the last colored pad to...

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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 + group and press the pad 9 – 16 of the group you want to delete. If the group is in another group bank, first press the left/right ar...

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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 page of the export audio panel. Following parameters are available: managing sounds, groups, and your project exporting maschine objects and audio maschine mikro - manual - 201.

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Export audio panel – options page the options page of the export audio panel allows you to adjust various settings for the export process. The options page of the export audio panel. Managing sounds, groups, and your project exporting maschine objects and audio maschine mikro - manual - 203.

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Element description loop optimize optimizes the exported audio file for use as a loop: if loop optimize is disabled, the exported audio file will be prolonged to keep, e.G., the tail of a reverb. The end of the exported audio will always correspond to a bar division. If loop optimize is enabled, the...

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→ the samples are loaded into the sound slot. A new pattern is created in that group and directly loaded in the pattern editor (switch the pattern editor to keyboard view to better see the pattern — see section ↑ 7.1.5, group view and keyboard view ). This pattern con- tains the sequence data of the...

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2. Navigate to the mpc program file you want to import and double-click it. You will be prompted with the mpc import panel: 3. In the input section of the panel, select one of the import options (see table below). 4. Click ok to start the import procedure (or cancel to close the panel without import...

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5 playing on your controller this chapter describes the numerous features available in maschine to adjust and enhance your playing, both during live performances and when recording patterns. 5.1 adjusting your pads maschine provides you with numerous features to finely tailor the way the pads of you...

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Parameter description key adjusts the base key for the selected pad. See section ↑ 5.1.3, adjusting the base key below. Choke configures the choke group for the selected pad. See section ↑ 5.1.4, using choke groups below. Link configures pad link for the selected pad. See section ↑ 5.1.5, using link...

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Parameter description 5/6: base key adjusts the base key for the selected pad. See section ↑ 5.1.3, adjusting the base key for more information. 6/6: fix vel here you can adjust the exact velocity value used in the fixed velocity mode (see above). Using the keyboard mode 1. Select a sound by pressin...

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2. Click the key value and drag your mouse vertically, or double-click it, enter a new value on your computer keyboard, and press [enter] to confirm. Adjusting the key parameter for multiple sounds with different key values ► click and drag the multi label next to key to transpose the base key of al...

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The hi-hat is an ideal candidate for making use of choke groups! See ↑ 10.4.3, hi-hat – memory for more details! Adjusting the choke multiple sounds with different choke values ► click the multi label next to choke and select the desired value from the list to set all selected sounds to that same ch...

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2. In the link section click the group value and select the desired group 1–8 from the list or choose none (default setting) to remove the sound from its current link group. 3. In the same link section click the mode value ( master or slave ) to switch the sound be- tween master (default setting) an...

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Sound slots 1 to 4 are selected. If they have different key values, a multi label appears (left). When you drag it (middle), a transpose value appears (right) that will be applied to all selected sounds when you will release the mouse button. This is also true when adjusting the parameter from your ...

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2. Use the left/right arrow buttons to display the 5/6: base key parameter. 3. Turn the control encoder to adjust the base key by semitones. In keyboard mode you can additionally press f2 ( oct- ) or f3 ( oct+ ) to shift the base key by octaves. 4. Release pad mode (or press it again if you pinned t...

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Element description rate adjusts the rate assigned to the selected f1 – f3 button. Available values are 1 bar and a series of note values going from 1/2 (half note) until 1/128 (a hundred twenty-eighth note). Type selects from three variations of the original note length defined by the rate paramete...

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Soloing a group. ► to unsolo a group, right-click (on mac os x: [ctrl]-click) the group index again. 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 s...

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The mute mode on the controller. 3. Press and hold mute to enter mute mode. You can also pin this mode to make it perma- nent (see section ↑ 2.3.5, pinning a mode on your controller ). 4. Mute sounds by pressing their pads, and mute groups of the current group bank by pressing group followed by the ...

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▪ at the master level, the groove properties affect all sounds of all groups. The master’s swing is added to the groove set for each individual group and sound via their own groove properties. The groove properties have a single parameter page: swing. Please refer to section ↑ 2.3.3, navigating chan...

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5.4.5 level, tempo, tune, and groove shortcuts on your controller your controller provides extra shortcuts for various important parameters. Most of these param- eters are already available in the channel properties of the sounds, groups, and master. The shortcuts detailed here give you an additiona...

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

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▪ the arp engine allows you to create arpeggios based on the pads you press or the chord cur- rently triggered. Designed to enrich the melodic content of your projects, these engines are available when your pads are in keyboard mode. Furthermore, they are designed to be used live and, as such, they ...

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▪ the choke group and link group modules affect both your hits on the pads and the con- tent of your patterns, but their result cannot be recorded into patterns. 5.5.2 selecting a scale and creating chords maschine 2.2 comes equipped with a vast amount of scales and chords that you can select and us...

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The root note parameter replaces the base key parameter found in the keyboard mode of previous maschine versions and still available in group mode. Although the root note is edited in the same way as the base key on your controller, keep in mind that both are independent of each other. Compared to t...

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◦ if chord mode is set to chord set, the chord type parameter provides 16 different sets of 12 chords each (8 major sets and 8 minor sets): major 1, major 2, …, major 8, and minor 1, minor 2, …, minor 8. The 12 chords are mapped onto the first 12 pads. Pads 13–16 are disabled. When chord mode is set...

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Enharmonic spelling of the root note on your controller, depending on the scale type, chord mode, and chord type you have se- lected, the enharmonic spelling of the root note will vary in order to optimize the spelling of the entire scale / chord set: condition enharmonic spelling scale type is set ...

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▪ the note repeat / arp engine detects and makes use of any changes in the pressure you apply on each single pad you hold (polyphonic aftertouch). This allows you to generate ar- peggios and repeated notes with varying velocities! ▪ the output of the note repeat / arp engine is recorded into the pat...

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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 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-in list is still empty,...

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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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2. In the plug-in menu that opens, select cut. 3. Select the sound, group or the master where you want to move the plug-in (see section ↑ 2.3.1, setting the focus on a group or a sound ). 4. Click the down-pointing arrow of the target slot (the slot where you want to move the plug- in to). 5. In the...

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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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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. Parameter description voice settings polyphony here you can define a voice limit for the sound, that is th...

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Parameter description pitch / gate tune defines the basic pitch of your sample: turn the knob to the right for a higher pitch and to the left for a lower pitch. Start determines the start point of the sample. This parameter can also be modulated by the velocity control, see ↑ 6.2.5, page 5: lfo . Re...

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Parameter description sustain (adsr only) sustain determines the constant level being kept after decay until the note ends. This can also be controlled by an external midi controller or keyboard using the midi control change 64. Release (adsr only) release determines how long the sound takes to fade...

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6.2.4 page 4: modulation sampler parameters – page 4 of 6: modulation envelope and destination on the controller. 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 ...

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Sampler parameters – page 5 of 6: lfo and destination in the software. Lfo the lfo (low frequency oscillator) is another modulation source based on waveforms with different shapes. Lfo controls description type here you can choose the shape of the lfo waveform. Available shapes are sine, tri (triang...

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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 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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Assignment area pages - context menu when the assignment area is opened and the pages tab is selected, right-click on a page opens a context menu. The control area assignment pages context menu. The context menu contains the following items: menu item description keyboard shortcuts delete deletes cu...

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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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Shortcuts for navigating the pattern editor from the maschine mikro controller in view mode. 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 s...

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1. Press and hold scene to enter scene mode. 2. Press button 2 ( arrange ) to enter arrange submode (button 2 is lit and the arrange label underneath is highlighted). 3. Press button 3 ( follow ) to enable it. → both button 3 and the follow label underneath light up. In the software the event area w...

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▪ if playback is on, the playhead jumps to the closest position near your mouse cursor that retains the current playhead position relative to the pattern grid division. This allows seam- less jumps that don’t break the rhythm of your music. If the pattern grid is set to off (i.E. Disabled) or quick ...

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→ the event area now only shows notes for the selected sound. By adding or editing notes, you can choose their pitch in semitones depending on where you place them on the verti- cal axis, the lowest note being the lowest row. In keyboard view, the pattern editor shows all notes for a particular soun...

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▪ quick (default): with this setting, the available lengths for your pattern are as follows: 1 bar, 2 bars, 4 bars, 8 bars, 12 bars, 16 bars, etc. (+ 4 bars each time starting from 4 bars). This handy mode allows you to quickly select from the most common pattern lengths. For other uses of the patte...

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2. Press f2 ( pat ) to access the pattern grid settings. 3. Turn the control encoder to adjust the resolution of the pattern grid. To disable the pattern grid, simply select the off value: ► to disable the pattern grid, hold grid , press f2 ( pat ), and turn the control encoder fully clockwise to se...

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Adjusting the step grid the step grid resolution can be adjusted via the step size menu, showing a value next to the grid icon at the bottom left of the pattern editor: the step size menu lets you adjust the step grid resolution. ► to select the step size that will apply to all your editing actions,...

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3. Use the left/right arrow button under the display to select the enable parameter at the bottom of the display: 4. Turn the control encoder to set the parameter value to on (step grid enabled) or off (step grid disabled). 5. If you have pinned grid mode at the first step, press the lit grid button...

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7.2.1 recording your patterns live in control mode your controller provides many tools to live record patterns for the focused group. Take your time to set up the pad sensitivity and velocity scaling to your personal taste — you will have even more fun playing and recording with your controller! The...

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► while recording in replace mode, press the lit erase button to disengage replace mode. → the recording goes on in overdub mode (see description above). You can also erase events without engaging record: if you hold erase together with a pad while playing (or recording), all events of that pad at t...

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► click the metronome icon in the maschine header to enable/disable the metronome: the metronome can be heard only when the sequencer is playing! The metronome signal is sent to the cue bus. To know how to use the cue bus, see section ↑ 9.2.6, using the cue bus . You can customize the metronome in v...

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If the current loop range does not start at the beginning of a bar (i.E. On a downbeat), the count-in phase will start with a downbeat, count the selected duration (1, 2 or 4 bars), and then add the offset between the beginning of the bar in which the beginning of the loop range is placed and the ac...

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→ with input quantization enabled, as you are recording the pads your notes will be quan- tized according to the step size (i.E. Step grid resolution) selected. If you turn the step grid off, no quantization will be applied. See section adjusting the step grid and the nudge grid for more information...

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Checking your sequence the step mode on the controller displays: the first bar of a four-bar pattern. The display of your controller provides more information on the sequence: ▪ individual events are represented by rectangular blocks. These always mirror the steps cur- rently represented by your pad...

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7.4 editing events many creation and editing commands on events/notes are available directly via mouse actions in the event area of the pattern editor. They will be applied according to the selected step grid resolution (see ↑ 7.1.7, adjusting the step grid and the nudge grid ). In group view, the s...

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Action function double-click note delete selected notes right-click (mac os x: [ctrl]-click) delete selected notes selecting notes (see ↑ 7.4.3, selecting events/notes for details) click unselected note select note [shift] + click unselected note add note to current selection [shift] + click selecte...

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7.4.2 creating events/notes in the software you can create new events anywhere in the event area using your mouse. The procedure depends on the active mouse edit mode (select, paint or erase). Each event is created at the beginning of the step in which your mouse cursor is located, ac- cording to th...

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Selecting events/notes on the controller using your controller you can select particular events from the selected pattern. This will allow you to edit them without affecting the other events. Quick selecting events and notes the quickest and easiest way to select events is the following: ► press shi...

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7.4.4 editing selected events/notes once you have selected particular events, you can edit them in various ways. In the software you can edit events with your mouse only if select mode is selected in the edit mode selector: click the cursor icon on the left to select events with your mouse. Action f...

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For example, if you have a drum roll, a flam or any custom sequence happening right before a beat, this allows you to move the whole sequence to another beat with a perfect timing while keeping its feel untouched. Dragging vs. Nudging dragging with the mouse is different from the nudge command on yo...

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Mouse in paint mode ► to delete an event, simply click it. Click and hold an event and move the cursor to quick- ly delete series of events. Mouse in erase mode ► to delete an event, simply click it. Click and hold the mouse anywhere in the event area and move the cursor to quickly delete series of ...

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Deleting events or notes via the transport functions if the sequencer is not playing, you can erase events on either side of the playhead by manual- ly moving the playhead: ► while playback is off, hold erase and press the locate buttons (in the transport sec- tion) to jump to the previous/next step...

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◦ if you have changed the sound focus, events are pasted at the same timings as the original events. In group view the events copied from the topmost sound in the sound list are pasted onto the focused sound, and the other events will retain their vertical position relative to these topmost events. ...

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Quantize and quantize 50% in the pattern editor context menu. To apply full or half quantization using the maschine software: 1. Select the events in the pattern editor you want to quantize. If nothing is selected, the whole pattern will be quantized. 2. To apply full quantization to the selected ev...

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Choosing an input quantization mode in the software the input quantization can be configured via the quantize setting available in the input section at the bottom of the general page in the preferences panel: ► click the quantize menu and select the desired input quantization mode from the three mod...

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This section describes how to use modulation in maschine — for more information on using automation, please refer to section ↑ 8.2.3, controlling parameters via midi and host automation . Please note that modulation and automation are not mutually exclusive: you can modulate a parameter in maschine ...

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→ your movement are recorded into the pattern and will be recalled as the playback is loop- ed. As soon as you create modulation for a parameter, the following happens: ▪ on the outer ring of the knob, the colored section (usually indicating the current parameter value) is replaced by a little segme...

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→ the modulation pane appears. The modulation pane showing the modulation track for the decay parameter (see on the left). The modulation pane contains following elements: ▪ the left part shows the modulator list showing all parameters currently modulated in the focused sound or group. Click any ent...

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