14.1.4 Name your Groups, Sounds and Scenes
Naming your Groups, Sounds and Scenes gives you a better overview of exactly what you are
doing, especially if you focus on playing with the MASCHINE hardware controller. It might not
be something that is very interesting, but it certainly pays off in a hectic live situation to have
a quick overview.
14.1.5 Consider using a Limiter on your Master
This sounds rather conservative, but if you want to avoid digital distortion caused by an over-
load of your soundcard, this is a useful safety measure. On the other hand you might experi-
ence a somewhat squashed and dull sound if you overuse the Limiter by feeding a lot of loud
signals to it. Try it out and see what works best for you!
14.1.6 Hook up your other Gear and sync it with MIDI Clock
If you have other gear such as a drum machine, a synthesizer or another sequencer that is able
to send MIDI Clock, hook it up to the MASCHINE hardware controller’s MIDI In and activate
Sync to External MIDI Clock
from MASCHINE’s
File
menu so that they can play together in
sync. MASCHINE can also receive MIDI Clock via an internal MIDI port, so you can synchron-
ize it with a MIDI Master. Furthermore, you can let MASCHINE send the MIDI Clock signal
(see section
↑
2.5.3, MIDI Tab
for more info on these). Make sure to also setup your Sync Off-
set Slave correctly (see chapter
↑
2.4.1, Preferences – General Tab
) so that all your machines
and MASCHINE are tightly synchronized.
14.1.7 Improvise
It is nice if a live set is working out exactly the way you planned it, but sometimes, this can get
boring for you as well as for the audience. Something unexpected or even plain mistakes can
be the key for inspiring tracks and performances as well as just jamming around with your
Sounds and Samples.
Appendix: Tips for playing Live
Preparations
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