Native Instruments MASCHINE MIKRO MK2, Manual

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Parameter Description
Formant Correction Enables/disables the formant correction. Formant correction allows the pitch-shift-
ed audio to retain the timbre (or “color”) of the original audio as much as possi-
ble. This is especially useful for melodic instruments.
Time section Time stretching parameters.
Beat Mode Click this radio button in order to use Beat mode. In Beat mode, the new tempo is
defined relatively to the time signature (the beats and bars) of the original audio.
This can be useful if you sampled a loop with a clearly defined rhythm (e.g., a
drum loop).
Auto Detection
( Beat Mode only)
If enabled, MASCHINE automatically detects the tempo of the original audio.
Source BPM
( Beat Mode only)
Allows to define the tempo of the original audio (in BPM). This tempo is defined in
different ways according to the
Auto Detection value:
If Auto Detection is enabled, you can set the length (in bars) of the original audio.
You can choose between 1, 2, and 4 bars. The number between brackets indicates
the resulting tempo (in BPM) derived from the number of bars you have set and
the computed tempo value.
If Auto Detection is disabled, you can directly define the tempo of the original au-
dio (in BPM).
New BPM
( Beat Mode only)
Defines the target tempo of the time-shifted audio (in BPM).
Stretch length
( Beat Mode with Auto
Detection enabled only)
If Auto Detection is enabled, you can define the length of the target audio (in
bars). Please note that any change to the Source BPM value (see above) will be
automatically mirrored by this Stretch length value. Once you have set the number
of bars in the source audio, you can set here another number of bars, thereby di-
viding or multiplying the tempo of the target audio. Available values are 1/16, 1/8,
1/4, 1/2, 1, 2, 4, and 8 bars, as well as the corresponding triplet values.
Free Mode Click this radio button in order to use Free mode. In Free mode, the new tempo is
defined independently from the time signature of the source. This is more suited
for non-rhythmic Samples. In this mode only one parameter is available:
Speed
(see below).
Speed
( Free Mode only)
Adjusts the new tempo relatively to the original tempo (in percentage). The mini-
mum value is 10 %.
Sampling and Sample Mapping
Controlling Sampling from the Software
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