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16.1.4 Name your Groups and Sounds
Naming your Groups and Sounds gives you a better overview of exactly what you are doing,
especially if you focus on playing with the MASCHINE Hardware. It might not be something
that is very interesting, but it certainly pays off in a sometimes rather hectic live situation to
enable a quick overview.
16.1.5 Consider using a Limiter on your Master
This sounds rather conservative, but if you want to avoid digital distortion caused by an
overload of your soundcard, this is a useful safety measure. On the other hand you might
experience 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!
16.1.6 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 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 synchronize it
with a MIDI Master. Furthermore, you can let MASCHINE send the MIDI Clock signal (see
section
2.6 , “ Connecting External MIDI Equipment ,” for more info on these). Make sure to
also setup your Sync Offset correctly (see chapter 2.4.1 , “ Preferences – General Tab ”) so that
all your machines and MASCHINE are tightly synchronized.
16.1.7 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.