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MASCHINE Getting Started – 5

2.  Installation and Setup

2.1  What´s in the box

After opening the MASCHINE package you will find the following items:

The MASCHINE Controller
The Installer DVDs
This Getting Started Manual
The Service Center Quick Start Guide
USB cable
The Serial Number Card

2.2  The MASCHINE Documentation

2.2.1 About this Getting Started Manual

This section will introduce you to the signage and text highlighting used in this manual.

Marginal Notes

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Summary of Contents for Maschine

Page 1: ...GETTING STARTED...

Page 2: ...eproduced or otherwise transmitted or recorded for any purpose without prior written permission by Native Instruments GmbH hereinafter referred to as Native Instruments All product and company names a...

Page 3: ...rlin Germany info native instruments de www native instruments de USA NATIVE INSTRUMENTS North America Inc 5631 Hollywood Boulevard Los Angeles CA 90028 USA sales native instruments com www native ins...

Page 4: ...e you can integrate it in any DAW that supports VST Audio Units or the RTAS for mat with multiple instances you can profit from its abilities in almost any software setup or use it as a stand alone ap...

Page 5: ...2 1 About this Getting Started Manual This section will introduce you to the signage and text highlighting used in this manual Marginal Notes This manual uses marginal notes to point out special fact...

Page 6: ...of knobs buttons and other elements that let you interact with the MASCHINE software but not to the names that relate to the MASCHINE Controller s rotary encoders pads etc 2 2 2 Other Documentation Wh...

Page 7: ...or sound library to an alternative location choose Custom Then click Next The Setup Program will lead you through the installation procedure Please follow the onscreen instructions After the installa...

Page 8: ...nnot select them in the Installation Destination dialog From Mac OS X 10 5 on this screen will be skipped automatically Click Continue Select the elements you want to install we recommend installing a...

Page 9: ...pment such as synthesizers keyboards drum machines or sam plers you may connect them to MASCHINEs MIDI In and MIDI Out ports On its rear panel the MASCHINE Controller features a MIDI In and a MIDI Out...

Page 10: ...utton 5 Page Buttons 6 Function Buttons 7 Note Repeat Button 8 Master Encoders 9 Group Buttons 10 Grid Button 11 Transport Buttons 12 Buttons 1 8 13 Left and Right Display 14 Rotary Encoders 1 8 15 Pa...

Page 11: ...3 Arranger 4 Control Area 5 Pattern Editor 1 Menu Button 2 Browser Button 3 Display Area 4 Transport Controls 5 Connect Button 6 Audio Engine Button 7 CPU Meter 8 Volume Control 9 NI Logo 1 Menu Butto...

Page 12: ...Column 4 Clip Area 1 Arranger Timeline 2 Group Slots 3 Scene Column 4 Clip Area 1 File Type Selector 2 Tag Filter 3 Text Search Field 4 Search Result List 5 Tag Editor 6 Audition Control 1 File Type...

Page 13: ...rce Tab 5 FX1 Tab 6 FX2 Tab 7 Output Tab 8 Quick Browse Area 9 Parameter pages depending on the selected Tab 10 Page Selector 1 Step Editor View Switch 2 Pattern Bank Menu 3 Step Editor 4 Piano Roll K...

Page 14: ...MASCHINE Getting Started 14 The Sampling Area 1 Record Tab 2 Edit Tab 3 Slice Tab 4 Mapping Tab 1 Record Tab 2 Edit Tab 3 Slice Tab 4 Mapping Tab...

Page 15: ...nce Manual Hardware On the MASCHINE Controller press the Browse Button In the Left Display you will now be presented with a selection of choices Turn Rotary Encoder 1 until the Filter on the Left Disp...

Page 16: ...st of all the available samples in the library Now activate Prelisten by clicking the Audition Button with the loudspeaker symbol on it underneath the list A List of Samples in the Browser Click the A...

Page 17: ...s Tag Filter to narrow down your search using Tags 4 2 Selecting Sounds and Creating a Group Now that you know how to find a Sample we will create a Group which contains up to 16 Sounds and up to 64...

Page 18: ...u can always change it by double clicking on the Sound Slot and typing in a new name After you have loaded a Sample into Sound Slot 1 you will recognize that Pad 1 on your hardware is lit This indicat...

Page 19: ...Grid s quantization settings press and hold the Grid Button on the MASCHINE Controller the Right Display will show you which Pad represents which Grid The Right Display showing the available Grids 2 S...

Page 20: ...the Pattern Length parameter Pattern Grid as described in the previous section Software The Pattern Grid and Pattern Length Menus The Pattern length is represented by the highlighted area of the Patte...

Page 21: ...may want to program your Pattern using the Step Sequencer Hit the Pad with the Sound you want to record to select it Press the Step Button Now you will see a light chasing through the Pads starting fr...

Page 22: ...s it plays the selected Sound automatically at a given quantization While holding the Note Repeat Button press the Pad you want to record notes will now be repeatedly triggered at the selected rate sh...

Page 23: ...se any USB MIDI keyboard selected in the Audio and MIDI Settings of the MASCHINE Preferences The connected MIDI input device will always play the currently selected Sound The backside of the MASCHINE...

Page 24: ...tton and start to record your melody Software In order to select the Sound you want to record a melody with click on it Now click the Piano Roll Keyboard Icon the Grid that showed all Sounds of the Gr...

Page 25: ...on and hold it now you can Solo Sounds by hitting their Pads and Groups by hitting the corresponding Group Buttons Solo is a temporary mode therefore you will have to hold the Solo Button to access it...

Page 26: ...on the Pad icon in the Pattern Editor Soloing the Kick 909 Sound To unsolo it right click on Mac Control click on the Pad icon again To solo a Group right click on Mac Control click on the Group icon...

Page 27: ...te a Sound click on the Pad icon in the Pattern Editor Muting a Sound To unmute the Sound click on the Pad icon again To mute a Group click on the Group icon in the Arranger Muting a Group To unmute t...

Page 28: ...ference Manual MASCHINE FX are really designed to be modulated Thats when the sounds really come to life when you start recording the knob movements How to do that is described in section 5 6 Automati...

Page 29: ...enhance the stereo content It is most ef fective on melodic sounds Flanger Standard Flanger with LFO and envelope follower modulators Phaser Standard Phaser with LFO and envelope follower modulators F...

Page 30: ...d more spacious and natu ral It is particularly suited to drum sounds Metaverb Like the Reverb the Metaverb adds spacial room information However in contrast to the Reverb it has a much more synthetic...

Page 31: ...y distor tion fuzz effect Lofi The Lofi effect reduces the Bitrate and Sample Rate of the audio signal for an interesting vintage effect at subtle settings and heavy digital distortion at extreme sett...

Page 32: ...es FX1 and FX2 Select FX1 by pressing Button 6 The Right Display showing the Modules FX1 and FX2 3 To choose an Effect for Module FX1 press Shift followed by Browse The Right Display now shows the lis...

Page 33: ...of the two FX Modules in this case we choose FX1 and click the Arrow to the right to get a list of all available FX The dropdown menu of the FX1 Module showing the Effects 3 As an example let s choos...

Page 34: ...to On the Right Display you can now see the Modules FX1 and FX2 Select FX1 by pressing Button 6 Pressing Button 6 on the Right Display 3 To choose an Effect for Module FX1 press Shift followed by Bro...

Page 35: ...he same way that FX get applied to the Sound currently in focus they get ap plied to the Group currently in focus so make sure to have your Group in focus in the Arranger The Group in focus on the Arr...

Page 36: ...er are being sent into the Effect Hardware Press Button 2 to put the focus on the Master Tab which gets selected on the Left Display On the Right Display you can now see Modules FX1 and FX2 Select FX1...

Page 37: ...cies and get to know the EQ The parameters of the EQ on the Left and Right Display Software You might have realized now how this is going to start first you select the Master Tab and then you click on...

Page 38: ...ows the FX Modules To mute one of the FX press Shift followed by either Button 6 for FX1 or Button 7 for FX2 The Right Display with FX1 and FX2 muted 3 To unmute the FX press Shift followed by the res...

Page 39: ...r automation gets recorded now if you want to discard it and try again press Erase hold it and turn the Rotary Encoder again to delete the Automation of this parameter It is also possible to record Au...

Page 40: ...0 The outer ring of the knobs used for automation To remove the Automation simply right click on Mac Control click on that outer ring To edit the Automation drag the automation points in the Automatio...

Page 41: ...up Send FX For more in depth information please read the Routing chapter of the MASCHINE Reference Manual 5 7 1 Applying an Effect to an external audio source Please make sure that you have connected...

Page 42: ...urce 5 You now can select your external source by turning Rotary Encoder 2 Then select effect slot FX1 by pressing Button 6 6 Press Shift followed by Browse now you see the list of the available Effec...

Page 43: ...ing up a Send Effect Sometimes you may want to have a classic Send Effect for example a classic reverb which can be shared by multiple sound sources This is how to set it up Hardware Lets send the Sna...

Page 44: ...Button again or pressing the Control Mode Button 8 Now get back to the 909 Kit Group and select the Snare Sound by pressing Pad 2 9 Go to the Output Tab OUT Button 8 and turn Rotary Encoder 5 to selec...

Page 45: ...t Tab OUT of the Sound Snare 909 The Output Tab 4 You can see the two Aux Sends Aux 1 and Aux 2 In the dropdown menu of Aux 1 choose Sound 1 to send the Snare 909 Sound to the Reverb in Sound 1 Choosi...

Page 46: ...together with your Group you can also prerecord auto mation for your FX for example filter sweeps or complex FX clusters with multiple FX that you can use on your material The Routing in MASCHINE is...

Page 47: ...Arranger Each clip placed in the Arranger references one of the Patterns created in the Pattern Editor Therefore when the content or length of a Pattern is edited all referencing clips in the Arranger...

Page 48: ...ftware Select the Scene you want to edit by clicking on the Scene Label in the Arranger Area Selecting Scene 1 2 Select the Pattern you want to use in the Scene by clicking on it in the Pattern Editor...

Page 49: ...ss Scene and Button 1 at the same time Using Button 3 Insert you can now copy the Scene currently selected to the following Scene Inserting a Scene 3 To delete a Scene press Button 4 1 2 If there are...

Page 50: ...selected Scene is always looping automatically The Loop Mode allows you to select several consecutive Scenes and play them one after the other in a Loop This is useful to check if the Scenes go well...

Page 51: ...nce A Loop containing Scenes 1 and 2 Tip Scene Surfing By toggling between Scenes you can find out if two Scenes are a good match if you have to add another one or edit it Since the Scenes always loop...

Page 52: ...MASCHINE itself either from another Group Sound or from the Master Output 3 In this case we record from the Group called 909 Kit so dial Rotary Encoder 1 to select Internal followed by dialing Rotary...

Page 53: ...Button The Record Tab 3 In the Record Tab choose your Source You can record Samples internally check the Intern radio button from another Group Sound or the Master Output or from one of the External I...

Page 54: ...ter the recording stops you will see the waveform of your Sample The waveform of the recorded Sample 8 Under the bigger waveform representing the recorded Sample you can see a small icon for each Samp...

Page 55: ...no need to adjust Start and End of the Sample or the Loop but we have to enable Loop as described above Software In the Edit Tab you can do the following adjust Start and End of the Sample enable the...

Page 56: ...op by clicking on the Enable radio button 4 The Loop Area is now highlighted you can change the Loop Area by moving the handles in the front and in the end of the Sample 5 If you want to have a bigger...

Page 57: ...7 2 Slicing a Sample Slicing a Sample is useful if you want to rearrange Loops or make them play correctly at another tempo Let s slice the drumloop we have just recorded Hardware Press Button 3 to e...

Page 58: ...nd or Group Slot to put the Slices on 5 After that the display will automatically change to Keyboard Piano Roll Mode You can now play the Slices using the Pads 6 If you change the tempo with the Tempo...

Page 59: ...mple in contrast to slicing it into sixteenth notes You will notice that the vertical lines have snapped to the transients now 4 Zoom in using the Magnifier Icon in the low left of the Slicing Area th...

Page 60: ...velocity ranges and Tune Gain and Pan for each Sample Hardware In the Sampling Mode hit Button 4 to enter the Mapping Tab On the right display you will see the sample wave form of the selected zone n...

Page 61: ...rag the left and the right border of the Zone with your mouse thereby extending or minimizing it and defining a note range The note range of several Zones can overlap 3 You can also set all necessary...

Page 62: ...sily use and find them for other Projects These functions are only available in the MASCHINE Software You will also learn how to export audio files from Groups Sounds and the Master Output 8 1 Saving...

Page 63: ...S X Control click on the Groups Slot in the Arranger and choose Save As from the dropdown menu Saving a Group 8 1 3 Saving a Pattern To save a Pattern right click on Mac OS X Control click on the Patt...

Page 64: ...4 1 Finding Samples in the Browser it is easy to find Samples and other MASCHINE file types with the Tag Filter of the MASCHINE Browser To get the most out of this feature you need to categorize your...

Page 65: ...y selected 4 To assign the selected Tags to your file click on the Apply Button at the bottom of the Tag Editor Window 5 Tags can be applied to a multiple selection of files This is a useful feature a...

Page 66: ...ndow 2 In the Export Window s Region dropdown menu you can select the Region you want to export all Scenes or the current Loop Range From the Output menu select what you want to export the Master Grou...

Page 67: ...Selecting the Output in the Export Window 3 Now click on the Settings Button here you can additionally select a Bit Depth enable Normalization and choose whether you wish to optimize the loop for loo...

Page 68: ...heck your CPU power before playing Some things can be very embarrassing for example if you are on stage and your computer starts to have hiccups because it cannot handle the amount of effects anymore...

Page 69: ...a bassline or a melody 9 6 Set up your own Multieffect Groups As described in chapter 5 7 The Input Module and Advanced Routing you can set up multieffect Groups containing all the Send Effects you wa...

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