Sup fam, been getting more and more questions on how to export projects from iMaschine into your computer so you can open and work on them in Maschine.
I must admit, this is one of my favorite features of iMaschine, aside from the workflow, the fact that I know I can finish it up in Maschine makes it even more useful to me.
But I was new to file sharing with iTunes, so didn’t quite understand where to look at first, but it’s not too difficult if you poke around. iMaschine uses iTunes file sharing to export projects from the app, sync with iTunes, and allows you to download to your computer for use in Maschine.
This video shows you how to handle this, it’s pretty straight forward, but it always helps to see it in action.
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Nice Vid man I was wonering how to do that. I have the I-maschine on my I-phone and was playing with it. Thanks money ur always on point…
No doubt fam, glad to help, just trying to keep it moving yo, keep the creativity flowing
imaschine into big maschine lol
hahahaha, I had the same reaction when I said it, I thought it sounded funny man lol…:)
yo joe is it possible to add some of your kits, sounds etc… to the ipad.
yes,. you drag them over into the file sharing menu, into the imashine part, and they will show up. I don’t really dig it for that though, because itunes file share doesn’t support folder uploads.
Thanks Joe. I’ve been adding oneshot samples to imaschine this way to get more sounds. thanks for the video, great as always.
Yes indeed man, thanks for the comment.
I see so if I wanted to transfer a folder I would have to do it file by file.
Yep, I asked them to change this but it’s a limitation of iTunes file transfer.
Damn that sucks, well atleast if u have a synth goin on you can adjust it a bit on the iPad, extend the melody add keys etc so atleast it has the option.
Yeah I mainly just use what’s in the app, until either apple updates Itunes sharing or if NI introduces another form of sharing, or I find a way to trick it lol
Well if you find a way to do so don’t hesitate to show and tell (;
you know I will fam 🙂
Great vid SJ, I got imaschine when it first came out and have done some nice ideas on it from time to time. I always wondered about bringing my projects into big machine and now i have the answers! Quick question, the imaschine has packs like swag city and some other nice sounds in the expansion packs. Can you transfer them sounds to big machine or only when your doing a project? I noticed a lot of nice chords and sounds on imaschine that are not in big maschine or am i wrong? Its been a while lol. Thanks again… Read more »
Word man, the best way to transfer sounds you like would be via a project. So load up the different sounds or kits you want, and then just export those as a project so you can use them in the regular maschine. I’m definitely looking forward to a big swagg city, but also I know they are working on the m-paq stuff which has a similar vibe of chops, chords, and riffs, exclusive for maschine.
Damn, that sucks about having to import sounds one by one….ugh!
I’m already getting pretty tired of the samples in iMaschine.
Will you be doing a tute on the import of sounds into iMaschine SJ?
I thought about it, but I’m not really a fan of it currently, I hope they make a way to get more into it, maybe ditch the itunes file sharing and do something on their own, ftp or something man lol
What is the point of exporting the Audio?
I can’t really imagine anyone doing a polished mixdown on their iPad or iPhone.
Kind of seems a little pointless – maybe I’m missing something here?
Maybe you want to make quick loops and samples to import into your daw, Dj software, or whatever, instead of working with it as a project.
Ah, cool – I see. Good point.
Whats good fam? When I load up the session into Maschine it says that the imaschine library could not be located. Do I have to put it somewhere? I did it the same way that you did on my desktop and everything is in the folder but the samples don’t load
nope, if you export it with the samples everything should be there
Another great tutorial fam. To get around some of the iTunes file transfer limitations,I use an app. called iFile to transfer folders full of samples from my Dropbox.It requires a Jailbroken device (which is legal and takes less than 5 minutes with Absinthe). I only use the Jailbreak to get around the file system limitations of IOS. It also allows you to transfer files via SSH which is similar to FTP and supports drag and drop via Wifi or USB. Works great!
I keep hearing more about that app man, iFile, I don’t have a jailbroken device but it seems like a pretty cool app for sure
Thank you! I was tearing my hair out looking for the files I had exported. I didn’t realize I actually had to sync the ipad with the computer first. Duh! I’m two days new to the ipad/iMaschine and about a year new to the Maschine Studio. I love it. I am drinking the Kool-Aid and getting onboard with Apple products in general. I know I am late to the Apple party, but better late than never! Lol. Your videos are helping me learn at my own pace. I wish I could spend a lot more time learning and creating, but… Read more »
Hahahaha, glad to help fam! My main computer is a PC, but I also have a Mac mini and of course the iPad.