This tutorial shows you how to get started by creating your first beat in Maschine.
We go through how to start a new pattern, setting the length, adjusting the grid, and starting the sequencer.
I show how to get a count-in, start the metronome, and quantize your beat after the fact.
This should help you with the very basic workflow of creating you own music in Maschine.
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MAAANNNN Saintjoe you hit right on the head!!!!Thanks bro.
glad to help yo! that's what we here for!
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yeah, I'm thinking the same thing son!
hell yeah, the NI tutorials are not even close!
thanks fam, glad you like em!
Now that's what I call a solid foundation!
thanks Ray Man…now go setup your avatar lol.
No Doubt! Saint Joe, finally I made a lil sumthin thanks brotha.
dope fam, glad to help!
When I press grid I don’t see the quantize option in the left screen. I’m using version 1.5 on a Mac, was this video made using the 1.6 beta?
yes, this is for 1.6, in 1.5 quantize shows under the pad button
Thank you
no problem
Can you clarify the difference between sound length and grid size? In the video are you saying you set the pattern length to two bars then the grid size will determine the length of the note every time you hit the pad – in this example 1/16 notes?
i need that info as well
Ha cool.
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follow this
https://maschinetutorials.com/how-to-setup-your-avatar-on-the-site
just recorded my 1st joint haha im hyped ova hea…..iz me bitches haha ok let me calm down…and learn how to save this hahaha…..good looks jo your tha man 4real
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How do you copy and paste scene one into scene two and still be able to cut certain sounds from scene two without it removing the sounds out of scene one.
watch this video
https://maschinetutorials.com/creating-independent-patterns-when-duplicating-scenes
basically you just need t o duplicate the scene so it will give you independent patterns. If you’re in 1.6 already, just right click on the scene and select duplicate.
Sorry….I am using protools. I see sequencing with Logic , but nothing with protools on your site.
We do not have any protools videos on the site at this time, logic is here, and there is some studio one videos that show a bit more along the lines of basic routing for daws. I personally do not own/use pro tools.
SaintJoe….Thanks!!!!!My Pops just updated to 1.6 and I just watched the Video…..I’m poppin now…..This is the #@%^….Thanks again Bro….
Dope fam! Glad you like it homie!
dood in 2 minutes learned what would take much longer with a manual!!!
Awesome James! Good to hear that man! That’s what we like to see!
great stuff! You need to write a maschine book, these videos are really helpful
thanks BRO! I’m more of a video, show you how to do it guy, I don’t have the patience to write a book I don’t think lol.
glad you like it man! Any questions, requests, or feedback please let us know, always trying to improve and get better.
hey saintjoe, i really appreciate this site. im brand new to maschine. im used to reason. and whats killing me is the sequencing. in reason i can copy a note, then move my sequencer to where i wanna place it then paste. On maschine it looks like i cant even grab the sequencing bar to move it manually. further more, when i copy a note to paste it else where, it only pastes right next to the note i copied!! WTF? Is there a way to paste these notes where i want them? or am i always supposed to drag… Read more »
quickest way to copy is to highlight the note, pres ctrl+click on the note and drag it to where you want, we’ve definitely voiced our opinion on not being able to copy, move the cursor on the hardware, and paste, this is flaw that needs fixed imo, but you can make it work just by doing the ctrl+click and dragging the notes where you want them
thnx for that fast reply. like i said im new to maschine my main tool is reason. just tryin to broaden my my production options.
I feel ya fam, no doubt, we all trying to constantly improve man, good stuff. Make sure you peep the vids we did using maschine and reason together yo.
hey saintjoe, i’ve got an issue. my pattern is turned off but it is still playing background noise? i’m brand new to maschine, so i am really struggling haha. how do i turn this off?!
what do you mean it’s turned off and playing background noise? What type of noise and how did you “turn it off” ?
well, i turned the pattern off, but some beat in the background just keeps playing. and then because of this it won’t loop; it will just play the pre-recorded pattern with that kit. any suggestions?
I have no clue what you mean man 😉
What did you “turn off” ?
Do you have a beat in another group with a kit somewhere?
i turned off the preset drum pattern: https://maschinetutorials.com/loading-drum-kits-without-loading-the-preset-patterns.
i figured this was all you needed to stop the auto pattern from playing when pressing play? i figure i’m just doing something wrong. sorry i’m such a noob though with this stuff 😛
ahhh, you have to do that before you load the kit 🙂
to erase the pattern hit shift+clear (pad 9)
awesome! i’ll try it when i get home. thanks man, i seriously appreciate it. incredible customer service! i’ll definitely be recommending this website for my friends considering a maschine
No doubt, glad to help!
Awesome vid. You make it so easy. Thank you!
very glad to help! thank you!
is ther any videos on here that talk about tempo and how to use it depending like sampling or from scratch just how to use it
What exactly are you trying to do with the tempo? Tempo doesn’t come into play when you are sampling, only after you’re done sampling if you are trying to find the tempo of the sample it’s easiest to use tap tempo. If you go into the sampling page and go to slice, you can sometimes see what Maschine thinks the tempo is. If you let me know exactly what you’re trying to do I’m sure we can make a video for you explaining it.
SJ, this stuff makes maschine much easier to learn, had to read the manual twice and then do the 101 course and in some parts had to do it twice (:)). Little slow here. hehehe Great tutorials man. Peace !
glad to make it easier for your bro, that’s our main objective, make it easy and fun!
Great Motherfriggin video!!! Props!
That’s whasup family! Glad you diggin it!
To what’s up Joe new to the site man just picked up my maschine on Friday been tryin to tear it up having some fun!.. My question is about the step mode, will it only run in 1/16.. When I have a 1 bar pattern the lights run in a continuous loop, but when I double to two or more, the lifts only run for the first bar then go off. Do j have to make each bar individually? Have you come across anything like that? I’m new to this hole thing so not sure if that’s a good explanation… Read more »
Welcome Simon. Okay, if you want to change the grid of the steps push the grid button and you’ll see a bunch of resolutions you choose from by hitting the pads. To get to the next page in step mode, you have to hit the arrorws on the top of the right screen. So press step, then you will see two arrows on the top right screen. Press them over to get to the next bar, so you can only see one bar at a time depending on which one you have the arrow pointing on. The bar will actually… Read more »
This site is the truth. Had machine for a week now, and you guys have shortened my learning curve considerably! Is there a capture record function, you like when you’re playing around with some sounds and come up with that perfect riff, can you capture that performance? would be a nice feature the count in is too much pressure!
That’s whasup fam! Lol yeah you can just press record without the count in, so if you rockin along and you make something you like just press record and play it again.
Thanks man. I’m actually use to working in Logic and I never Actually recorded with record on. I just played or whatever then hit control/command and R and it captured what I last played. Kinda got used to it.
Oh nah, Maschine doesn’t have retro recording. I used to have that when I had my fantom, cool feature though 🙂
i dont have the Machine controller, im using the Fantom G6 as the controller.. but my question is how do i set the metronome to count in the software ???
you need the controller, there is not way to set it in the software. Maschine software is meant to work with it’s own controller. You’re missing alot of functionality by not using the controller with it. Is your controller broke or something?
how do i change the beat count or whatever? my sequence is so small and it’s getting to me man! i’m brand new to this
In the beginning of this vid I talk about changing bars, if yours is defaulting to 2 you can change it to 4 instead by hitting the pattern button and turning the first knob to change the number of bars.
2, 4, 6, 8, etc.
i have a maschine mikro. is it still the same? break down the whole beat thing for me please :/
Yep, it’s exactly the same, software operates the same. Where are you stuck at?
You can also change the length of your pattern from the software, where it says 2.0, change that to 4 or 8. It’s right under where it says the group name. Leave the len to 1 bar, and then just change how many bars you want.
that was it right there man. hit the nail on the head. this is the greatest website probably ever. saved me mad money. i was about to go to dubspot in new york haha
LOL!! Glad to help fam!! If you have any questions don’t be afraid to ask. We are here to help!
hey joe for some reason when i press shift + rec …. the metronome doesn’t start. If you could let me know what i need to do to make it work when you get a chance i’d appreciate it. Thanks !
Make sure you’re running the latest version, this was added in an update, I think around 1.5 or so I can’t remember exactly. Other than that, it should work.
Really appreciate the videos Joe. I have my pattern set to 3 bars but for some reason every other time my samples are playing when the play bar reaches 1.5 bars it starts back at 1 rather than looping all the way through to 3. What could be going on?
Do you have every pattern for the other groups in your scene at 3 bars? If you have any other pattern at 2 bars will will not work, so you need to work in multiple of 3. So any other group needs to have it’s patterns at 3, 6, 9, 12, etc.
hi i have fixed velocity on but the length of my sounds are all diffrent how do i have them fixed? many thanks
the length depends on how long you hold the pad down, there is no “fixed length” button only fixed velocity.
When programing patterns, is there a way to listen to the previous pattern while programming the next pattern in the same group.? Or would I have to duplicate the first pattern to pattern 2 and add whatever extra I wanted?
you would usually duplicate it, but you can also use the split and compare feature to quickly make multiple patterns
https://maschinetutorials.com/using-split-and-compare-to-quickly-undo-and-duplicate-patterns
Thanks, that really is a lot better! I’m so glad you made this site. I was ready to pull my hear out from reading the manual.
Thanks for the quick response too.
Cool, glad to help! Make sure to ask any questions if you have em…please don’t pull our your hair 😉
First of all Much respect to you SaintJoe I have gotten enough free advice off of you, so I thought it was time to pay for some.
Quick question. I have set my preferences in maschine to have the pattern be 4 bars but every time I select a new pattern the length does not get set to 4 bars. Any ideas?
what length does it get set to? Do you have it set to load your previous project when starting a new one?
I checked my settings and I don’t have it setup to load the last project. and when I hit record it always has it set to one bar. I have to change it to 2 bars or 4 bars.
if you go into record without starting a new pattern first it will do this, but if you just hit the pattern button and press a pad to start a new pattern, it should use your defaults
Thanks for the reply. I realized what the problem was. basically im an idiot. When you set it up in preferences its asking you for the beats not the actual length of bars. So I had to set it to 16 beats to get the 4 bar pattern as default.
yeah that’s right, but you’re not an idiot man 🙂
glad you got it working
When I am watching my tutorials, I cant plug in my machine cause it takes away the sound from my tutorial. So its kind of counter productive. How do I get around this, so that I can watch the tutorials and play the machine at the same time?
Sounds like a problem with your audio interface, what device do you use? Soundsike it only allows one application at a time using your audio output.
The part where you uncheck the little box so that it doesnt load a pattern when you pick your kit; well I dont have that little box. I have the circle arrow thingy then nothing to the right except for the edit tab. Ho do I get what you see to pop up on mine?
When I hit the grid button there is no quantize option in knobby number 1 like you have in the tutorial. How do I pull up the quantize option if its not on the screen? Mine just says “polyphony” until I hold grid, then all 4 arrows, control, and botton 1 and 4 are lit. But there is no “quantize” anywhere. Nothing written above knobby 1 in the screen ?!?!
When I hit the pattern button, the 1-16 doesnt show up. They are all blank, but if I hit a button (1 for example), its shows up as A1.
Yeah. I have watched the video over and over. I have no quantize anything in my left screen, and no “pattern” box to uncheck that should be next to the little circle arrow
You are on an old version. Open up the NI service center or go to your account on the NI site to download the latest version. We are on 1.7 now.
I just installed the 1.7 version, and ALLL of the banks are missing. The Kits, ERRRRRRRRthing. HOw did this happen?
watch this
https://maschinetutorials.com/maschine-1-7-update-missing-samples-plugins-and-presets-explained
I started over again with the new update. When I hit pattern like the tutorial says, I dont see 1-16. All I see are blanks.
What do you mean blanks? Blank patterns? Are you running 1.7? Send me a picture of it to help@MaschineTutorials.com
a picture of what? And yes I am? 1.7.2 Blank loops/scenes/beats whatev you want to call them. The pattern is there, but non of my loops. Also no lil box thingy in bottom left of the software screen to do your own pattern.
A picture of your screen
How do I do that? 🙂
email me fam, help@MaschineTutorials.com 🙂
I know its off the topic, but do you or your boyz also run a Traktor Kontrol S2/S4 website?
Naw fam lol, I don’t mess with the dj stuff 😉
OK. I ran the update a third time, and now I have my source/groove/mcr/out thingy, but no little box thingy in the left bottom corner.
What little box are you speaking of? Email me bro.
How do I take a pic of the screen?
With a software like snagit or screenhunter