This is a basic tutorial video that shows how to import your own samples into the Maschine library. This is one of the many free maschine tutorials available on the site.
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nice tutorial makes me appreciate maschine more. i needed this because im an organized dude
I feel yo on that one!
hello again, i have the sample in my maschine, but would like to know if there is any way i can silence the drums at specific spots that are on the recorded sample… they are interfering with the beat that i have created, and i am trying to use JUST the lyrics from a particular song to use in my beat.
any help would be much appreciated! thanks alot
only thing you can do is try to filter or eq them out, there is no way to really separate drums from a sample like that
Hey Guys I am having trouble with importing some of my Samples.
Some will work but Maschine will request that others need to be rescaned.
They are all the same file types though.
Would really appreciate it if someone knows whats up.
Not sure what you mean? What do you mean they need to be rescanned? I have never ran into any issue importing waves into Maschine, I’m assuming they are wave files? Or aiff if you’re on a mac?
Do the samples stay in the same location on your HD, or do they get copied to the Maschine sample directory? If they don’t get copied is there a way to automate that, or should I copy manually then add to database?
Maschine just builds a reference to your samples wherever they are on your computer. You don’t need to copy them to any Maschine folder.
I got some ilife aif stuff that maschine won’t import.
When I try to import them, I get a “can’t save xxxxxx.aif on all the files. When I drag one into a pad it works fine
Not sure if it’s an incompatible file or some of the files in the group are incompatible. What type of sounds are they? What is ilife? As you can see I’m a PC guy so it’s probably a format I’m not familiar with. But we have tons of Mac guys here importing and using sounds. I have imported aif files before with no problem though.
whats up guys. i’ve tried this 3 different times and no matter what folder i choose it will give me the option to import but after importing i can never see the files to access when i select bank type and subtype the only result i get is 808 southern kit which is not even what I imported. what am i doing wrong? my files im trying to import are on a external hard drive
Did you give the folder a bank, type, and subtype?
yea and it goes through the process of saving all the files but when i select the bank type and subtype the only thing that shows up is 808 southern kit which i didn’t even add.
808 southern kit is a factory kit, your sounds will show up under samples, not under kits
i may have started out looking under the kits my error, thx for the response XD
No problem fam 🙂
i got it now the search results were automatically coming up for 808 for some reason but once i deleted it from the field i can see the files
yeah if you put anything in the search box it will only show that stuff, glad you got it fam
how do i access downloads on my computer through my maschine?
Click the button in the browser that says disk. You can then browse them in the software. If you want to browse your own samples from the controller, you have to tag them in the browser first by importing them.
i am having a problem with my computer recognizing my hardware. i run the maschine program but my hardware will not turn on. sometimes my hardware will not go into standby mode when i turn my computer on. suggestions?
Sounds like the driver isn’t installed properly, what do you mean by standby mode?
You can install the latest version of controller editor, make sure the hardware is unplugged, it will install the latest Maschine driver.
hi , Saint Joe , thx 4 all tutorials, really helpfull.
just a question.
could u take the sample off when u import , cuz i wanna rearrange them
What do you mean by take the sample off? Like the original tag you used? If you highlight it and go to edit, you can just uncheck the tags you don’t want to be on that sample and add the tags you want to use instead, then click apply and it will update it
Is there any way I can add a folder with other folders in it (Lets say for example my Fatloud Folder) into my “bank” and have the other folders in it already be organized in my “type” and “subtype” folders?
I tried to import my fatloud folder into my bank and all it did was give me one really long list of all my subfolders put together and was completely disorganized. Feel me??
no, you don’t import folders. You have to import what’s in the folder and tag them. If you just want to access your folders you can make them a favorite and access them from the disk tab, but they won’t show up on the controller in the browser. I actually do this myself, I have most of my stuff in the disk tab, my main folders as favorites, and I just import specific sounds or when I make kits I put those in the browser.
Ok word. Thanks man, cause I was getting ready to sit down and get straight up organized. But how do you create a favorite??
browse to it from the disk tab in maschine, right click on it, and say “add to favorites” I put my main folders in there, like my drum folder with all my drum folders and subfolders, my loops, etc. I mean you could import all your drums too, you just have to pay attention you can’t do a whole folder as it will just put them all in one big list. So if you have them organized you can go to each folder say you have a fatloud folder, you can go to the kicks, and tag them as fatloud,… Read more »
I imported and tagged my own sounds but now i want to delete what I imported, how do I do that? I right clicked on the sound and hit remove, it deleted the sound but kept the name of the sound inside the folder. I want the sound and the sound name removed altogether.
Also when i try to rename a sound in maschine its make a copy with the new name but keeps the old name in there as well as opposed to just changing the name
you want to actually delete the file from your hard drive? You can right click and choose remove, but also check “remove from disk” and it will delete it.
When editing a sample, including renaming, maschine will create a copy of the file so you don’t lose the original. If you don’t want the original you will have to manually delete it.
I haven’t been able to import a single sample ‘cos when I’m in the “disk” view I can see the “IMPORT” button below but when I start browsing the folders that button is changed for a “RESCAN” button. When I select a sample I get the “EDIT” button so I never really get the option to import. Tried rescanning to discard it was some issue with the library but didn’t work either. Pls help!
sounds like you previously added those folders already so Maschine just wants to rescan, edit is the same thing, you can give it the proper tags you want it to have and it will update them. Look in your preferences menu under user locations, it will show all the folders it has imported previously.
Anyone know how to access external drives on a mac via the machine browser? It’s only giving me the option to browse the Macintosh HD and Home drives…. Thanks.
Your external drives should show up automatically under the disk portion, no special setup needed. If you can see them on your Mac, they should show.
Yeah, they should show up but they’re not there. Very strange and there’s nothing I can do about it….. Was wondering if there was something I was missing. Oh well, I’ll just have to import on to my main drive. Thanks for your speedy reply.
Yeah, definitely weird indeed
Hey man first off I want to say thank you a ton for running this site, very sick! I have a question. I just got a maschine pack and they said they have pre organized everything in categories, its the transform kit. I am wondering how to import the sample pack with the maschine information attached. Thanks again Saintjoe.
No problem man, glad you like the site fam, we love providing the info!
Which kit is it and who makes it?
Awesome man ! It is ‘ transform’ by the company Twisted Tools. Whack cool sounds
I haven’t used that one but it really depends on how they designed it to work. You may have to simply import the folder or you may have to add it to your user preferences as a user library then do a rescan. It may also require adding an alias, I’d have to see it or look at the configuration. Did they provide a manual for it?
Thee is a specific folder in there that says maschine, il import that. There a edifice way you would suggest, also any special way to delete anything I should do? I’m continuing ur videos now so I’m sure il run into it, wanna hop in to organizing my sound library . No manual, I’m going to shoot me a email
Hmmmm, yeah each company does it differently, I would try to import that folder and see what happens 🙂
Hi St. Joe, I’m having a few import issues: Tried importing a sample kit that Mike Huckaby created for maschine (http://www.groove.de/2012/12/10/download-exclusive-mike-huckaby-sample-kit/) and it wouldn’t upload. There are16 aiff files in the folder but the last two files contain a hit and the harmonics of that hit that he extracted from reaktor. If you follow the link and read the explanation of the files at the bottom of the page, you will understand what I mean. So there’s essentially two sounds in one file, for sample 15 & 16. I wanted to import the folder as bank =kit, Type=artist, and created… Read more »
The mprj file is a maschine project, if you load that it should load all the samples with it. It definitely shouldn’t take long to upload the samples you’re mentioning,.
Did you save the imaschine projects from your iphone/ipad to your computer and if so do you remember where you copied them to?
Ok, so I can just upload the mprj file as opposed to the folder with the individual samples. Do I do it the same was as the video describes, in terms of choosing a bank, type, and sub-type.?
Yes, I saved the imaschine projects files to an external drive ?
The project will just loaf the samples how he saved them.
Did you actually export the projects to machine from imaschine? Once you copy them from iTunes you should be able to open them. Do you see any data in the project folder?
I just downloaded and tried the kit, I was able to open it as well as import the files into my browser properly.
The software was freezing a lot, so something else may be at play here. I reinstalled the maschine software from the disc and updated to the latest version and driver. I’m going to try importing again.
Ok let me know how it goes