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Maschine 101 – Basics and Fundamentals

This tutorial outline was designed to highlight some of the basic things you will want to know when getting started with Maschine and focuses on the original version.

It’s a collection of some free MT videos as well as exclusive tutorials specifically created to help you get started.

This section doesn’t cover all the content on the site, use the search box and category list to access much more.

It is here to guide you through some of the most common questions and functions you’ll have when getting started with your new tool.

1. Setting up your Maschine
  • setting up your preferences
  • setting your audio and midi configuration
2. Maschine software interface overview
  • Maschine software header section overview
  • understanding the maschine arranger area
  • understanding the maschine control view area
  • understanding the maschine sampler and pattern area
  • understanding the maschine browser
3. Using the Maschine hardware controller
  • Maschine MK2 hardware controller overview
  • hardware controller overview (original Maschine)
  • browsing sounds from the hardware
  • Maschine MK2 volume, swing, and pitch quick adjust
  • adjusting hardware settings from the controller
4. Loading and playing Maschine's factory sounds and kits
  • how to load a drum kit in maschine
  • how to load a drum kit without the preset pattern
  • how to spread drum sounds out across your keyboard keys
  • how to load and play an instrument sound
  • how to set a sound to 16 velocity levels on Mikro
5. Loading and playing VST or AU plugin instruments in Maschine
  • how to manage your vst or au  plugins in maschine
  • how to load komplete elements in maschine
  • how to access plugin presets from the preset menu in maschine
6. Basic sequencing in Maschine
  • how to make your first loop in real time
  • how to apply swing to whole patterns, groups, and individual sounds
  • saving your patterns and loops for use with other kits or songs
  • how to use scenes to build a song from your patterns
7. Getting started with basic sampling in Maschine
  • sampling anything easily using your phone or iPod
  • how to chop your samples manually by adjusting the start and end points or by using autochop, and how to make pads/samples cut each other off
  • how to make a sample cut itself off or sustain when you hold the pad
  • how to use choke groups to make pads cut each other off
8. Saving your projects, sounds, presets and exporting
  • saving a custom project template
  • saving your own projects
  • creating and saving your own custom kit
  • saving your own custom sounds in maschine
  • how to export your audio from scenes, groups, and sounds, out of Maschine
  • using drag and drop to export audio or midi data
  • backing up your Maschine database
  • saving patterns for use with other kits and projects
9. Adding your own sounds to the Maschine library
  • How to import your own sounds and tag them in the Maschine database

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