One of the first questions I usually get about Maschine is how to make a sample stop overlapping itself, how to make it play only when you hold the pad, or how to make it cut itself off.
I know many of you know how to do this, but when you first get Maschine this is probably one of the first things you want to know
This video just shows how to mess with the polyphony, adsr, ahd for the sound/pad or polyphony for the group to get your different sample playback options.
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Thanks for this, like your tutorials a lot homie. Keep Up the tight Work!
no doubt fam, glad to help
Definitely would have appreciated this one when I first got Maschine lol
yeah man lol
This drove me nuts when I first got Machine. LOL Thanks SJ
lol Brick – remember it well man.
I know fellas I know lol, crazy!
I think this drove EVERYBODY crazy when they first got it… I remember I was like HOW DO I DO THISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS..LOL
haha 🙂
Also..this is dope cause a lot of people coming on board to maschine still dont know. I know we have some new users as MT Family
Yeah, we always have new users, but this is definitely one of those things man!
I’m definitely a mouse person so I have my way of doing things and it works for me but I gotta practice changing stuff from the controller like this – it HAS to speed things up and keep the workflow ultra smooth. It’s not what I’m used to tho – before this I only ever used Pro Tools and no matter how often I try to do everything from the controller I slip back to keyboard/mouse control, so some kind of project to follow using say one of the VIP Download sounds and just the controller to recreate what you… Read more »
nothing wrong with using the mouse fam, I do both, just depends on what I’m doing.
Your workflow looks very smooth tho 🙂 – I gotta practice using it more.
No doubt man, it’s all in how you want to work yo!
Jus set the polyphony of the pad to 1 and put it on number 1 choke group (you dont have to) but its easier to deal wen u have many samples, sum u want to cut off, others you dont want (ex: arranginging chops n layings drums u chopped from the same sample)
yep, I rarely use choke groups, I usually just set the poly of my whole group to 1 😉
many ways to do it, but the specific question I usually get is how to make the same pad cut itself off, poly to 1 on the pad is the answer for that, the other stuff I just threw in for good measure
Oh Man ! …. Thanks for this !
Also because of this vid … I accidentaly discovered where to look to do reverse. 🙂
Glad to help seth!
Great video. Helped me. Thanks again SJ.
Good news! Glad to help.
I learn somthing new every time thanks.Saintjoe.
glad to help fam!
Hey Saint Joe this was a great vid! Thanks for being so thorough. One question tho…what is the choke group for?
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when using choke groups, anything in the same choke group will cut each other off. So if you have pad 1 in group 1 and pad 16 in group 1, they will cut each other off.
I will do a quick video on that joint for you fam.
Simple and straight forward. Invaluable.
Hey man(s), not sure if it’s been covered here or not, but I’ve heard theres an option to make your pads play at full vol no matter how hard you hit them. How do I do this?
hit the pad button, at the top on the left screen you’ll see a button that says “full vel”, press that and it puts the pads in full velocity.
Cheers Joe!
No problem!
Can you please explain a little bit more on how to put all my pads to full velocity. What screen is the full velocity button on? Thanks…
Hit the pad mode button, and you will see it on the left screen.
Thanks Bro! I got my $9.95 worth already ..lol
Ahahaha, that’s whasup brotha, plenty more for ya, if you have any questions just ask!
peace 🙂
Ok Saint Joe I got a couple questions for you that relate to material in this vid…….
1. Does maschine have a snap function that other samplers do?
2. Is there any way to adjust the sensitivity of the zoom feature when editing a slice so that it doesnt zoom so fdrastically cause i am trying to use the hardware more and more and i get to a point where the zoom just takes a huge jump, is this because i am trying to zoom in on a 2min sample and not a short sample?
1. explain what you mean by “snap” function. It doesn’t snap to zero if that’s what you mean
2. use the shift knob when zooming and you’ll get finer increments.
whats goin on saint joe. hey man maybe u or anyone here can help. i got a mac and for some reason your vid tutorials dont play at all . its just blank. is there something i need to do or downloAD to have your videos play on the mac.
Nothing special, we have a ton of mac users. Make sure your flash player is up to date.
by any chance would u know where its located? or how to do that?
hey saint joe. just wanna let you know that i got it . im in full effect! lets go
Sorry fam lol, I’m at work still missed your second reply, but glad you got it homie!!
Great explaination SJ. Thanks for your time.
No problem fam, glad it helped ya!
thanx for answering all my questions so far, ok so i have my samples down and they do cut off but i have a problem with recording them like say i am recording on sample and i want to sample something else its still cutting off my original so i can’t layer it i might have missed something but i want to record two separate samples without cutting the other one off when i hit the pad is there a way to do that?
Increase your group polyphony and then just set the samples you want to have cut each other off into the same choke group. If you don’t want two samples to cut each other off, keep them out of the same choke group.
thanx but sorry one more thing i only see the voice setting for that not the group setting how do i get to the group setting to do that?
oh wait i think i got it thanx dude
No problem, it’s for the group as a whole, not the individual pads
Followed you on your own web site St Joe, and just purchased the Maschine 2. This is a great site for a noob. For $10 / month. A steal. Will be glued here over the next few months. Regards
Alan
Awesome man, let us know if you have any questions, we are always adding new stuff and redoing the old ones when needed!
Im having a problem with exporting a rough draft of my beat I kno this involves scenes but I figured id post here since my multiple samples arent playing together naturally. For some reason my main sample (chorus) doesnt play when im listening to all scenes I hoped when I exported that it would magically fix itself but no…I have many chopped samps and the chops and different drum patterns play fine together for 16 bars but then when the chorus part comes in it doesnt play and all you hear is the drum pattern. What would cause such an… Read more »
also wanted to add that the sample im talkin about is in loop mode and is the only loop all other samples are chopped
Sounds like you have your sample on ADSR, Switch it to One Shot… if that doesn’t work try turning your choke group off….Loop mode or not , it should play…hope that helped a lil. 😉
Loop mode only works when you are holding the pad down so it will not automatically loop through the song unless you have it in each scene playing. You really don’t need to put a sample on loop mode unless it’s a smaller sample and you want to turn it into an instrument.
Ok so I was wrong my sample was definately on one shot but I do remember deleting the pattern and recording a new pattern with just the sample and I removed the drums and have those drum patterns on a different group ie samples n chops in group a and drum kit in group b…I also forgot to mention I have samples and drum patterns saved in group a and drum patterns I did with stepmode in group b…could this be the cause of my problems. Once again in group a with my samples I have the samples with the… Read more »
They should still work even if you have stuff together, the only thing I can think of is to check what the polyphony setting is on your group, you could be running over and dropping notes. Raise it up to 16 or more and it should work. If you want to send me the project I can take a look at get a better feel for what you’re talking about. Send it to help@MaschineTutorials.com
so if samples dont come in when theyre supposed to or dont play at all while making scenes its a polyphony issue? saintjoe ive never heard of a site moderator that would go that far to help someone. i def plan on staying on this site for a while…thanks and if i cant figure this out in a few days i’ll definately send u my project. “also what did u mean when u said “running over and droppin notes? should i raise the polyphony on the samp to 16 or the whole group a where all the samps and chops… Read more »
I would raise the poly on the group, it could be an issue of too many sounds in the group playing at once. I can’t think of anything else that would cause it to not play, but feel free to send it over man, I can help you better if I can see what you see 🙂
yea in certain patterns i have like 3 or 4 different chops in one pattern i didnt think i was limited…like i have a main samp for the verse (different) from the sample loop i was having trouble with…and i have other chops from the song coming in and out…sounds kinda of bugged out but im testing my creativity…im really an emcee but i feel like the best way through the door nowadays is being a producer…no one really cares if you got bars anymore…ive done shit with triple seis, copywrite, tonedeff, qn5, so ive been around. thnks again im… Read more »
hey saint joe, how do you always get into the sampler from the software and hardware device both? simple question but i usually just find it after thumbing around enough times but looking to have a shortcut route..
Do you mean the sampling page? If you press the sampling button you will get there. Or if you mean the sampler on the pad, you just have to be focused on the sound tab when you have a sample loaded and the options will show up.
sampler on the pad, but ok i’ll check the sound tab to make sure then… thanks!
No problem fam!
Thanks for directing me to this tutorial Joe.
It was a great help.
I lost you though when it came to adjusting the polyphony for the group.
I’m using Maschine 2 software and it appears to be different.
I can’t work out where to apply the same settings to the group so the pads cut each other off.
Please help.
Leigh.
Ahh my bad yeah it changed check this out
https://maschinetutorials.com/maschine-2-0-how-to-make-your-pads-and-chops-cut-each-other-off/
Hey whats good. I am trying to use my Maschine Studio with Logic X and everything went fine but when i select a group and play it only comes out of the first channel(sound also), the first one which the maschine is routed to. When I put the Maschine Studio into midi mode the meter jumps for that press of the pad and the first channel does not but I do not get any sound. Any clue?
I’m not a Logic guy, that is Knock, but you need to make sure your notes/pads are set to be routed back to the Maschine plugin properly when in MIDI mode. Check these Logic videos out https://maschinetutorials.com/?s=logic