Maschine Basics
When you first start using Maschine Mk3, it’s important to understand the basic building units for creating tracks. The essential components and building blocks in Maschine are:
Groups – these are essentially the tracks or instruments of your song. A group can be a single instrument, a Kit spread across multiple pads or a group of instruments.
Patterns – are the musical notes, midi information or rhythm patterns you’ve recorded. Patterns are the bottom level in the song creation process.
Scenes – These are the sections of the song made up of patterns, think of scenes as the building blocks of a song, eg. intro, verse or chorus.
Starting a NEW Project
Use FILE button on Controller
Select NEW Project
LOADING PROJECTS
Press BROWSER
Press Button 1 until PROJECTS appears
Press Button 4 To Select USER Projects
Use 4-D Encoder to Choose Project
Press Button 8 to LOAD Project
LOADING SOUNDS
KITS
Select a Group Button – Press BROWSER
Use the right selector to choose sub type – Kits / Loops / Multi FX
Load Selected KIT by pressing Button 8
SAVING PROJECTS
Use SHIFT + FILE – Save Project
Basic Pattern Recording
SHIFT + TAP – Metronome On / Off
TEMPO – Use 4-D Encoder to change tempo
PLAY / STOP – Start / Stop Playback
REC – press this when in playback mode to Record
Hold down MUTE + Drum Pad to mute sound
Hold down SOLO + Drum Pad to solo sound
NOTE REPEAT – Hold down NOTE REPEAT + Drum Pad to repeat sound
Use buttons 5,6,7,8 to adjust note repeat value
SHIFT + Pad 1 Undo – Undo last action
SHIFT + Pad 2 Redo – Redo last action
