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Native Instruments Maschine User Manual

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1. Hold the PAD MODE button to enter Pad Mode (or press PAD MODE + Button 1 to pin it).
On the right display, the key indicated for pad 1 (in the bottom left corner) is the current
base key.
2. Press Button 5 (OCT-) / 6 (OCT+) to adjust the base key by octaves, or Button 7 (SEMI-) /
8 (SEMI+) to adjust the base key by semitones.
The new values are indicated for all pads on the right display.
3. Release PAD MODE (or press it again if you pinned the mode).
5.1.4 Using Choke Groups
When your pads are in Group mode, Choke groups allow you to build sets of “mutually exclu-
sive” pads: A Choke group lets you force each newly triggered Sound to cancel out all other
Sounds still playing in other terms, these Sounds would never play together, the newer
Sound automatically “killing” the audio of the older one. This is a behavior you can find in vin-
tage drum machines (typically used to “choke” the open hi-hat with the closed one), but also
in monophonic synthesizers that are only capable of playing one note at a time.
Within a Group, each pad can be assigned to one of eight Choke groups. When you assign a
pad to a Choke group, the pad may be set as a Master or Slave in the Choke group:
If the pad is set to Master (default setting) it will kill the Sounds of other pads in the same
Choke group.
If the pad is set to Slave it won’t kill any other pad of the Choke group but be killed by
pads set to Master within the same group.
You may set more than one pad as Master or Slave within the same group.
Choke groups affect not only the notes you play on the pads and the notes triggered by
the Patterns, but also the MIDI notes controlling your Sounds.
You can select multiple Sounds and quickly assign them all to a particular Choke group
at once!
To assign the selected Sound slot(s) to a Choke group and set its/their Choke mode (Master or
Slave), do the following:
Playing on Your Controller
Adjusting Your Pads
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Native Instruments Maschine Specifications

General IconGeneral
Weight4.85 lbs (2.2 kg)
Pads16 velocity-sensitive pads with aftertouch
ConnectivityUSB, MIDI In/Out
SoftwareMaschine Software
CompatibilityMac and PC
Power SupplyUSB powered
Audio InterfaceNo built-in audio interface
SequencerYes, pattern-based sequencer
SamplingYes, integrated sampler
EffectsYes, includes a variety of effects
Encoders8 knobs with LED ring indicators
DAW IntegrationYes, works as a plugin within most major DAWs

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