Native Instruments Maschine - Welcome to MASCHINE!

Table of Contents
1 Welcome to MASCHINE! ............................................................................................
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1.1 Where to Start? ........................................................................................................................... 23
1.2 Manual Conventions ................................................................................................................... 25
2 Basic Concepts .........................................................................................................
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2.1 Names and Concepts You Should Know ...................................................................................... 28
2.2 Adjusting the MASCHINE User Interface ..................................................................................... 30
2.2.1 Adjusting the Size of the Interface ............................................................................. 31
2.2.2 Showing/Hiding the Browser ...................................................................................... 32
2.2.3 Switching between Arrange View and Mix View ......................................................... 32
2.2.4 Minimizing the Mixer ................................................................................................. 33
2.2.5 Showing/Hiding the Control Lane .............................................................................. 33
2.3 Common Operations ................................................................................................................... 34
2.3.1 Setting the Focus on a Group or a Sound ................................................................... 34
2.3.2 Switching Between the Master, Group, and Sound Level ........................................... 39
2.3.3 Navigating Channel Properties, Plug-ins, and Parameter Pages in the Control Area . 40
2.3.3.1 Extended Navigate Mode on Your Controller ..............................................46
2.3.4 Undo/Redo ................................................................................................................. 48
2.3.5 Pinning a Mode on Your Controller ............................................................................. 50
2.3.6 Using Two or More Hardware Controllers ................................................................... 51
2.4 Native Kontrol Standard ............................................................................................................. 52
2.4.1 Installing KONTAKT Instruments with NKS Support .................................................... 53
2.4.2 Loading NKS and Third-party Plug-ins from the Plug-in Menu .................................. 54
2.5 Stand-Alone and Plug-in Mode ................................................................................................... 55
2.5.1 Differences between Stand-Alone and Plug-in Mode ................................................. 56
2.5.2 Switching Instances .................................................................................................. 57
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