2.7 Integrating MASCHINE into Your MIDI SetupYou can quickly integrate MASCHINE into your MIDI setup.You can use MIDI in MASCHINE in various ways. Notably:▪ You can synchronize a MIDI Clock signal between MASCHINE and other MIDI devices:↑2.7.2, Sync to External MIDI Clock and↑2.7.3, Send MIDI Clock.▪ If you connect a MIDI keyboard to the MIDI IN, you can directly play the focused Soundwith it without having to set anything up.▪ You can let particular Sounds and Groups react to incoming MIDI data and send MIDI datato the desired port. More on these in section ↑8.2, Using MIDI Control and Host Automa-tion.▪ You can also switch Scenes remotely by sending MIDI Note or MIDI Program Change mes-sages to MASCHINE. More on this in section ↑13.5, Triggering Scenes via MIDI (MA-SCHINE Plug-in Only).2.7.1 Connecting External MIDI EquipmentTo connect your external MIDI equipment, hook it up to your MIDI interface and activate thecorresponding MIDI inputs and/or outputs in the MIDI page of the Audio and MIDI Settingspanel (see ↑2.6.3, Preferences – MIDI Page).2.7.2 Sync to External MIDI ClockIf MASCHINE is running as a stand-alone application, it can be controlled externally via MIDIClock by any device that is capable of sending MIDI Clock. This could be hardware such as adrum machine, another groovebox or sequencer, or even another software sequencer.If you use MASCHINE as a plug-in, it is automatically synced to the host application soyou don’t have to activate external MIDI sync! See section ↑2.5, Stand-Alone and Plug-in Mode for more information on using MASCHINE as a plug-in.To enable this, select the Sync to External MIDI Clock entry from the File menu:Basic ConceptsIntegrating MASCHINE into Your MIDI SetupMASCHINE MIKRO - Manual - 92
