MASCHINE documents are available in PDF. You can also access these documents fromthe application’s Help menu or the following location:www.native-instruments.com.Please check the Native Instruments website regularly for up-to-date and localized ver-sions of these documents.1.1.1 In This DocumentWhat you are reading now is the MASCHINE Getting Started. This document consists of a setof tutorials that will guide you through common workflows in MASCHINE. Please follow thesetutorials in the described order. You will learn a little something in each of them which will beessential later on. On the way, you will get to know the main objects and concepts of MA-SCHINE. After reading this, you should have the basic know-how allowing you to make musicwith MASCHINE!Even if you’re already familiar with MASCHINE, all tutorials are worth a read as everychapter may have little workflow hints of which you weren’t aware. Should you wish torevise a specific task covered in a later tutorial, be sure to check the prerequisites listedat the beginning of each chapter!This document is structured as follows:▪ The first part includes this introduction and the following chapter ↑2, Setting Up MA-SCHINE, which shows you how to integrate MASCHINE into your studio setup.▪ The second part holds the tutorials:◦ Chapter ↑3, First Steps: Load a drum kit from the factory library via the Browser, playthis kit with the pads and use it to record a simple rhythmic pattern — all this usingyour MASCHINE controller only.◦ Chapter ↑4, Building Your Own Drum Kit: Customize your drum kit by quickly ex-changing some of its sounds via the Browser and by adjusting some of the sounds’ ba-sic settings.◦ Chapter ↑5, Creating Beats: Record a second pattern and discover how to fine-tuneyour patterns.Welcome to MASCHINEDocumentation OverviewMASCHINE - Getting Started - 12
