1 Welcome to MASCHINEThank you for buying MASCHINE!MASCHINE is a groove production studio that implements the familiar working style of classi-cal groove boxes along with the advantages of a computer based system. MASCHINE is idealfor making music live, as well as in the studio. It’s the hands-on aspect of a dedicated instru-ment, the MASCHINE hardware controller, united with the advanced editing features of theMASCHINE software.Creating beats is often not very intuitive with a computer, but using the MASCHINE hardwarecontroller to do it makes it easy and fun. You can tap in freely with the pads or use Note Re-peat to jam along. Alternatively, build your beats using the step sequencer just as in classicdrum machines.Patterns can be intuitively combined and rearranged on the fly to form larger ideas. You can tryout several different versions of a song without ever having to stop the music.Since you can integrate it into any sequencer that supports VST, AU, or AAX plug-ins, you canreap the benefits in almost any software setup, or use it as a stand-alone application. You cansample your own material, slice loops and rearrange them easily.However, MASCHINE is a lot more than an ordinary groovebox or sampler: it comes with aninspiring 7-gigabyte library, and a sophisticated, yet easy to use tag-based Browser to give youinstant access to the sounds you are looking for.What’s more, MASCHINE provides lots of options for manipulating your sounds via internal ef-fects and other sound-shaping possibilities. You can also control external MIDI hardware and3rd-party software with the MASCHINE hardware controller, while customizing the functions ofthe pads, knobs and buttons according to your needs utilizing the included Controller Editorapplication. We hope you enjoy this fantastic instrument as much as we do. Now let’s get go-ing!—The MASCHINE team at Native Instruments.Welcome to MASCHINEMASCHINE STUDIO - Manual - 23
