18 Appendix: Tips for Playing LiveMASCHINE is a very hands-on tool for producing music as well as for performing live. Here wehave specifically gathered some tips to help you when playing live. If you are used to playinglive, you may not need them, but maybe you will find some new ideas to integrate into yourset.18.1 Preparations18.1.1 Focus on the HardwareIn a live situation it is not very comfortable or intuitive to look back and forth from your laptopscreen running the MASCHINE software to the MASCHINE hardware controller.18.1.2 Customize the Pads of the HardwareTake your time to setup the pad sensitivity and velocity scaling to your personal taste (see sec-tion ↑3.6.6, Preferences – Plug-ins Page to learn how to do that) — you will have even morefun playing MASCHINE.18.1.3 Check Your CPU Power Before PlayingSome things can be embarrassing, if for example, you are on stage and your computer starts tohave problems because it cannot handle the amount of effects you are using. Although theMASCHINE software is programmed very efficiently, this might happen if your computer isquite old. So before you get on stage, give your live set a thorough performance check by firstplaying it at home. Have a look at the CPU meter in the MASCHINE software’s Header to en-sure it never turns red. If necessary, increase the Latency value (see ↑3.6.1, Preferences –General Page).Appendix: Tips for Playing LivePreparationsMASCHINE MIKRO - Manual - 894
