How to Use Everything in MASCHINE MK3 - Beat Making Masterclass - Native Instruments

Overview

Dive into part 2 of this comprehensive MASCHINE Masterclass tutorial, led by Native Instruments' expert Boris Mezga. Master the art of composing and arranging beats using MASCHINE's powerful features, including internal plugins, effects, instruments, step sequencer, sample slicer, mix view, and arrangement tools. Explore the intricacies of the plugin system, learn to craft drum patterns with the step sequencer, and harness the variation engine for creative inspiration. Discover techniques for slicing samples and loops, navigate the mix view and quick edit buttons for efficient sound shaping, and apply effects with precision. Delve into arrangement strategies using Ideas and Song views, and learn how to export your finished track. This 1-hour 11-minute tutorial covers everything from understanding signal flow to exporting your final composition, providing a deep dive into MASCHINE's capabilities for both beginners and experienced producers.

Syllabus

- CHAPTER 6: PLUGINS & INSTRUMENTS
- Understanding the Internal Signal Flow
- Plug-in view
- How to Use the Sampler Plugin: Working with Individual Samples
- The Sampler’s Internal Effects, Modulation Envelopes, and Velocity Settings
- Vintage Sampler Emulation
- Editing Sample Waveforms
- How to Use the Audio Plugin: Working with Loops
- How to Use the Virtual Instruments Browser
- CHAPTER 7: THE STEP SEQUENCER
- Step Mode: Triggering samples in the step sequencer
- Pad Mode: Selecting a sound to program in the sequencer
- FIXED Velocity mode
- Swing Function
- Editing the pitch, velocity, and length of a sound in a step
- Selecting multiple notes to edit simultaneously
- Quick edit controls
- Effect automations
- CHAPTER 8: THE VARIATION ENGINE
- Sparking ideas with the Randomizer
- CHAPTER 9: SLICING SAMPLES AND LOOPS
- How to use the Sample Slicer
- Ways of playing sliced samples
- Saving slices and patterns
- CHAPTER 10: MIX VIEW & QUICK EDIT BUTTONS
- Using the quick edit section
- Editing a group of pads simultaneously
- Saving and comparing multiple mixes with the Lock function
- Mixer view
- Channel Settings
- CHAPTER 11: EFFECTS & AUTOMATION
- Applying effects on individual sounds, groups, and the entire mix
- Loading effects from the browser
- Managing your effects signal chain
- Setting up send and return effects
- Recording and deleting automation
- Performance effects
- CHAPTER 12: ARRANGEMENT STRATEGIES
- Ideas View: Exploring musical ideas with scenes
- Creating a new scene
- Duplicating scenes
- Deactivating scenes
- Labeling scenes
- Song View: arranging your ideas with sections
- Dropping scenes, patterns, clips, and automations to sections
- Listening to the whole song
- Clips: adding transitional elements to glue sections together
- Exporting song ideas to an audio file