How to Use Everything in MASCHINE MK3 - Beat Making Masterclass

Overview

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Dive into an extensive tutorial on advanced MASCHINE MK3 techniques with Native Instruments' expert Boris Mezga. Master layering sounds, adding swing to patterns, applying real-time effects to external signals, sampling vocals, re-sampling internal sounds, using Lock Snapshots for morphing between settings, creating macros, connecting external MIDI gear, and much more. Explore in-depth chapters covering topics such as humanizing patterns, recording vocals, using the Arpeggiator with Chords Mode, and setting up MIDI controllers. Gain valuable insights and pro tips to enhance your beat-making skills and take full advantage of MASCHINE's powerful features for music production and live performance.

Syllabus

- Intro
- What is a link group?
- Layering drum sounds
- Layering synths
- Layering sampler zones
- What is a choke group?
- How to apply swing Channel versus Quick Edit
- Changing swing settings
- Master versus Group versus Sound Swing
- Relationship with Note Repeat/Arp
- How to humanize Notes
- Connecting external sources
- Setting up input channel
- Adding plugin effects to live signal
- Setting up Input channel
- Sampling Sounds into Sampler
- Sampling Loops into Audio Plugins
- Re-Sampling Sounds into Sampler
- Pro tip: Re-Sampling layered Drums with Detect Mode
- Alternative way: Drag and Drop to Slice a sample again
- Saving Samples
- What are lock snapshots?
- The Lock Button
- Extended Lock Menu
- Morphing including Groove Settings
- Managing Lock Snapshots
- Using external MIDI to trigger Lock Snapshots
- Pro tip: Finger drumming on steroids
- Triggering Lock Snapshots in a DAW
- What is a Macro Control?
- Master vs Group vs Sound Macros
- Using the hardware to set up Macros
- Editing Macros in Software labels, deleting Macros and Macro Pages
- Setting up hardware connections
- Loading Factory Presets for external gear and drum machines
- Using Arpeggiator with Chords Mode
- Layering with internal instruments
- Activating MIDI Mode
- Setting up DAW Ableton for MIDI input
- Using MIDI learn
- “Controller Editor” Software
- Dual light mode
- Loading factory presets
- Setting up Hardware connections
- Configure MIDI ports
- MIDI Learn
- Editing MIDI mappings in Software