Maschine Tutorials – Maschine Basics and Fundamentals [ENG]

By | March 30, 2017

This Maschine course was designed to highlight some of the basic things you need to know when you start working with Maschine. The course consists of a video that we laid out for free for the Maschine community as a whole, as well as new lessons specially created to help you get down to work quickly.

This maschine tutorial outline was designed to highlight some of the basic things you will want to know when first starting with Maschine.

The outline is made up of some of the videos we’ve put out for free for the Maschine community as a whole, as well as new tutorials.

Сourse topics:
1. Setting up your Maschine
2. Maschine software interface overview
3. Using the Maschine hardware controller
4. Loading and playing Maschine’s factory sounds and kits
5. Loading and playing VST or AU plugin instruments in Maschine
6. Basic sequencing in Maschine
7. Getting started with basic sampling in Maschine
8. Saving your projects, sounds, presets and exporting
9. Adding your own sounds to the Maschine library

Content
1. Setting up your Maschine
■ setting up your preferences
■ setting your audio and midi configuration
2. Maschine software interface overview
■ Maschine software header overview overview
■ understanding the maschine arranger area
■ understanding the maschine control view area
■ understanding the maschine sampler and pattern area
■ understanding the maschine browser
3. Using the Maschine hardware controller
■ Maschine MK2 hardware
■ hardware controller overview (original Maschine)
■ browsing sounds from the hardware
■ Maschine MK2 volume, swing, and pitch quick adjust
■ adjusting hardware settings from the controller
4. Loading and playing Maschine’s factory sounds and kits
■ how to load a drum kit in maschine
■ how to load a drum kit without the preset pattern
■ how to spread the drum sounds through your keyboard keys
■ how to load and play an instrument sound
■ how to set a sound to 16 velocity levels on Mikro
5. Loading and playing VST or AU plugin instruments in Maschine
■ how to manage your vst or au plugins in maschine
■ how to load komplete elements in maschine
■ how to access plugin presets from the preset menu in maschine
6. Basic sequencing in Maschine
■ how to make your first loop in real time
■ how to apply swing to whole patterns, groups, and individual sounds
■ saving your patterns and loops for use with other kits or songs
■ how to use scenes to build a song from your patterns
7. Getting started with basic sampling in Maschine
■ why you need an external audio interface, preferably multi-channel
■ sampling anything easily using your phone or iPod
■ basic sampling and turning it into a pattern
■ easy way to sample what’s playing on your computer (iTunes or Youtube, etc)
■ how to use mp3 files in Maschine
■ how to chop your samples manually by adjusting the start and end points by using autochop, and how to make pads / samples cut each other off
■ how to make a sample cut yourself
■ how to use choke groups to make pads cut each other off
8. Saving your projects, sounds, presets and exporting
■ saving a custom project template
■ saving your own projects
■ save your performance, mutes, solos, and tweaks as an audio file
■ creating and saving your own custom kit
■ saving your own custom sounds in maschine
■ how to export your audio from scenes, groups, and sounds, out of Maschine
■ using drag and drop to export audio or midi data
■ backing up your Maschine database
■ saving patterns for use with other kits and projects
9. Adding your own sounds to the Maschine library
■ How to import your own sounds and tag them in the Maschine database
Example files : none
Video Format : MP4
Video : AVC, 1280×720, 16: 9, 25.000 fps, ~ 447 Kbps
Audio : AAC, 44.1 KHz, ~ 192 Kbps, 2 channels

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