Videos
Maschine: Choke Groups
January 9, 2013
In today’s video tutorial we look at choke groups in Native Instruments Maschine. Choke groups allow you to mute a sound by playing another sound. Watch this video to learn how to assign sounds to choke groups and listen the effect that choke groups have on a sound.
Maschine: Assign MIDI Controls to Macro Controls
December 7, 2012
Watch this video to learn how to set up and map MIDI controller knobs to Macro Controls in Native Instruments Maschine.
Maschine: Applying FX to an External Instrument
May 3, 2013
Welcome to the first video tutorial for The Month on Maschine 2013. This video will show you how Maschine’s effects can be applied to an external audio source. This is particularly useful for live performance environments where you have additional audio sources connected to your computer’s soundcard. The example shown in this video is applying effects to the incoming audio from a microphone. You can use more complicated input routing and effect chains to twist and sculpt the audio coming into Maschine.
Maschine Tutorial: How to Timestretch Samples
May 31, 2013
Today is the final day of The Month of Maschine 2013. In this video we’ll be looking at Maschine’s timestretching capabilities. Timstretching was added in the 1.8 update and allows you to change the BPM of a sample. For example, you may want to use timestretching if you created a pattern using one of Maschine’s drum kits and want to add a drum loop sample that is at a different BPM.
Maschine Tutorial: How to Enable Host Transport Controls
May 29, 2013
When using Maschine as a VST in a DAW like Ableton Live, the transport controls on the Maschine controller become inactive. To remedy this problem, Native Instruments implemented the host transport controls feature. By using this feature, the Maschine controller will send MIDI to your DAW when you use the transport controls while all of the other buttons and knobs will continue to affect the Maschine VST. Watch this video to learn how to enable host transport controls and set up your controller with your DAW.
Maschine 1.8 Tutorial: How to Change Group, Scene & Sample Colors
June 9, 2013
With the introduction of the Maschine MK2 and Maschine Mikro MK2, Maschine become a lot more colorful. Watch this video to learn how to color code your Maschine projects.