About This Course
Course Price: FreeThis course is a compilation of video tutorials that we have produced to provide an introduction to Maschine, the groove production studio from Native Instruments. Maschine comes in three flavors – Maschine MK2, Maschine Mikro MK2, and iMaschine – and is a combination of hardware and software. When used together, the hardware gives you unparallelled control over the software. You can use Maschine whether you’re a DJ or producer, in the studio or the club, with the software or as a MIDI controller.
This course is a great opportunity to learn how Maschine works even if you never tried producing music before as all of the video lectures were created with first time users in mind. It starts with the very basics of the software and hardware and gradually moves on to more advanced techniques like macro controls and applying effects to external audio sources.
This course covers the following topics:
- Introduction to Maschine
- How to Set Up Your Soundcard
- How to Create Custom Drum Kits
- How to Save Your Projects
- Navigate Mode
- Hardware Control Mode
- Hardware Step Sequencer Mode
- Step Mode vs Control Mode
- Pad Mode and Synthesizers
- How to Quantize Beats
- How to Export Audio
- Introduction to Groups
- How to Use Scenes
- How to Add Effects
- How to Adjust Pattern Length
- How to Record Automation
- Working with Patterns
- Advanced Audio Routing
- Macro Controls
- How to Create Send FX
- Choke Groups
- How to Use Pad Link to Trigger Multiple Sounds
- Sample Editing
- How to use Multi-FX
- How to Timestretch Samples
- Jump Between Scenes with Scene Sync
- Classic Drum Machine Emulation
- How to Share Projects & Kits
- How to Prehear and Replace Samples
- Quick Browse
- Recording Count In
- How to Adjust the Step Sequencer Grid Size
- How to Change Group, Scene & Sample Colors
- How to Access 64 Patterns Using Pattern Banks
- Using the Note Repeat Function
- Assign MIDI Controls to Macro Controls
- Working with VST Plugins
- Sidechain Compression with Ableton Live
- Applying FX to an External Instrument
- How to add Maschine to Your DJ Setup
- How to Control Ableton Live with the Maschine Hardware Controller
- How to Customize Your Maschine Controller
- How to Enable Host Transport Controls
Course Requirements
- An interest in music production software and techniques
- Mac or Windows computer capable of running Maschine
- Native Instruments Maschine
What People Are Saying About This Course
Take this course!I enjoyed this course. The instructor speaks clearly and knows the Maschine software and hardware very well. The short videos makes it easier to learn while on the go. I would highly recommend this course to those wanting to learn the 1.8 software release. I’m looking forward to 2.0
-Chris Adkins