Maschine mikro User Manual page 177

2. Now enter Pad Mode by holding
release PAD MODE).
3. Press F1 (KEYBD) to enter Keyboard mode.
If you hit the pads now, you will hear that they all play the same Sound, but each with a
→
different pitch. When you leave Pad Mode, the
cate that Keyboard mode is active.
Alternatively, you can use the following shortcut:
In any mode, press
►
mode and Group mode.
The pitch scale is divided in semitones, starting with pad
16 as the highest pitch.
Keyboard mode selected on the controller display in Pad Mode.
Activating Keyboard mode on your controller automatically switches the Pattern Editor to
Keyboard view in the software, and inversely.
To shift the scale in octaves use
tones via the parameter
Try to experiment with all kinds of Samples in the Keyboard mode; some rather boring
sounding Samples can be really interesting if you play them very low or very high!
If you prefer to play your melodies with a MIDI keyboard, you can connect one to the MIDI In
socket of your MIDI interface. You can also use any USB-MIDI keyboard selected in the
and MIDI Settings panel (see section
know how to set these up). By default the connected MIDI input device will always play the
selected Sound without the need to enter Keyboard mode.
PAD MODE
SHIFT + PAD MODE to quickly switch your pads between Keyboard
F2 (OCT -) or F3
5/6: BASE KEY described above.
↑2.6.2, Audio and MIDI Settings – Routing Page
and lock it by pressing
PAD MODE button stays dim lit to indi-
1 as the lowest pitch going up to pad
(OCT +). You can also adjust the scale in semi-
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Playing on Your Controller
Adjusting Your Pads
MAIN (you can then
Audio
to get to