Native Instruments Maschine Jam Manual page 154

Glossary
Effect (FX)
An effect modifies the audio material it receives. MASCHINE already includes many different
effects. You may also use VST/AU plug-in effects. Effects can be loaded as Plug-ins in any
Plug-in slot of the Sound, Group, and Master levels. MASCHINE's flexible routing allows you
not only to apply insert effects but also to create send effects and multi-effects.
Event
Events are the individual drum hits or notes that make up a Pattern. In the Pattern Editor,
events are visually represented by rectangles in the Step Grid. Depending on the current view
in the Pattern Editor, you can see events for all Sounds slots (Group view) or for the select
Sound slots only (Keyboard view).
Groove Properties
The Groove properties control the rhythmic relationship between events for the selected Group/
Sound or the Master level. By shifting some of the events, you can e.g. give a shuffling, ternary
touch to your Patterns. The main parameter of the Groove properties is the Swing control.
Group
A Group contains 16 Sound slots, each of which can hold one Sound. In addition to the effects
applied to individual Sounds, a Group can have insert effects loaded in its Plug-in slots. These
affect all the Sounds in the Group. A Group can also contain an unlimited amount of Patterns
organized into Pattern Banks.
Group View
Group view is the view of the Pattern Editor in which events for all 16 Sound slots of the se-
lected Group are visible and editable. In Group view, each row of the Step Grid represents a
different Sound slot. This mode is well suited for rhythmic instruments (e.g., a drum kit).
Insert Effect
An insert effect is an effect directly inserted in the signal path of the audio to be processed.
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