Native Instruments MASCHINE STUDIO Getting Started page 172

Quick Reference
MASCHINE Software Overview
(3) File Type selector: This contains six icons representing the different file types of MA-
SCHINE. From left to right the file types are: Projects, Groups, Sounds, Instruments, Effects, and
Samples. Clicking one of them causes only the files of the selected type to be displayed.
(4) Content selector: The Content selector allows you to select between Factory content and
User content.
(5) Product selector: The Product selector allows you to browse and select any content of the
same File Type as is selected in the File Type selector above.
(6) Tag Filter: The Tag Filter allows you to search based on tags. You can quickly find files
based on the TYPES and MODES categories by clicking the tags.
(7) Search field: Use the Search field to quickly find files based on their name or tagged attrib-
ute. Select the type of file you are looking for from the File Type selector and enter the name
or category of a file into the Search field to perform a search. Results are displayed in the Re-
sults list below.
(8) Results list: The Results list displays all files that match your query.
(9) Audition controls: The Autoload button allows you to load and listen to the item selected in
the Results list in context with the rest of your Project while it is playing.
If you are browsing Samples, the Prehear button allows you to quickly hear each Sample you
select in the Results list, at the volume set by the slider nearby.
Audition control volume slider.
If you are browsing Groups, the Pattern icon appears. Use the Pattern icon to load any patterns
that have been saved with the selected Group.
Load Pattern with Group icon.
(10) Information: Click the Information icon to view details of the selected file type.
(11) Tag Editor: The Tag Editor allows you to edit Tags applied to files and add Tags to new
files from the Bank, Types, and Modes and view Properties. Only Types and Modes Properties
can be edited in the User content. The NI (Native Instruments) content is read only. You can
show/hide it by clicking the EDIT button at the bottom right.
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