First Steps - Native Instruments MASCHINE STUDIO Getting Started

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First Steps

In this first tutorial, we will load a drum kit from the factory library, play it with the pads and
record a simple rhythmic pattern.
For a complete overview of MASCHINE and its controls, please see section
Reference.
Prerequisites
Please carefully follow the instructions of the Setup Guide which can be downloaded in PDF
format from the Native Instruments website. Once you have followed the Setup Guide, MA-
SCHINE should be installed on your computer, its basic audio settings correctly configured,
and the hardware controller connected to your computer. If this is not the case, please return
to the Setup Guide for more information before going any further.
Please start MASCHINE via one of the usual ways on your operating system — for exam-
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ple, by double-clicking the alias placed on your desktop during the installation procedure.
A Project in MASCHINE
In MASCHINE, your whole song (or track) is called Project. A Project consists of all sounds,
instruments, effects, settings, along with all arrangement information you will create — in oth-
er words, a Project holds everything defining your song.
If you already started testing MASCHINE, please start again with a blank, new Project by
►
clicking the File menu and choosing New or by using the shortcut [Ctrl] + [N] ([Cmd] +
[N] on Mac OS X).
First we will show you how to load a drum kit using the MASCHINE software and then show
you the same procedure using your hardware controller. We are now ready to start!
For a complete overview of a MASCHINE project, please see section Controlling the
Software Views using the MASCHINE MIKRO MK2 Controller.
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