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Click the Autoload button in the software to activate it, or use Buttons 5 and 6 on your
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controller to use the Autoload function.
Each preset is now automatically loaded into the Sound slot 1 when selected.
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For now we can hear the presets only by pressing the pad 1, which triggers a single note (C3).
This is not ideal for choosing a preset — not to mention for recording a bass line. Hence, for
melodic instruments like our bass, MASCHINE provides another pad mode called Keyboard
mode, in which the pads play different notes of the same Sound. Let's switch to Keyboard mode.
5.3.2.1 Using Keyboard Mode in the Software
At the left of the Pattern Editor, click the Keyboard View button (with a keyboard icon) to
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activate the Keyboard view.
Loading a Plug-in Instrument for the Bass
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Adding a Bass Line