12.3.1.4 Group Section; 12.3.1.5 Transport Section - Native Instruments MASCHINE MK3 Getting Started

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If no Strip Mode button is active, the Smart Strip is disabled.

12.3.1.4 Group Section

The eight dedicated Group buttons, labeled A to H, provide instant access to the Groups.
The Group buttons on your controller.
Press any Group button to select the Group you want to work in. Once a Group is selected its
button lights up in the assigned color and its Sounds are available on the pads: whether one
Sound on each pad (pads in Group mode) or different notes for one particular Sound (pads in
Keyboard mode). The other colored Group buttons are dim lit to indicate they can be selected.
Press the dim white button to create a new Group in that slot. Buttons remain uncolored and
unlit for the other empty Group slots.
If you want to use more than eight Groups in your Project, hold SHIFT and press the Group
buttons to select and access other banks of Groups.
These buttons are also used to solo and mute Groups on the fly when SOLO or MUTE buttons
are held; this is great for jamming out your Project and performing live. See ↑3.4.1, Using Solo
and Mute for more on the Solo and Mute features.
If the VOLUME, TEMPO or SWING button is active in the Edit section above (see
↑12.3.1.2,
Edit Section), hold a Group button and turn the 4-D encoder to change the volume, tune or
swing for that individual Group. For more details on this, see ↑4.2.3, Adjusting Volume, Swing
and Tempo.

12.3.1.5 Transport Section

The Transport section holds various transport tools as well as the SHIFT button used in various
contexts.
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