Recording Your First Pattern - Native Instruments MASCHINE MK3 Getting Started

Select Group A again by pressing button
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iar with them.
When you feel ready, move on to the next section, where you can record a little rhythmic pat-
tern using this drum kit!
3.3

Recording Your First Pattern

Now that you feel comfortable with the pads, let's use them to live record some rhythm into a
Pattern. A Pattern is a recorded sequence of notes played on the Sounds of the current Group.
In each Group you can have an unlimited number of Patterns which are grouped into Pattern
banks containing up to 16 Patterns each.
You can now use the transport controls, which are located at the bottom left of your controller:
The Transport section of your controller.
1. Press PLAY to start the sequencer.
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The PLAY button lights up green. You won't hear anything yet because nothing has been
recorded.
2. Press SHIFT + TAP
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You now hear the metronome indicating each beat, the first beat of each bar being indi-
cated by a different note.
3. Play on the pads along to the metronome to get a feel for the tempo.
A and continue playing on the pads to get famil-
(Metro) to activate the metronome so you get a rhythmical reference.
Recording Your First Pattern
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