Doubling The Pattern And Adding A Variation - Native Instruments MASCHINE MK3 Getting Started

▪ The biggest area of the Pattern Editor (3), in the lower right part, displays the events (the
notes) of the selected Pattern. In other terms, you see here what you recorded in
cording Your First Pattern. Events mirror the colors of their respective Sounds. Vertical
lines indicate the beats and their subdivisions. The thin white line at the top of the pattern
indicates the current play position and the thin white line with a triangle is the pattern end
marker. At the bottom, a horizontal scroll bar allows you to display other parts of the Pat-
tern, in case it is too long to fit on your screen.
Now that you have a better overview of your Pattern, you can start fine-tuning it.
5.1.2

Doubling the Pattern and Adding a Variation

Your Pattern is currently one bar long. When played in a loop, it might get a bit monotonous.
To solve this, you will exclusively use the controller to double the pattern length and add some
variation.
Double is only available on your controller.
Do the following:
1. Press SHIFT + DUPLICATE
⇨
In the software, you see that the Pattern now is twice as long, and all its events have been
replicated in the second half of the Pattern.
2. Press PLAY to listen to your Pattern.
⇨
You don't hear any difference yet, since both halves are exactly identical.
3. Press REC to start recording, and add a few notes with the pads when the second half of
the Pattern is playing.
4. At any time, don't hesitate to undo/redo your last action(s) by pressing
SHIFT + pad 2, respectively.
5. Once you are satisfied with the ending of your extended Pattern, disable
cording.
The Pattern has increased to two bars and now contains some added variation.
→
(Double).
Creating Beats
Fine-tuning your First Pattern
↑3.3, Re-
SHIFT + pad 1 and
REC to stop re-
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