Native Instruments MASCHINE MK3 Getting Started page 97

The Keyboard View button.
The Pattern Editor shows a vertical keyboard at the right of the Sound slots. The rows in the
grid now represent each note for the selected Sound slot, instead of representing each Sound
slot.
The Keyboard mode on your controller and the Keyboard view in the software are strictly
equivalent: By switching to Keyboard view in the software, you also switch your control-
ler to Keyboard mode; by disabling the Keyboard mode on your controller, you also disa-
ble the Keyboard view in the software.
6.3.2.2 Switching to Keyboard Mode on the Controller
Press the KEYBOARD
►
From now on, your 16 pads will not trigger the 16 Sound slots of your Group, but instead
→
16 notes of the selected Sound. This will make both choosing a bass preset and record-
ing a bass line much easier.
To disable Keyboard mode and switch the pads back to the default Group mode used in
the previous tutorials, press the
Note that pressing KEYBOARD
plays of your controller do switch back to what they were previously at (say, the Browser), the
pads stay in Keyboard mode and you can go on playing your instrument melodically. As a use-
ful reminder, the KEYBOARD
BOARD again at any time to quickly check or change the Keyboard mode settings.
button above the pads.
PAD MODE button (left of the
a second time does not disable Keyboard mode: While the dis-
button stays lit as long as Keyboard mode is active. Press
Using an Instrument Plug-in for the Bass
KEYBOARD button).
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Adding a Bass Line
KEY-