Triggering Lock Snapshots Via Midi - Native Instruments MASCHINE MK3 Manual

5.6.7

Triggering Lock Snapshots via MIDI

If MASCHINE is running as a plug-in in a host environment, you can trigger and change Lock
snapshots using MIDI Note or MIDI Program Change messages sent from your host to the MA-
SCHINE plug-in.
When this feature is enabled, MIDI notes messages, or Program Change messages are linked to
MASCHINE's Lock snapshots, whether they contain a snapshot or not:
Matrix Click-Pad/Snapshot
1
2
3
...
64
The primary use case for triggering Lock snapshots via MIDI is when using MASCHINE in plug-
in mode. However, it is also possible using an external MIDI device such as a keyboard to trig-
ger a snapshot.
MIDI Note numbers: Host applications use various conventions to name MIDI notes. For
example, in MASCHINE, MIDI note number 0 is referred to as C-2 and MIDI note num-
ber 60 (middle C) as C3. Please refer to the documentation of your host to find out
which convention is used.
Program Change numbers: Some host applications send Program Change numbers in
the range [0–127] instead of [1–128]. In that case, the PC number 0 will trigger snap-
shot slot 1, PC 1 will trigger snapshot slot 2, etc. Please refer to the documentation of
your host to know in which range it sends Program Change numbers.
Enabling the MIDI Lock Change
To enable or disable the MIDI Lock Change feature, do the following:
1. In the MASCHINE Header, click the cog wheel icon.
MIDI Note Number
0 (C-2)
1 (C#-2)
2 (D-2)
...
63 (D#3)
Playing on the Controller
Program Change Number
1
2
3
...
64
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Using Lock Snapshots