Where To Start - Native Instruments MASCHINE MIKRO MK2 Manual

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Where To Start?

MASCHINE provides you with many information sources. The main documents are meant to be
read in the following sequence:
1. MASCHINE Setup Guide
2. MASCHINE Getting Started and online video tutorials
3. MASCHINE Manual (this document)
The Setup Guide is available in printed form in the product box. The whole documentation
set is available in PDF format and located within the MASCHINE installation folder on your
hard disk. You can also access these documents from the application's
Please check the Service Center or the Native Instruments website regularly for up-to-date
and localized versions of these documents.
Additional documentation sources provide you with details on more specific topics:
▪ MASCHINE Hardware Control Reference
▪ Controller Editor Manual
Hereafter is a quick description of each of these documentation sources.
Your First Stop: the Setup Guide
A printed Setup Guide is included in the product box. It will guide you through the software
and hardware installation of MASCHINE, from the very beginning to the first sound coming
through your speakers.
First read the Setup Guide. Then proceed with this MASCHINE Getting Started to get more fa-
miliar with MASCHINE.
MASCHINE Getting Started
After reading the Setup Guide and following its instructions, your MASCHINE should be up
and running. The next step is to read the MASCHINE Getting Started. This gives you a practi-
cal approach to MASCHINE via a set of tutorials covering easy and more advanced tasks in or-
der to help you familiarize yourself with MASCHINE.
Video Tutorials
Welcome to MASCHINE!
Help menu.
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