Stand-Alone And Plug-In Mode; Differences Between Stand-Alone And Plug-In Mode - Native Instruments MASCHINE MIKRO MK2 Manual

Software
You can select the desired controller from the
in the Plug-in menu):
Click the Controller menu and select the controller you want to use (Windows depicted).
2.3

Stand-alone and Plug-in Mode

You can run the MASCHINE software as a stand-alone application or integrate it into your fa-
vorite Digital Audio Workstation (or DAW, in short) by loading it as a plug-in. The MASCHINE
software is available in the VST, Audio Unit and RTAS plug-in formats. For further information
on plug-in compatibility and for a detailed description of how to use plug-ins in your host,
please refer to the documentation included with your host software. If you did not install the
plug-ins when installing the MASCHINE software, please refer to the printed Setup Guide or
the PDF version of this document available from the documentation folder in the MASCHINE
software installation folder.
2.3.1

Differences between Stand-alone and Plug-in Mode

When MASCHINE is used in stand-alone mode, it directly communicates with your audio and
MIDI interface. You can select which physical audio/MIDI ports have to be used on your inter-
face, and configure crucial audio settings like the sample rate. All this is done via the Audio
and MIDI Settings window (for more info on this, please refer to
tings).
Controller menu (in the Application Menu Bar or
↑2.5, Audio and MIDI Set-
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Basic Concepts
Stand-alone and Plug-in Mode