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Appendix: Tips for Playing Live
MASCHINE is a very hands-on tool for producing music as well as for performing live. Here we
have specifically gathered some tips to help you when playing live. If you are used to playing
live, you may not need them, but maybe you will find some new ideas to integrate into your
set.
14.1
Preparations
14.1.1
Focus on the Hardware
In a live situation it is not very comfortable or intuitive to look back and forth from your laptop
screen running the MASCHINE software to the MASCHINE hardware controller.
14.1.2
Customize the Pads of the Hardware
Take your time to setup the pad sensitivity and velocity scaling to your personal taste (see sec-
tion
↑2.4.6, Preferences – Hardware Page
fun playing MASCHINE.
14.1.3
Check Your CPU Power Before Playing
Some things can be very embarrassing, for example if you are on stage and your computer
starts to have the hiccups because it cannot handle the amount of effects you are using. Al-
though the MASCHINE software is programmed very efficiently, this might happen if your com-
puter is quite old. So before you get on stage, give your live set a thorough performance check
by first playing it at home. Have a look at the CPU meter in the MASCHINE software's Header
to ensure it never turns red. If necessary, increase the
MIDI
Settings).
to learn how to do that) — you will have even more
Latency
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value (see
↑2.5, Audio and
Preparations
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