Name And Color Your Groups, Patterns, Sounds And Scenes; Consider Using A Limiter On Your Master; Hook Up Your Other Gear And Sync It With Midi Clock; Improvise - Native Instruments MASCHINE MIKRO MK2 Manual

14.1.4

Name and Color Your Groups, Patterns, Sounds and Scenes

Naming and coloring your Groups, Patterns, Sounds and Scenes gives you a better overview of
exactly what you are doing. The colors you select are mirrored on the controller. This is espe-
cially helpful if you focus on playing with the MASCHINE controller. It might not be something
that is very interesting, but it certainly pays off in a hectic live situation.
14.1.5

Consider Using a Limiter on Your Master

This sounds rather conservative, but if you want to avoid digital distortion caused by an over-
load of your audio interface, this is a useful safety measure. However, you might experience a
somewhat squashed and dull sound if you overuse the Limiter by feeding a lot of loud signals
to it. Try it out and see what works best for you! See
14.1.6

Hook Up Your Other Gear and Sync It with MIDI Clock

If you have other gear such as a drum machine, a synthesizer or another sequencer that is able
to send MIDI Clock, hook it up to the MASCHINE controller's MIDI IN socket and activate
Sync to External MIDI Clock from MASCHINE's
sync. MASCHINE can also receive MIDI Clock via an internal MIDI port, so you can synchron-
ize it with another software. You can also let MASCHINE send the MIDI Clock signal by activat-
ing Send MIDI Clock from MASCHINE's
for more info on these features. Make sure to also setup the
(see chapter ↑2.4.1, Preferences – General
tightly synchronized.
14.1.7

Improvise

It is nice if a live set is working out exactly the way you planned it, but sometimes, this can get
boring for you as well as for the audience. Something unexpected or even plain mistakes can
be the key for inspiring tracks and performances as well as just jamming around with your
Sounds and Samples!
↑8.1.3, Transient Master
File menu so that they can play together in
File menu. Please refer to section
Sync Offset Slave
Page) so that all your devices and MASCHINE are
Appendix: Tips for Playing Live
for more info.
↑2.5.3, MIDI Page
value correctly
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