Quick Reference; Maschine Project Overview; Sound Content - Native Instruments MASCHINE MIKRO MK3 Manual

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Quick Reference

This chapter introduces you to the main areas and concepts of MASCHINE. In the following
sections, you will find:
▪ Information that will help you in your every-day work with your controller (Using Your Con-
troller).
▪ An overview of a MASCHINE Project and a description of both its structure and content
(±2.1, MASCHINE Project
▪ A basic reference of your hardware controller, naming and quickly describing each of its
control elements (±2.2, MASCHINE Hardware
▪ A basic reference of the MASCHINE software
For a comprehensive description of every feature and setting, please refer to the Manual.
2.1

MASCHINE Project Overview

A MASCHINE Project contains all the information stored with a MASCHINE-produced piece of
music.
▪ The Project references all the sound content: the instruments, sounds and samples, and all
the effects that you apply to them.
▪ The Project also contains the arrangement of your song: how Patterns are built from events
which trigger Sounds, and how they are arranged into a song structure using Scenes and
Sections.
The following section will explain these two aspects in detail.
2.1.1

Sound Content

The sound content aspect of a MASCHINE Project includes all the instruments and effects
contained in your Project file, and how these are structured.
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(±2.3, MASCHINE Software
Quick Reference
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