Basic Techniques; Use Mute & Solo; Use Scene Mode And Scene Sync; Create Variations Of Your Drums In The Step Sequencer - Native Instruments Groove production studio Manual

14.2

Basic Techniques

14.2.1 Use Mute & Solo
Mute and Solo are a good way to build up a live set especially on the MASCHINE hardware
controller as you can mute and solo Groups and Sounds at the same time.
By locking the Mute and Solo function, you have both hands free to mute or solo Sounds and
Groups. Since pressing
"release" sounds that have been muted. You can use this technique to create a breakdown:
Solo a given sound such as a kick drum, then build the track up again by bringing the muted
sounds back in one at a time with the
14.2.2

Use Scene Mode and Scene Sync

Scene mode is useful to trigger different parts of an arrangement by switching Scenes. By us-
ing a short value for the Scene Sync, you can quickly combine Scenes and create new varia-
tions.
14.2.3

Create Variations of your Drums in the Step Sequencer

You can easily create interesting drums by adding or removing steps in the Step Sequencer.
Breaks and build-ups like snare rolls or a double-tempo hihat can be created on the fly.
14.2.4

Use Note Repeat

Note Repeat is a very useful tool for playing live: use it to add some additional drums, drop in
some effect sounds, play a bassline or a melody. Note Repeat is also interesting to use with
tonal Sounds and you can access it from Piano Roll / Keyboard mode to create synthesizer-like
arpeggios.
SOLO mutes all sounds except one, the
MUTE button.
Appendix: Tips for playing Live
MUTE button can be used to
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