The Maschine Documentation; Manual Conventions - Native Instruments Maschine Getting Started Manual

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The MASCHINE Documentation

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Manual Conventions

This section introduces you to the signage and text highlighting used in this manual. This
manual uses particular formatting to point out special facts and to warn you of potential
issues. The icons introducing these notes let you see what kind of information is to be ex-
pected:
Whenever this exclamation mark icon appears, you should read the corresponding note care-
fully and follow the instructions and hints given there if applicable.
This light bulb icon indicates that a note contains useful extra information. This information
may often help you to solve a task more efficiently, but does not necessarily apply to the set-
up or operating system you are using; however, it's always worth a look.
Furthermore, the following formatting is used:
▪ Text appearing in (drop-down) menus (such as Open..., Save as... etc.) and paths to
locations on your hard drive or other storage devices is printed in italics.
▪ Text appearing elsewhere (labels of buttons, controls, text next to checkboxes etc.) is
printed in blue. Whenever you see this formatting applied, you will find the same text
appearing somewhere on the screen.
▪ Text appearing on labels of the MASCHINE controller is printed in
you see this formatting applied, you will find the same text on the controller.
▪ Important names and concepts are printed in bold.
▪ References to keys on your computer's keyboard you'll find put in square brackets
(e.g., "Press [Shift] + [Return]").
► Single instructions are introduced by this play button type arrow.
→ Results of actions are introduced by this smaller arrow.
Naming Convention
Throughout the documentation we will refer to MASCHINE as the hardware controller and
MASCHINE software as the software installed on your computer.
The term 'effects' will often be abbreviated as 'FX' when referring to elements in the MA-
SCHINE software and hardware. These terms have the same meaning.
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