Native Instruments MASCHINE MK3 Groove Production Studio (Black) - Manual (Page 5)

3.3 Recording Your First Pattern ....................................................................................................... 39
3.4 Playing with Your Pattern ........................................................................................................... 41
3.4.1 Using Solo and Mute .................................................................................................. 41
3.4.2 Using Note Repeat ..................................................................................................... 43
3.5 Saving Your Project .................................................................................................................... 44
3.6 To Sum Up… .............................................................................................................................. 45
4 Building Your Own Drum Kit ....................................................................................... 47
4.1 Opening Your Project .................................................................................................................. 47
4.2 Customizing Your Drum Kit ......................................................................................................... 50
4.2.1 Selecting Another Snare Sample ................................................................................ 51
4.2.2 Loading a Drumsynth ................................................................................................ 54
4.2.2.2 Loading a Drumsynth into a Plug-in List on the Controller ........................58
4.2.3 Adjusting Volume, Swing and Tempo ......................................................................... 60
4.2.4 Changing the Color of Your Sounds ........................................................................... 63
4.2.5 Moving your Sounds and Groups ................................................................................ 65
4.3 Saving Your Project .................................................................................................................... 66
4.4 To Sum Up… .............................................................................................................................. 66
5 Creating Beats .......................................................................................................... 68
5.1 Fine-tuning your First Pattern ..................................................................................................... 68
5.1.1 Your Pattern in the Software ...................................................................................... 69
5.1.2 Doubling the Pattern and Adding a Variation ............................................................ 70
5.1.3 Quantizing the Rhythm .............................................................................................. 71
5.2 Adding a Second Pattern ............................................................................................................ 74
5.2.1 Selecting a Pattern Slot ............................................................................................. 74
5.2.2 Adjusting the Pattern Length ..................................................................................... 75
5.2.3 Recording a New Pattern Using the Count-in ............................................................ 77
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