Quick reference, Maschine project overview, Sound content – Native Instruments MASCHINE MIKRO MK3 Groove Production Studio (Black) User 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:
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Information that will help you in your every-day work with your controller (Using Your Con-
troller).
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An overview of a MASCHINE Project and a description of both its structure and content
(
2.1, MASCHINE Project Overview
).
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A basic reference of your hardware controller, naming and quickly describing each of its
control elements (
2.2, MASCHINE Hardware Overview
).
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A basic reference of the MASCHINE software (
2.3, MASCHINE Software Overview
).
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.
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The Project references all the sound content: the instruments, sounds and samples, and all
the effects that you apply to them.
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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.
Quick Reference
MASCHINE Project Overview
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