Native Instruments MASCHINE MIKRO MK3 Groove Production Studio (Black) - Manual (Page 773)

18.1.4 Name and Color Your Groups, Patterns, Sounds and Scenes
18.1.5 Consider Using a Limiter on Your Master
This sounds rather conservative, but if you want to avoid digital distortion caused by an over-
load of your audio interface, this is a useful safety measure. However, you might experience a
somewhat squashed and dull sound if you overuse the Limiter by feeding a lot of loud signals
to it. Try it out and see what works best for you! See
↑ 15.1.4, Limiter for more information.
18.1.6 Hook Up Your Other Gear and Sync It with MIDI Clock
18.1.7 Improvise
It is nice if a live set is working out exactly the way you planned it, but sometimes, this can get
boring for you as well as for the audience. Something unexpected or even plain mistakes can
be the key for inspiring tracks and performances as well as just jamming around with your
Sounds and Samples!
18.2 Basic Techniques
18.2.1 Use Mute and Solo
Mute and Solo are a good way to build up a live set especially on the MASCHINE controller as
you can mute and solo Groups and Sounds at the same time.
Since soloing a Sound mutes all Sounds except one, the
MUTE button can then be used to
“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 MUTE button. See ↑ 18.2.3, Use Note Repeat for more
on this.
Appendix: Tips for Playing Live
Preparations
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