Setting up host integration, Setting up ableton live (macos), 1 setting up host integration – Native Instruments MASCHINE MK3 Groove Production Studio (Black) User Manual
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3.6.1
Setting up Host Integration
MASCHINE integrates with a number of hosts to facilitate a fluent workflow for performing and
recording music with your MASCHINE Library.
3.6.1.1
Setting up Ableton Live (macOS)
Ableton Live must be configured for advanced integration with MASCHINE.
Installing the MIDI Remote Script
The MIDI Remote Script allows Ableton Live to recognize MASCHINE as a control surface. It
must be copied into Live’s MIDI Remote Scripts directory:
1.
Ensure that Ableton Live is not running.
2.
Navigate to the following folder:
Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/Native Instru-
ments/Host Integration/Ableton Live/
3.
Copy the two folders named
NativeInstruments
and
Maschine_MK3
to the clipboard.
4.
Open your
Applications
folder and right-click the Ableton Live application symbol. In the
context menu, click
Show Package Contents
.
5.
In the Ableton Live package, navigate to
Contents > App-Resources > MIDI Re-
mote Scripts
.
6.
Paste the folders you have copied to the clipboard into the
MIDI Remote Scripts
folder.
Configuring Ableton Live for MASCHINE
Once the MIDI Remote Script and the Instrument Rack file are installed in the correct loca-
tion, you need to add MASCHINE as a control surface in Ableton Live's preferences.
1.
Launch Ableton Live.
2.
In Ableton Live, go to the
Preferences
and open the
MIDI / Sync
tab.
3.
Assign a free
Control Surface
slot to MASCHINE by selecting
MASCHINE Mk3
from the
drop-down menu.
4.
Leave both the
Input
and the
Output
for the
MASCHINE Mk3
control surface set to
None
.
Basic Concepts
Host Integration
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