Native Instruments MASCHINE MK3 Groove Production Studio (Black) User Manual
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The Transport section on your controller.
(1) PLAY button: Press
PLAY
to activate playback. Press
PLAY
a second time to stop playback.
(2) REC button: When playback is on, press
REC
to begin recording. Or when playback is off,
press
SHIFT
+
REC
to begin recording with the Count-in. Press
REC
a second time to stop re-
cording. Hold the
REC
button to access Pattern Preset mode, this allows you to select the de-
sired Pattern Length before recording new Patterns.
(3) STOP button: Press
STOP
to stop playback.
(4) RESTART button: Press the
RESTART
button at any time to restart from the beginning of the
current loop range. Used together with
SHIFT
(8), the
RESTART
button lets you easily adjust
the Loop in many ways: Press
SHIFT
+
RESTART
to enable/disable looping. Hold
SHIFT
+
RE-
START
and turn the 4-D encoder to move the entire Loop along the Timeline, or “push & turn”
the encoder to adjust only the end point of the Loop. While you hold
SHIFT
+
RESTART
, the
displays provide another useful set of looping controls.
(5) ERASE button: During playback, hold
ERASE
and hold any number of pads or Group but-
tons to erase the events for the corresponding Sounds or Groups on the fly as the playback
goes on. Use the shortcut
ERASE
+
EVENTS
+ pad to quickly erase all events triggered by that
pad in your Pattern. If you automated a parameter, hold
ERASE
and turn the corresponding
Knob under the displays to erase the automation of this parameter. Press
SHIFT
+
ERASE
+
any pad or Group button to completely remove the Sound or Group in that slot.
(6) TAP button: Repeatedly tap the
TAP
button to set the desired tempo. Press
SHIFT
+
TAP
to
quickly enable/disable the metronome.
(7) FOLLOW button: If you activate
FOLLOW
, time-related displays (like the Pattern Editor) will
show the next part as the playhead goes beyond the current part, so that you always see where
the playhead is. Press
SHIFT
+
FOLLOW
to open Grid mode and adjust the grids to define how
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