Native Instruments MASCHINE+ Standalone Production and Performance Instrument - Manual (Page 156)

The external audio inputs for a Sound can be configured on the Audio page of the Sound’s Input
properties.
13.2.6. Triggering Sounds via MIDI Notes
MASCHINE+ allows you play your Sound(s) via MIDI (for example, from a MIDI keyboard).
By default and without any configuration, incoming MIDI notes on any MIDI port and any MIDI
channel will trigger different pitches of the Sound slot currently focused.
To play one or more Sounds via MIDI notes independently of the Sound currently focused, you
need to configure the MIDI input settings of your Sound(s) or of their Group, i.e. define how the
Sound(s) or the Group should react to incoming MIDI notes. This is done in the MIDI page of the
Group or the Sounds Input properties.
The Input properties of the Master channel does not have a MIDI page.
When configuring these MIDI input settings, keep in mind the following:
• MIDI input settings for a Group affect all Sounds in the Group: Each Sound will be triggered by a
different MIDI note. Typically, this allows you to quickly set up a MIDI remote control for an
entire drum kit.
• MIDI input settings for a Sound affect only that Sound: Incoming MIDI notes will trigger
different notes of this Sound. Typically, this allows you to control a melodic instrument via MIDI.
More precisely, the incoming MIDI notes will be routed to the first Plug-in slot of the Sound.
If the Sound has no Plug-ins, incoming MIDI notes will be forwarded to the Sound’s MIDI
output, if enabled (see section Sending MIDI from Sounds .
• MIDI input settings of a Sound and its parent Group are merged: For example, if you configure a
Group to react to incoming notes on MIDI channel 1, but one Sound is set up to react to
incoming notes on MIDI channel 2, then this Sound will react to one incoming note on MIDI
channel 1 and all incoming notes on channel 2.
To access the MIDI Input page:
1. Press CHANNEL .
2. Press Button 2 ( GROUP ) or Button 3 ( SOUND ).
3. Use the 4-D encoder to select Input .
4. Press the right Page button to select page 3 MIDI .
→ The settings can be adjusted using the Knobs.
The MIDI page of the Input properties (a Group is shown here)
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