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Adding an effect – Native Instruments MASCHINE+ Standalone Production and Performance Instrument User Manual

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This section provides only a list of the available effects. For detailed information on each

effect and its parameters, please refer to the MASCHINE Software Manual, available from

the Native Instruments website.

15.2. Applying Effects at the Sound, Group, or Master Level

The procedures for applying an effect at the Sound, Group or Master level are very similar.

15.2.1. Adding an Effect

An effect plug-in can be added using the Plug-in view.

To add an effect:

1.

Press the

PLUG-IN

button to enter Control mode and display the Plug-in slots.

2.

To apply the effect to the Master (to process the audio of the whole Project), press Button 1 to

select the

MASTER

tab.

3.

To apply the effect to a Group (to process the audio of the whole Group), press Button 2 to

select the

GROUP

tab and press the Group button

A

H

corresponding to the desired Group. If

the desired Group is in another bank, before you select the Group you first need to press

SHIFT

+ the corresponding Group button

A

H

to select the Group bank.

4.

To apply the effect to a Sound, press Button 3 to select the

SOUND

tab, select the Group

containing that Sound (see the previous step), and press

SELECT

+ the pad of that Sound (or

simply hit its pad if pads are in Pad Mode).

5.

Move the 4-D encoder right to navigate to the Plug-in slot where you want to load the effect

(the name of the Plug-in currently loaded in the selected slot appears between the arrows

under Button 5 and 6 as well as on the left display). If you want to add the effect in addition to

the existing Plug-ins, press Button 6 repeatedly to select

EMPTY

.

6.

Press the 4-D encoder or

SHIFT

+

BROWSER

(

Plug-in

) to open the Plug-in Browser and

browse the available Plug-ins.

7.

On the left display, turn Knob 1 to select the

TYPE

from

Instrument

or

Effect

. The

Instrument

option only appears when applying effects to Sounds. The right display shows the list of

available instruments or effect Plug-ins.

8.

Turn Knob 2 to select the

VENDOR

from

INTERNAL

, or the name of the vendor, for example,

Native Instruments

. If you have selected any other Plug-in slot the

TYPE

field is not available.

Only Effect Plug-ins will be listed on the right display.

9.

Turn the 4-D encoder or Knob 8 to browse the available Plug-ins.

10.

When you have found the Plug-in you want to use, press the 4-D encoder or Button 8 (

LOAD

)

to load it. You can also use Buttons 5 and 6 to step through the list and load each effect

directly.

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