Native Instruments MASCHINE+ Standalone Production and Performance Instrument - Manual (Page 177)

17. Arranging Your Project
A song is made of a variety of Scenes. Each Scene contains a specific set of Patterns that make
up a part of the song, for example, intro, verse, chorus, break, second verse, etc. By assigning your
Scenes to Sections to the Timeline in the Song view you can start to organize your track.
The MASCHINE Song view is where you can sequence Scenes to create your final arrangement.
This process involves creating a Section on the Timeline and assigning a Scene to it. Any Scene
that exists in the Ideas view can be assigned to a Section in the Song view.
One powerful aspect of the relationship between the Ideas view and Song view is that the content
in these two areas are actually one-in-the-same. This means that if you make a change to a Scene
it will affect all other instances of that Scene automatically. If you place a Scene in three different
Sections of the Timeline and then proceed to change the Patterns assigned to that Scene, the
other two instances of that Scene also play the newly-assigned Patterns. It’s therefore very easy to
make changes to individual Patterns and Scenes after the arrangement has been made and
immediately hear the results in the context of the arrangement, and those changes can be made
in either Ideas or Song view.
In Song view MASCHINE+ provides a perfect overview of all your Sections, Patterns, Clips, and
Groups. Here you can create a Section and assign a Scene to it, duplicate your Sections, clear a
Section, and more importantly quickly and easily assign your Sections to the Timeline in the order
you would like them to play.
17.1. Switching Between Ideas View and Song View
The Arranger has two different views: Ideas view and Song view. Each view has a specific purpose
in the workflow of creating a song, but essentially they represent the same content.
To switch between Ideas view and Song view:
1. Hold the SHIFT + IDEAS ( Song ).
2. Press Button 1 ( IDEAS ) to access Ideas view.
3. Press Button 2 ( SONG ) to access Song view.
→ The displays switch between Ideas view and Song view.
17.2. Using Ideas View
The Ideas view allows you to experiment with your musical ideas without being tied to a timeline
or any kind of arrangement. Here you can create Patterns for each Group and combine them into a
Scene.
In Ideas view, MASCHINE+ provides a perfect overview of all your Scenes, Patterns, and Groups.
Here you can create a Scene by selecting a Pattern for each Group, duplicate your Scenes, clear a
Scene and more importantly trigger your Scenes so you can hear how they sound when played in
a particular order.
Pressing a pad in Scene mode will trigger a Scene and in turn trigger all the assigned Patterns. In
addition to creating ideas, Scene mode is fantastic for improvisation during a performance.
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