Native Instruments MASCHINE+ Standalone Production and Performance Instrument - Manual (Page 202)

4. Turn Knob 3 to trim the start of the selected slice.
5. Turn Knob 4 to trim the end of the selected slice.
6. Press Button 8 to apply the slice.
Use the page button to access the following parameters and commands:
Page /
Parameter
Description
Slicer Page
Mode
Select the Slicer edit mode.
AUTO-SNAP The Sample Slicer Manual mode Auto-Snap feature automatically aligns
Slice points to the nearest transient as you manually trigger the slicing
from the pads. It can be turned off so that slice points are instead placed
exactly where you trigger them. In order to use Auto-Snap, you must wait
for analysis to be performed on the sample you’re slicing—the analysis is
very quick but will take longer for long audio files.
Edit Page
SLICE
(Knob 1) Selects the Slice to edit. The display will show you which Slice is currently
selected. You can also use the pads to select Slices starting from pad 1.
START
(Knob 3)
Adjusts the start point of the selected Slice. Hold SHIFT when turning the
Knob to adjust the parameter in finer increments. If the start point of the
Slice and the end point of the previous Slice are still joined, moving the
start point of the Slice simultaneously moves the end point of the previous
Slice, so that both Slices stay joined.
END (Knob 4) Adjusts the end point of the selected Slice. Hold SHIFT when turning the
Knob to adjust the parameter in finer increments. Note that moving the end
point of a Slice does
not
simultaneously move the start point of the next
Slice — in opposition to adjusting the START parameter (see above).
Apply Page
MONO
The Sample Slicer Mono option when activated automatically sets the
Voice and Choke Group of all sample slices to 1 when slicing to a Group.
This time saving feature is useful when you don’t want to have lots of
samples triggered or repeating at the same time, for example, when you
slice a drum loop and trigger the individual hits to form a new pattern.
When Mono is selected and the slices are applied to a Group, the sampler
polyphony is automatically set to 1 so only one voice will play at a time.
The Choke Group is also automatically set to 1 so each new pad that is hit
will always take priority over the previous one by cancelling it out. This
behavior can be found on vintage drum machines (typically used to “choke”
the open hi-hat with the closed one), but also in monophonic synthesizers
that are only capable of playing one note at a time.
PATTERN This will create a new pattern or replace the existing once the slices have
been applied.
BPM Available when Create or Replace is selected in the PATTERN parameter.
Selects how the tempo is defined: If you select Auto , MASCHINE will
calculate the tempo automatically. If you select Manual , you can enter the
tempo in BPM manually.
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