Native Instruments MASCHINE+ Standalone Production and Performance Instrument - Manual (Page 30)

The Group buttons
Press any Group button to select the Group you want to work in. Once a Group is selected its
button lights up in the assigned color and its Sounds are available on the pads: whether one
Sound on each pad (pads in Group mode) or different notes for one particular Sound (pads in
Keyboard mode). The other colored Group buttons are dim-lit to indicate they can be selected.
Press the dim white button to create a new Group in that slot. Buttons remain uncolored and unlit
for the other empty Group slots.
If you want to use more than eight Groups in your Project, hold SHIFT and press the Group
buttons to select and access other banks of Groups.
These buttons are also used to solo and mute Groups on the fly when SOLO or MUTE buttons are
held; this is great for jamming out your Project and performing live.
If the VOLUME , TEMPO , or SWING button is active in the Edit section above (see Edit Section ),
hold a Group button and turn the 4-D encoder to change the volume, tune or swing for that
individual Group.
5.1.5. Transport Section
The Transport section holds various transport tools as well as the SHIFT button used in various
contexts.
The Transport section
( 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 recording.
Hold the REC button to access Pattern Preset mode, this allows you to select the desired Pattern
Length before recording new Patterns.
( 3 ) STOP button: Press STOP to stop playback.
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