Changing the color of a sound, Saving sound, Copying and pasting sounds – Native Instruments MASCHINE+ Standalone Production and Performance Instrument User Manual
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9.2.4. Changing the Color of a Sound
You can change the color of each individual Sound.
To change the color of a Sound:
1.
Press
PAD MODE
.
2.
Press the Pad of the Sound you want to change.
3.
Press the right Page button to select page 2.
4.
Turn Knob 2 to select a color from the Palette. You can also choose to set the Sound back to
the default color corresponding to its position in the list by selecting
Default
from the Color
Palette.
→
The pads reflect the Sound colors you have selected.
By default, Sounds inherit the color of their Group. But you can choose another default
.
Once you have set a custom color for a Sound as described above, the Sound will retain
its color when you move it, and the color will be stored with the Sound when you save the
Sound for later use. Note that you can select the same color as the one used by default: In
that case, the color (even unchanged) will be considered a custom color and will follow the
Sound as you move it.
9.2.5. Saving Sound
You can save your Sounds as individual files (extension “.mxsnd”) using the File menu. For more
information on the File menu, and saving Sounds, see
and
.
9.2.6. Copying and Pasting Sounds
You can copy and paste Sounds across pads and Groups in your Project.
To copy a Sound from one pad to another:
1.
Press and hold
DUPLICATE
.
2.
If you want to duplicate a Sound including its Pattern content, enable the
+EVENTS
option
(Button 5).
3.
Press the pad of the Sound you want to copy. The pad of the Sound starts blinking.
4.
Press the pad of the target Sound slot (this can also be in another Group, in this case, first
press the desired Group button).
→
All parameters of the Sound will be copied (including the Pattern content for that Sound if you
have enabled the
+EVENTS
option). The copied Sound will replace any Sound previously
loaded in the target slot.
You will notice that once you have pasted the Sound, the target pad starts blinking itself, indicating
that it is ready to be pasted again to additional Sound slots: Therefore, to duplicate a Sound more
than once, once you have pressed the source pad you just have to press all the desired target pads
in a row.
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