Native Instruments MASCHINE+ Standalone Production and Performance Instrument - Manual (Page 79)

3. Press the dimmed white Group button after all other lit Group buttons.
→ A new empty Group is created after the existing Groups with the default name and color.
If the last Group bank already contains eight Groups, pressing SHIFT + the last lit Group
button at the first step will directly create a new empty Group in a new Group bank.
Automatic Group Bank Management
In MASCHINE+ Group banks are managed automatically, so that you don’t have to create or delete
them manually. Groups are always adjacent to the Group List: you cannot have any gap in the
Group List, or in any Group bank. When you create a new Group, the following happens:
• As long as the last Group bank contains less than eight Groups, the new Group is created in that
bank.
• If the last bank already contains eight Groups, a new Group bank is automatically created after
the existing bank(s) and the new Group is created in that new bank.
9.3.2. Loading Groups
You can load a ready-made Group from the Browser. The Group can be included in the MASCHINE
Library or any EXPANSION PACK.
Loading Groups
You can use the Browser to load Groups:
• You can browse your MASCHINE Library for the desired Group. For more information on how to
do this, please refer to section Browsing the Library .
• Alternatively, you can recall the search query that was used to find the Group currently loaded in
the focused Sound slot. See section Using Quick Browse for more information.
You can also load a Group you have created yourself.
To open a Group from your SD card on MASCHINE+:
1. Press BROWSER. Press SHIFT + Button 1 ( SCAN ) to scan for new content.
2. Press Button 4 ( USER ) Press Button 2 or 3 to select GROUPS .
3. Turn Knob 2 to Select Maschine .
4. Turn Knob 8 to select the name of the Group you want to load.
5. Press Button 8 LOAD . The Group is now loaded from the SD card.
Be aware, that loading a Group will replace the selected Group and all of its Sounds.
9.3.3. Renaming Groups
By default, new Groups are named Group Ax – Hx , “ x ” indicating the bank number ( Group A1 – H1 ,
Group A2 – H2 , etc.). However, you can also rename Groups slots manually.
To rename a Group:
1. Press PAD MODE .
2. Press the Group button you want to rename.
MANAGING SOUNDS, GROUPS, AND YOUR PROJECT
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