How to Use Everything in MASCHINE MK3, Beat Making Masterclass (Part 3) | Native Instruments

Watch as Native Instruments’ MASCHINE guru Boris Mezga walks you through part 3 of our epic MASCHINE Masterclass. By the end of this tutorial, you’ll learn how to layer sounds, add swing to your patterns, add effects to external signals in real time, sample vocals directly into MASCHINE, re-sample internal sounds, use Lock Snapshots to morph between settings, use macros, connect external MIDI gear, and much more.

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Check out Parts 1 & 2 for more MASCHINE tips and tricks
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcSle_Cypzg
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prEuh1P6-JM

CHAPTER 13: LAYERING SOUNDS AND INSTRUMENTS
Learn how to beef up your tracks with layers for a huge, balanced sound.

CHAPTER 14: ADD SWING AND HUMANIZE PATTERNS
Breathe life into your patterns by adding Swing and using MASCHINE’s Humanizer.

CHAPTER 15: ADDING LIVE EFFECTS TO VOCALS
Use MASCHINE to add effects to external signals in real time.

CHAPTER 16: RECORDING VOCALS
Expand your library by sampling vocals directly into MASCHINE.

CHAPTER 17: RE-SAMPLE INTERNAL SOUNDS AND LOOPS
Learn how to take any signal coming out of MASCHINE and record it back internally.

CHAPTER 18: USING LOCK SNAPSHOTS
Use Lock Snapshots to morph between settings and completely transform tracks.

CHAPTER 19: USING MACRO CONTROLS
Access important parameters by putting them all on a common page.

CHAPTER 20: CONNECT EXTERNAL MIDI GEAR
Learn how to connect external gear to MASCHINE.

CHAPTER 21: USING MIDI MODE
Learn how to map your MASCHINE hardware to parameters of your external gear and DAW.

CHAPTER 22: EXTERNAL MIDI CONTROLLERS
Learn how to use external gear to control MASCHINE.

00:00 - Intro
00:34 - What is a link group?
01:13 - Layering drum sounds
03:00 - Layering synths
04:40 - Layering sampler zones
06:49 - What is a choke group?

CHAPTER 14: ADD SWING AND HUMANIZE PATTERNS
08:45 - How to apply swing (Channel versus Quick Edit)
09:43 - Changing swing settings
10:57 - Master versus Group versus Sound Swing
12:25 - Relationship with Note Repeat/Arp
13:12 - How to humanize Notes

CHAPTER 15: ADDING LIVE EFFECTS TO VOCALS
15:10 - Connecting external sources
15:25 - Setting up input channel
16:20 - Adding plugin effects to live signal

CHAPTER 16: RECORDING VOCALS
18:42 - Setting up Input channel
20:34 - Sampling Sounds into Sampler
23:11 - Sampling Loops into Audio Plugins

CHAPTER 17: RE-SAMPLE INTERNAL SOUNDS AND LOOPS
24:47 - Re-Sampling Sounds into Sampler
25:32 - Pro tip: Re-Sampling layered Drums with Detect Mode
27:22 - Alternative way: Drag and Drop (to Slice a sample again)
28:45 - Saving Samples

CHAPTER 18: USING LOCK SNAPSHOTS
29:18 - What are lock snapshots?
29:38 - The Lock Button
30:50 - Extended Lock Menu
31:40 - Morphing (including Groove Settings)
32:54 - Managing Lock Snapshots
35:32 - Using external MIDI to trigger Lock Snapshots
37:31 - Pro tip: Finger drumming on steroids
39:08 - Triggering Lock Snapshots in a DAW

CHAPTER 19: USING MACRO CONTROLS
40:53 - What is a Macro Control?
41:49 - Master vs Group vs Sound Macros
42:30 - Using the hardware to set up Macros
45:28 - Editing Macros in Software (labels, deleting Macros and Macro Pages)

CHAPTER 20: CONNECT EXTERNAL MIDI GEAR
47:51 - Setting up hardware connections
50:11 - Loading Factory Presets for external gear and drum machines
53:26 - Using Arpeggiator with Chords Mode
53:40 - Layering with internal instruments

CHAPTER 21: USING MIDI MODE
55:00 - Activating MIDI Mode
55:51 - Setting up DAW (Ableton) for MIDI input
57:13 - Using MIDI learn
58:20 - “Controller Editor” Software
59:53 - Dual light mode
1:01:34 - Loading factory presets

CHAPTER 22: EXTERNAL MIDI CONTROLLERS
1:02:17 - Setting up Hardware connections
1:02:36 - Configure MIDI ports
1:05:00 - MIDI Learn
1:06:09 - Editing MIDI mappings in Software

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