How to Use Everything in MASCHINE MK3, Beat Making Masterclass (Part 1) | Native Instruments

Watch as Native Instruments’ MASCHINE guru Boris Mezga walks you through our MASCHINE Masterclass. By the end of this tutorial, you’ll understand the most important controls on your MASCHINE hardware, how to arrange your ideas in the MASCHINE software, and much more.

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Dive into parts 2 and 3 of the MASCHINE masterclass:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prEuh1P6-JM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTCVW9wS-Qk

CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED
Learn how to download Native Access, register your MASCHINE MK3, download MASCHINE software from the Factory Library, connect your MASCHINE, set your preferences, and troubleshoot installation issues.

CHAPTER 2: THE MASCHINE CONTROLLER
Learn about every button and knob on the MASCHINE hardware, including the velocity-sensitive pads, group buttons, and encoder knobs.

CHAPTER 3: THE MASCHINE LIBRARY
Learn how to browse sounds, load existing projects from the library, start a new project, load and erase sounds, layer loops and one shots, and save samples to your user library.

CHAPTER 4: CREATING RHYTHMS
Learn how to use the Metronome, Auto-Length, Undo/Redo, Clear, Quantize, Swing, Pattern, and Note Repeat functions. For more, check out the Ultimate MASCHINE Note Editing Masterclass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zzhn_-g3WI

CHAPTER 5: CREATE MELODIES AND CHORDS
Learn how to activate keyboard mode in MASCHINE, use an external MIDI keyboard with your MASCHINE setup, change scales in Keyboard mode, add harmonies with Chords mode, transpose chords, and use the Note Repeat arpeggiator function. For more, check out the MASCHINE Chords Mode Masterclass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdUqpvHjrwc

00:00 - Introduction
01:22 - Locating the Browser, Pattern Editor, Ideas, Mixer, and Master Level Fader
02:56 - Loading samples from your computer to the MASCHINE pads
03:44 - Exporting files from MASCHINE to your DAW

04:26 - CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED
04:44 - Downloading Native Access and registering MASCHINE
05:48 - Understanding the back of the MASCHINE MK3 unit
06:28 - Setting your preferences
07:42 - Troubleshooting installation issues

08:35 - CHAPTER 2: THE MASCHINE CONTROLLER
08:42 - Understanding and adjusting the 16 velocity-sensitive pads
09:55 - Changing the pad colors
10:36 - Understanding the 8 group buttons
11:43 - Understanding the capacitive encoder knobs
13:14 - Understanding the Play and Record section
13:41 - Understanding the Select, Solo, and Mute buttons
14:37 - Silently selecting sounds
15:12 - Understanding the quick edit section
15:39 - Understanding the touch strip
16:58 - Changing the behavior of function menus

17:37 - CHAPTER 3: THE MASCHINE LIBRARY
19:02 - Browsing sounds on the hardware
19:52 - Loading up existing projects from the library
21:33 - Starting a new project
23:00 - Erasing sounds within a kit
24:22 - Loading a Sound in MASCHINE
25:16 - How to layer Loops
26:41 - How to use One Shot samples
28:29 - How to save samples to your own user library

29:02 - CHAPTER 4: CREATING RHYTHMS
29:11 - How to use the Metronome
31:22 - Using the Auto-Length feature
31:54 - How to start a recording with a count-in
32:30 - How to use the Undo, Redo, Step Undo, and Step Redo functions
33:11 - How to use the Clear function
34:34 - Using the Quantize function
36:42 - Activating the Swing function
37:21 - Using the Pattern Menu
39:54 - Using the Note Repeat function
41:19 - Pattern recap
42:51 - Using the Arranger view
43:15 - How to access these functions in the MASCHINE software

44:44 - CHAPTER 5: CREATE MELODIES AND CHORDS
44:55 - Activating Keyboard mode in MASCHINE
46:12 - Using an external MIDI keyboard with your MASCHINE setup
47:09 - Changing scales in Keyboard mode
47:56 - Adding harmonies with Chords mode
49:14 - Using Chord sets
49:46 - Transposing Chords
50:07 - Using the Note Repeat arpeggiator function

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