With the MASCHINE and TRAKTOR software synced, and your MASCHINE controller talking to both of them, you can begin making a MASCHINE mapping for TRAKTOR.Ī typical mapping might have an effects section, browsing controls for browsing playlists and loading tracks, Hotcues, Loop controls, Play, Sync, Tempo Bend, Flux Mode, BeatJump, and then perhaps a few of the programmer’s own secret weapons. The same key combination will switch you back into Application Mode. Shift + Control (MASCHINE MK2 & MASCHINE MK1).Shift + Channel (MASCHINE MK3 & MASCHINE STUDIO).To start, make sure your MASCHINE is in MIDI Mode. This gives you a whole new layer of assignable buttons, knobs and faders that you can program to control virtually anything inside TRAKTOR – called a mapping. However, MASCHINE – as with most Native Instruments controllers – has what’s called a MIDI Mode. In normal use, when controlling MASCHINE, the controller is in what’s known as Application Mode. However, Ableton Link is still a work in progress, and the timing tends to drift in tempo sync mode, so we recommend the old-school method of sending a virtual MIDI clock from TRAKTOR to MASCHINE. With Ableton Link, you can synchronize MASCHINE to TRAKTOR with one push of a button in each program. Obviously, if you want to actually do this during a set, then you’ll want to synchronise playback timing of the two applications. One of the beauties of the MASCHINE hardware is that it can be used to control both the MASCHINE and TRAKTOR software simultaneously. This tutorial refers to the MASCHINE MK3 hardware throughout, as that’s the device we are using, but the same techniques are applicable to all MASCHINE models. In this in-depth tutorial, you’ll learn how to do all of this and more, creating a custom TRAKTOR mapping for MASCHINE from scratch. And how about mapping MASCHINE’s multicolored pads to show which TRAKTOR features are active at a glance? Use Modifiers and Pages to create layers of controls, massively multiplying what your MASCHINE setup is capable of. You can map multiple features to one control to turbocharge your on-stage workflow and creativity. Almost any feature in TRAKTOR can be mapped, meaning that it can be controlled with MASCHINE’s pads and buttons. With the MK3 model featuring 16 RGB-backlit pads, 8 knobs with visual readout, a tactile encoder, buttons aplenty, and multiple pages of controls, there’s enough mappability here to handle all the Hotcues you can throw it at – and then some.īut back to that mapping functionality. What are your thoughts on this new update? Do you produce using Maschine? Why or why not? Share your thoughts below.Ever wanted to go beyond the tried-and-true “decks and mixers” control paradigm? Through the magic of mapping, anything with a MIDI output can become your new TRAKTOR controller, and there are few better blank canvases for this than MASCHINE. Check the Native Instruments site for more details. Maschine MK3 will be available for US$599 from October 2017.Watch out for our review of it very soon.Ĭheck out the promo video below. If the onboard interface is good, this new Maschine update could just be the “groovebox and sound card” combo that bedroom producers have been waiting for. The Maschine line has been a staple in production studios because of its tight integration with the accompanying Maschine software, which itself has matured into a full-on digital audio workstation. Native Instruments’ groovebox has grown up in a big way – the lack of an onboard sound card has always been a sore spot with Maschine, and this latest version finally addresses that. The biggest new feature is the onboard audio interface: it sports a pair of 1/4″ line outputs, 1/4″ line inputs, Midi In and Out jacks, a 1/4″ headphone output, and a Midi input jack for connecting a footswitch. It’s got a sleek new look, bigger performance pads, a touch strip, and eight touch-sensitive knobs. Native Instruments just launched the Maschine MK3, the latest update to its hardware and software production platform.
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