How to Use Everything in MASCHINE MK3, Beat Making Masterclass (Part 2) | Native Instruments

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Watch as Native Instruments’ MASCHINE guru Boris Mezga walks you through part 2 of our epic MASCHINE Masterclass. By the end of this tutorial, you’ll learn how to use MASCHINE to quickly compose musical ideas and arrange them into a fully produced beat using its internal plugins, effects, instruments, step sequencer, sample slicer, mix view, and arrangement views. Discover MASCHINE: https://www.native-instruments.com/products/maschine/production-systems/maschine/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Maschine_Masterclass_2 MASCHINE MK3 Manual: https://www.native-instruments.com/ni-tech-manuals/maschine-mk3-manual/en/index-en Arranging in MASCHINE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=772u5ZDKS0c CHAPTER 6: PLUGINS & INSTRUMENTS Understand MASCHINE’s internal signal flow and how to navigate the plugins, effects, instrument browser, and modulation settings. CHAPTER 7: THE STEP SEQUENCER Learn how to use the step sequencer to quickly program drum patterns. CHAPTER 8: THE VARIATION ENGINE Learn how to use the variation engine to spark musical ideas. CHAPTER 9: SLICING SAMPLES AND LOOPS Learn how to slice samples and loops, different ways of executing them, and how to save your edits for later use. CHAPTER 10: MIX VIEW & QUICK EDIT BUTTONS Learn how to navigate channel settings, mix view, and the quick edit buttons to edit your mix. You’ll also learn how to save multiple mixes to compare your work. CHAPTER 11: EFFECTS & AUTOMATION Learn how to apply and automate effects to individual sounds, groups, and the master bus. CHAPTER 12: ARRANGEMENT STRATEGIES Learn how to use Ideas view and Song view to compose and arrange your beat. Once you’re done, we’ll walk you through how to export your track into an audio file. Check out Part 1 for more MASCHINE tips and tricks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcSle_Cypzg Ready for Part 3? Here it is! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTCVW9wS-Qk 00:00 - CHAPTER 6: PLUGINS & INSTRUMENTS 00:15 - Understanding the Internal Signal Flow 00:39 - Plug-in view 02:10 - How to Use the Sampler Plugin: Working with Individual Samples 04:08 - The Sampler’s Internal Effects, Modulation Envelopes, and Velocity Settings 05:01 - Vintage Sampler Emulation 07:39 - Editing Sample Waveforms 09:45 - How to Use the Audio Plugin: Working with Loops 13:38 - How to Use the Virtual Instruments Browser 17:20 - CHAPTER 7: THE STEP SEQUENCER 17:57 - Step Mode: Triggering samples in the step sequencer 18:39 - Pad Mode: Selecting a sound to program in the sequencer 19:15 - FIXED Velocity mode 20:02 - Swing Function 20:47 - Editing the pitch, velocity, and length of a sound in a step 21:16 - Selecting multiple notes to edit simultaneously 22:15 - Quick edit controls 24:43 - Effect automations 27:25 - CHAPTER 8: THE VARIATION ENGINE 27:57 - Sparking ideas with the Randomizer 30:30 - CHAPTER 9: SLICING SAMPLES AND LOOPS 30:38 - How to use the Sample Slicer 33:54 - Ways of playing sliced samples 39:09 - Saving slices and patterns 40:01 - CHAPTER 10: MIX VIEW & QUICK EDIT BUTTONS 40:16 - Using the quick edit section 41:31 - Editing a group of pads simultaneously 42:09 - Saving and comparing multiple mixes with the Lock function 43:56 - Mixer view 45:55 - Channel Settings 46:53 - CHAPTER 11: EFFECTS & AUTOMATION 47:12 - Applying effects on individual sounds, groups, and the entire mix 50:00 - Loading effects from the browser 51:14 - Managing your effects signal chain 52:13 - Setting up send and return effects 55:25 - Recording and deleting automation 57:35 - Performance effects 56:33 - CHAPTER 12: ARRANGEMENT STRATEGIES 59:54 - Ideas View: Exploring musical ideas with scenes 1:01:05 - Creating a new scene 1:01:30 - Duplicating scenes 1:02:08 - Deactivating scenes 1:03:41 - Labeling scenes 1:04:13 - Song View: arranging your ideas with sections 1:04:44 - Dropping scenes, patterns, clips, and automations to sections 1:06:05 - Listening to the whole song 1:07:00 - Clips: adding transitional elements to glue sections together 1:09:40 - Exporting song ideas to an audio file #NativeInstruments #Maschine #MaschinePlus Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/NativeInstruments?sub_confirmation=1 Follow us: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nativeinstruments Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NativeInstruments Twitter: https://twitter.com/ni_news For 25+ years, Native Instruments has been at the heart of musical innovation. We’ve created communities, pushed technological boundaries, and opened new creative horizons for amateurs and professionals alike. Today, driven by our mission to make music creation more inclusive and accessible, NI’s hardware, software, and services including MASCHINE, TRAKTOR, and KOMPLETE bundles, provide fully-integrated solutions for creators of all genres and experience levels.