maschine resources?

[ross-alexander]

Hi there,

I have just got an ni maschine today, reading through the manual but wondering also if anybody had one and had come across any good resources for it?

[ross-alexander]

I watched all the videos on youtube from NI just looking for some good tips and extra bits and bobs, think its quite intuitive to use

[rktic]

Started the same way when i got Maschine last year. Ever so often i ended up at http://maschinetutorials.com/ but didn't feel like spending money on access there. The guys seem to have some quality content there anyway.

I think i'm still not using the full potential of it eventhough i cut my way through mostly on my own. In case of doubt, ask your questions here!

[Patriek]

I use youtube for hints&tips and i think Walsh is working on some tutorials (if he is still active here). Rest i got from the manual and the famous trial&error.

Could be an idea to start a 'hints&tips' for maschine thread?

[rktic]

Good idea. Is anyone around who was able to use MaschineVST as a midi sequencer for other VSTi's?

[Patriek]

Not sure if a am following you Ronny. But i think you can load any vst you like on one of the 4 tab's that maschine has available. And just use maschines sequencer to fire of notes.

[rktic]

Yes, i know - but i want to send midi from Maschine to instruments outside itself, in the host.

[Patriek]

Aah, like if you press one of the pads on the maschine, you trigger a note from 'any vst'. I think there is a way to get maschine into 'midi' mode. I think its shift-control to get maschine into midi modus. From there on you should be able to map certain knobs/buttons.

Or perhaps i don't understand the question again, if so...i have no idea!

[rktic]

Afaik that only puts the Maschine controller into midi cc mode (awesome controller for Traktor btw!).

I wanna create a scenario in which Maschine hosts all pattern for all Instruments (even those which are not hosted by Maschine). I.e.

Group A - Drums inside Maschine
Group B - Bassline pattern > any VSTi outside maschine...

Got it?

[Patriek]

I never tried that tbh. I always assumed that maschine has the midi CC modus or just the controller for the vst itself. I don't think i can help you with it, unless i test some things with maschine/midi/daw etc

[rktic]

Just found out how this works and it's totally amazing! You've gotta choose "Midi out" instead of a sampler or VSTi. Done.

[Patriek]

Sounds obvious gonna try it this weekend also! Could make life a lot easier to program clips etc.

[rktic]

What i like most about it is that you have all sequences in one place, perfect for recording on the go without arranging much.

[Patriek]

So with this setup you can actually just control any VST loaded in your DAW?
If i have some synth loaded into ableton, i can make my pattern on maschine and the notes get send to ableton?

[rktic]

Yes.

[Patriek]

That's great i will test it this weekend. Opens up a new world with maschine.