Comments on: Importing you own samples into Native Instruments Maschine

By: saintjoe

saintjoe — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 23:10:09 +0000

@nick, the ONLY thing I can think of, from my mpc that isn’t on Maschine that many are complaining about is timestretch. The mpc has timestretch where you can change the pitch without changing length or change the speed without changing the pitch, etc.

I find the sampling to be much faster on Maschine, especially when it comes to chopping, copying, editing samples.

I just do it old school and use the pitch in conjunction with the slicing to change tempo/speed if I need to.

Another thing the mpc has is a very quick way of layering sounds on the pads and still being able to edit/tweak each layer.

The thing I probably miss the most from my mpc is the sequencing, not so much the feel, but the way you can put together songs and stuff, it’s very easy to string patterns together and have access to multiple tracks.

The way it is in Maschine, we basically have 8 groups, and since you can only have 1 pattern per group in a scene, it can get a lil cramped.

But I still like it, it’s a tool like anything else. If you feel comfortable with Maschine, then don’t worry about anything else lol. The mpc isn’t a magic box like some make it, it’s just a tool like anything else, it’s great at what it does. Now, when they come out with one that does what the original does plus what maschine can do, on the computer…then we may have something to checkout!

By: nick

nick — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 23:01:28 +0000

saintjoe your a lifesaver man!..1 more question..everyone i talk to comparing maschine to their mpc says the maschine is a mpc killer except in the sampling department..my buddy was saying on his 200xl you can cut out a snare if a sample, change the pitch of the vocals without changing up tempo? ive never had an mpc so i dont know if this is right but can maschine do all the sampling capabilities that the mpc can do?

By: saintjoe

saintjoe — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:17:17 +0000

@nick, whatup yo! Aight first, scenes, think of each scene as the part of your song. So you have one scene for your intro, one for verse,one for chorus, etc.

In these scenes you put your patterns, each group can have however many patterns you need, I usually have about 2 or 3 for changeups.

If you want a 16 bar verse, you can make one of your groups have a 16 bar pattern, either play the whole 16, or start with 4, then double it twice. Everything else will play for 16 bars no matter how short they are, since the longest pattern is 16 bars.

Do the same for your chorus and other parts, only put in each scene what you want for that part and make one of the patterns as long as you want the scene to play.

For volume, hold the pad of the sound, and turn the volume knob, it will turn it down for you.

Make sure you have all the updates.

By: nick

nick — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:06:37 +0000

joe man i know i already asked u this but i am new so bear with me brother and thank god for ppl like you on the net helping ppl out like this man much appreciated..ok so last question i asked you was scene mode on maschine..you said thas how you built up songs..i do not understand it one bit..the way i did it (and when u read this ur gonna be like god damn hes doing it the hard way) was settin every group to 64 bars..changing up the pattern for verse 1, chorus, verse 2..i know scene mode must make this easier please tell me exactly how to do it..Secondly..how do i controll the volume of 1 specific sound..Say i want my snare to be a little softer than what it is..each time i try this it makes EVERYTHING softer..or if i want to make a sample louder without making everything else louder..Thanks a bunch man and keep doing your thing boy!

By: saintjoe

saintjoe — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 21:25:52 +0000

@Jones, yes I think everyone who has maschine knows it doesn’t actually move your samples, that would be insane. That said, I don’t feel the need to tag/import everything, and use a combination of tagging plus the favorite folder option.

I like to tag my personal kits, and my standard drum libraries, etc. For larger dvds and collections I just use the favorites tab and open them from the software.

By: Jones

Jones — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 21:18:06 +0000

@saintjoe,
Samples and sounds are not truly imported into Maschine. Actually an entry in the Maschine database is created that tags your sounds/loops/samples location and categories. The sounds themselves are not moved/copied etc. into Maschine. The point is, taking the extra effort to go through tagging and import will make it much easier to browse the sounds on your hard drive no matter where they exist.

By: saintjoe

saintjoe — Thu, 06 May 2010 15:08:31 +0000

@Zebee, no problem, just use the disk tab in Maschine, find the sounds you want, and hit the import button at the bottom of the browser, it will let you select tags/categories or make your own to organize your library.

By: Zebee

Zebee — Thu, 06 May 2010 15:07:08 +0000

Hi,
I’m livin in Togo, Africa and the Internet is too bad down here/ I’ve been lookin for a way to import samples in my Maschine but I can not play your video down here. Could you send me the video in my email or write it down for me, it would help me a lot.
Thanks,

Zebee

By: saintjoe

saintjoe — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:21:07 +0000

@everythingbutthegirl, also don’t forget about the favorites option. I’ve started using this more to put folders I use a lot under the disk tab without having to import. I’m pretty much leaving the imported samples to the stuff I use most often.

I use the favorites for stuff I don’t mind browsing to with my mouse.

By: everythingbutthegirl

everythingbutthegirl — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:08:51 +0000

Hi Joe

Thats for that video man! I really need to start organizing my samples into Maschine

Peace