what's up guys if you're new to the native instruments maschine mikro mark 3
like I am this video is for you you'll learn how to set up your micro lodac it
set tempo and pattern length and then record and layer sounds I'll also show
you the really cool effects feature as I learn the micro you can learn with me so
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after unpacking your Moschino micro set up your account on the Native
Instruments website and register your new device you need the serial number
which is printed on one of the papers included in the box or you can find it
on the back of your device once you've done that download and install native
access it's a program by Native Instruments
that allows you to download Native Instruments plugins programs and
expansion packs now from native access install machinae to essentials and
machinae to factory selection connect your micro to your computer using the
included USB cable ooh pretty lights and then start the machinae software the
software would recognize your micro right away
select kits in the machine of software then press the Browse button on the
micro and turn the encoder knob you should hear samples of the kits as
you browse them on the left side
if you don't hear anything you may need to set your audio device in preferences
you can get there from the file menu preferences audio and make sure you
select the right audio device or maybe you just need to turn up your speakers
let's load a kit I like the so bossy kit so I'm going to
find that press the encoder in to load it and now we're ready to play press the
Browse button again so we'll get off the Browse function plus play beat each pad
corresponds to a different drum or sample sound you'll notice in this kit
some pads have drum sounds and others have sample sounds these kids are really
inspiring the harder you tap a pad the louder the sound I love the sensitivity
of the Machine of drum pads they feel just right let's record a beat first set
the tempo by pressing the tempo button and turning knob I'm setting my to 80
bpm next press pattern and then press one of the empty slots this is where
we'll record our first pattern you'll notice the screen shows a length of one
I'm going to change that to two that'll give us enough room to record a pretty
cool beat press pattern again to get out of that mode I'm just gonna record the
kick and snare drum for now we'll layer more sounds in a second let's turn on
the metronome that's shift and tap press shift and the
record button to give us a count in
that wasn't perfect timing but we can quantize that to get the timing right
press shift and quantize to get it exactly on the mark but I find that that
sounds too electronic I prefer the quantize 50% button let's play
that sounds good if you made a mistake you can press shift and undo to undo
things step by step or if you want to erase everything just hit shift and
clear let's add a closed hi-hat and open hi-hat to that beat
it's layered the hi-hats on top of our kick and snare it was that
easy let's add some of those other samples you can adjust the volume of
different sounds individually press the volume button and then hold down the pad
that contains a sound you want to adjust I'm going to turn that down a little
that sounds pretty good alright let's record that
I don't like that second kick so I want to delete it you can actually do that
right in the software so here are all my kicks and it's the second kick that I
don't really like let's get rid of that one
the metronome off and listen to our beat
you can adjust the tempo now when you don't want to record anymore press the
record button again and now you can just play it here's a fun bonus let's apply
some effects to the beat while we're playing it press shift and performed and
you get a list of effects you can apply let's keep it on filter the first one
run your finger across a smart strip while the beats playing go ahead and
play around with the other effects there here's flanger first echo alright don't
forget to save your project by going to file and save if you like this video hit
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love and I'll see you guys later