In this video I'll show you how to set up your Maschine Plus
from scratch and make your first beat. We'll connect to WI-FI,
set up your account, then I'll show you how to create a new beat
and show you some of the standalone features of Maschine Plus
including how to record and sample external sounds!
This video is great for new and experienced Maschine users because you'll
get up and running with the latest features
in Maschine Plus quickly.
Now if you don't have Maschine Plus yet you can order it using the link in the
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gear and easy to follow tutorials. Let's get
started! Remove your Maschine Plus from the box
and connect the power cable. You can lock the cable by turning the
cable clockwise. Next, connect your audio out cables to
your speakers or audio interface. You can also connect
headphones. Turn on machine by pressing the 'power' button here
for a couple seconds. The first thing you'll need to do is connect to your
wi-fi. Maschine Plus needs wi-fi to enable you to connect to your Native Instruments account
and download sounds and updates. After connecting to wi-fi, you can log
into your Native ID by scanning the QR code with your mobile
phone. This process will register your Maschine Plus.
You'll only need to do this once. Also, update your Maschine to the latest
firmware to make sure you have all the latest features.
When you load it for the first time the demo project will open
and this is a great place to start
exploring!
All right! That's all fun, but let's build a simple beat
from scratch! Let's add another expansion through wi-fi.
Remember Maschine Plus comes with lots of drum sounds already
so you can load another project or groups of drum kits
to get started. But if you're like me, you always want more. So let's try something
else! Press 'settings' and then move the encoder
knob to library. You'll see the expansions you've already
purchased in this list but if you haven't purchased anything you'll be
able to download some and install them from here as well.
They will install over wi-fi. Let's install 'Lilac Glare'.
Now that the expansion is installed, we're going to need to create
a new project. Press the file button and hit 'new' if you
don't want to save the modifications to the project you're working on. Hit
'discard' if you want to save it. You can click
"save" so now we've got a blank session. Press the browser button and you'll see
Lilac Glare the expansion we just installed. You can
start browsing the kits with the encoder
I'm going to load the Blue Tails kit. Press the browser button to get out of
the browser mode and let's set the tempo to 90 bpm.
Press pattern and one of the clear pads and press shift
and 'metronome', to turn on the metronome. Now we've got some drums here.
Press shift and record for the counter.
Now the timing doesn't sound perfect so I'm going to quantize. If you press
the shift and 'quantize' button it'll quantize it perfectly.
You can also use shift and quantize 50 for a more natural sound. I'm going to
use that.
Great! I'm going to enter the hi-hats. Using the note repeat button
you can select 16th notes, 32nd notes and 8th notes. I'm just going to use
8th notes.
All right! Next, let's try one of the Native Instruments
included instruments. This is unique to Maschine standalone.
No computer connected and you have access to all these cool instruments. I
want to try Massive. Let's create a new group. Press
the browser button and let's navigate to instruments. Let's
select 'massive' and now we can start auditioning
the sounds. I'm going to filter these sounds by
synth pad.
I'm going to load 'Astral straw'. Pressing the chord mode
will give me some chords instantly.
But I like changing this to the chord set mode
which gives me chord progression ideas.
Let's record that.
You can start modifying the sound from here.
At this point it's good to save your project. Press
'shift' and the 'save' button and choose a project name. Alright that was decent and
I could get by using the chord mode on Maschine Plus
but I miss having my keys. Let's connect a midi keyboard. Alright I've connected
the keyboard! Let's create another group and let's
choose another instrument. This time I'm going to choose 'Monarch'.
Now don't forget, after you've recorded this you, can always change the sound of
the instrument as well.
All right I want to add another sound. I've got this old Casio CZ 101
and I want to record this into Maschine Plus. You can connect
external gear into Maschine Plus, anything like a mic or a synthesizer -whatever.
I've connected the CZ 101 to input 1 on the back of Maschine Plus
and I've created a new group and a new pattern. Next, hit the sampling button on
Maschine and make sure you've got the right channel selected. I'm using channel
1 and so I've selected it as 'mono' and
input 1. Press the start button at the top
and shift and record for the counting.
All right I just recorded one bar! Let's listen to that.
All right let's add some effects to that sound.
Now we can use some of the internal effects that are already included
but there are some other really nice effects that you can download.
Let's go to settings. Back to library and let's download the RAUM reverb.
Let's navigate to the 'plus sign' there, click right on the encoder knob,
press 'n' and you'll see you've got a few internal effects.
Turn this encoder knob and select Native Instruments. There you've got
the RAUM VST. Press that. Now we've added RAUM to this.
It's awesome! It already sounds good! Let's play that.
That's already sounding great. Let's change the length of the pattern
to two. Now It doesn't repeat as often.
Finally let's add some effects using the performance strip right here. I've
clicked the drum group so we're going to put the effects on the drums. Press
'shif't and 'perform' and let's put the filter effect on the drums.
Let's play!
(Sanjay C beautiful music playing)
Don't forget to save your project. When you come back to Maschine Plus you can
always click the file button and see a list of all your projects and
load any one of them. Don't forget to hit the LIKE button and
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Keep Making The Music YOU Love
and I'll see you again soon :)