Komplete Kontrol and Maschine SW Workflow Guide

Learn about the architecture of groups, scenes and patterns. These 3 elements are essential to an understanding of how to arrange and compose in Maschine.

Demystify the song view and discover how sounds, clips and sections are arranged and related to each other.

So, how do you build groups and load sounds into groups from Komplete Kontrol? Find out how, in this essential workflow example.

All music consists of sections and those sections contain musical ideas. In this lesson, learn how to organize these sections using Maschine Scenes.

Discover why Maschine patterns go much deeper than standard MIDI clips… due to each sound containing a unique piano roll.

Dive a bit deeper into the role of sounds and how they function in contrast to groups and instruments within Maschine.

Let’s add some gain using Supercharger and get hands on with the Komplete Kontrol as we program a simple bass pattern.

Understanding how to use clips instead of patterns can open up a world of possibility. In this lesson, we’ll take a simple audio clip off the grid and use it as a time-specific riser.

Learn how to modify the grid, conveniently unsnap in the timeline and still get your groove to happen…

Follow through on your journey by completing this project using Maschine and Komplete Kontrol!

I'll identify the focus of this section, reference the demo project and help students orient their expectations.

Swing is a mathematically accurate triplet-based rhythmic pattern that computers can easily manipulate. Learn how swing works, so that you can use it more creatively.

We’ll define what ‘Cycle’ means in the swing settings and come to grips with the actual changes you should expect from modifying the swing level on a sound.

Using a combination of group-level and sound-level swing is often the best way to repair a stale groove (typically over-quantized).

Applying groove by ear is always more musical than doing the math, but we’ll do the math here anyway :).

Learn how the nudge grid and note grid differ, but allow you specific and useful controls over setting up your grooves.

Contrast in beats can add a lot of interest to your productions and mixing different rhythmic meters (called polyrhythm) is what we’ll demonstrate here.

Review the skills you’ve learned and follow along by completing a helpful project!

Workflow tips and demonstration around using link groups to control the layering of sounds in Maschine. I’ll demo sending the same MIDI to multiple sounds simultaneously.

Find out how to route audio flexibly through Maschine’s built-in features. We’ll see how to do this in the mixer, ideas view and channel properties.

Mixing and cueing outputs for front-of-house, speaker configurations or headphones is easy in Maschine - let’s see how its done!

Maschine offers aux sends that can be used to manage FX in a traditional desk/DAW send configuration. I’ll demo the setup and use of these sends in this lesson.

Routing in Maschine (for audio or MIDI) has different capabilities and constraints for Master, Groups and Sounds. This lesson will clarify how they’re the same (and different).

Mixer integration with Komplete Kontrol and Maschine is very elegant. In this lesson, we’ll look at this workflow and the feature integration you’ll want to be aware of.

Demo project that summarizes and challenges you to use the variety of features and skills we’ve discussed in this course.

Level up your Maschine production workflow by using some choice keyboard shortcuts.

Learn how to navigate your library, where to find user presets and how to tag your library with type, character, etc.

Learn how to manipulate your patterns without messing up your sounds and group settings.

Fixed velocity, metronome, looping overview and tactics, arp/light strip

All Komplete Kontrol producers should at least try using the touch strip because it offers a totally unique and very expressive adjustment to level and timbre.

Overcome the most common preset errors in your NI library by using the tools NI gives us for finding and scanning sounds and presets.

Review key commands and pattern, preset and navigation skills. Here, you’ll be encouraged to begin building your own custom library (custom presets, etc.).

Discover the DSP and instrument/synth modules that Maschine offers - all valuable tools for making better music!

Loops, one-shots and sampling are essential in today’s production workflow. This lesson explores the 2 main modules you’ll be using and how they are uniquely designed for different uses.

Learn a process for identifying the sounds, groups and instruments that you’re looking for. We’ll go beyond using the attributes and find ways to navigate what can become an overwhelming library of choices.

I’ll demonstrate using Maschine (and a group preset) as a drum rack within Ableton. This will show you how to work with Maschine as a plugin, using the sounds and groups in a DAW

As you work with NI gear, you’ll find Kontakt is indespensible. So, this lesson shares my preferred way to access the full features of Kontakt within my Komplete Kontrol/Maschine workflow.

You’ll want to get to grips with what the Key/Group views offer you and how to work with them from Komplete Kontrol.

Learn how (and where) to save your own custom presets. Extending your factory libraries with customized sounds is often a boost to your productivity and workflow.

Learn how to diagnose and fix missing (or broken) patches in your NI library. Unfortunately, this is a fairly common issue and you’ll save time and energy by being prepared.

Learn how to enable Maschine to import NI’s stock patterns along with any group using the Shift key from Komplete Kontrol.

A quick summary and conclusion.