One of the best features of Maschine is it can host third party VST/AU plug-ins. Instruments and effects are assigned to modules at the pad, group, or master level. The plug-in parameters are exposed to Maschine in the order the manufacture specifies and auto-assigned to pages in groups of 8. You then use the left and right arrow buttons to scroll through the parameters in groups of 8.
You can custom configure the parameters assigned to each knob by right-clicking on the knob in the software and selecting “Learn Plug-In Parameter” followed by changing a control in the plug-in to link it to the knob. There also menus for cutting and pasting to change the auto-assigned order
If you want to save custom settings as the default for the plug-in by selecting the modulate pull-down then clicking “Save As Default…”. Then the next time you insert the plug-in in the current project or future projects it will remember the settings.
For example, using this technique you can map the 8 performance parameters of Zebras 4 X/Y pads to the first page on Maschine. So now every time you insert an instance of Zebra, you get instant expressive control.
Mark Mosher
Boulder, CO
Synthesist, Composer, Performer
www.MarkMosherMusic.com
Mark Mosher 