Native Instruments MASCHINE+ Standalone Production and Performance Instrument - Manual (Page 103)

• Acoustic sounding engines are heavily velocity-dependant: the velocity affects many
characteristics of the generated sound, which allows you to play these drums very expressively.
• Electronic sounding engines are generally less velocity-dependent. Most of them only use
velocity to modulate the output volume of the sound.
The overall velocity sensitivity for both acoustic and electronic types of engines can be adjusted
on the Modulation page via the Velocity control.
10.8.6. Pitch Range, Tuning, and MIDI Notes
All Drumsynths can be played chromatically: the pitch of the sound will be affected by the notes
that you play on your MIDI keyboard (or on your pads in Keyboard mode).
For all engines, the Tune parameter lets you define which pitch will be played when hitting the pad
of that Sound (with pads in Pad Mode) or playing the middle C (MIDI note 60) base note.
On MASCHINE+, MIDI note 60 is equivalent to C3.
The engines have different pitch ranges:
• Most engines have limited pitch ranges : For example, in the Snare, the Chrome engine can play
pitches from MIDI note 60 to 84, while the Iron engine can play pitches from MIDI note 46 to 70.
If the pitch of an incoming MIDI note falls outside the pitch range of the engine, the pitch will be
bounded to that engine’s allowable pitch range.
• Some engines have an unlimited pitch range : For example the Kick’s Sub engine, the Tom’s
Fractal and Tronic engines, and the Percussion’s Fractal engine.
In some drum engines, it is impossible to set an exact tuning in MIDI notes. For them, the Tune
parameter is set in percent (from 0 % to 100 %).
10.9. Using the Bass Synth
Bass Synth is an internal fun and easy to use monophonic synthesizer module that allows you to
quickly create expressive basslines. Like any other Instrument Plug-in, load it into the first Plug-in
slot of a Sound to gain full control over its parameters. Create rich bass tones and program acid
lines with ease.
You can enhance the sound of the Bass Synth further by adding internal effects, tweaking
parameters during a live performance, or by automating them like any other plug-in.
Bass Synth key features:
• One Oscillator (monophonic)
• Seamlessly morph between sine to saw to square wave – and all spots in between
• Octave switch
• Filter, Mod envelope, Decay, Drive (bi-polar saturation/distortion), and Glide Time
• Integrated with MASCHINE JAM: Program bass and acid lines via notes and glides on
MASCHINE JAM direct from the 8x8 click-pad matrix. For more information on sequencing Bass
Synth with MASCHINE JAM, please read the MASCHINE JAM Manual available from the Help
menu of the MASCHINE software and Native Instruments website.
See section Recording Modulation for more information on automation.
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