Native Instruments MASCHINE+ Standalone Production and Performance Instrument - Manual (Page 5)

11.1.2. Setting the Step Grid ........................................................................ 102
11.1.3. Adjusting the Pattern Length ............................................................ 103
11.2. Playing and Programming Beats ................................................................. 103
11.2.1. Loading a Drum Kit .......................................................................... 103
11.2.2. Recording Beats in Real-time ............................................................ 105
11.2.3. Sequencing Beats with Step Mode .................................................... 107
11.2.4. Adding Swing .................................................................................. 108
11.2.5. Applying Groove .............................................................................. 108
11.2.6. Applying Choke ............................................................................... 109
11.3. Creating Melodies and Harmonies ............................................................... 110
11.3.1. Loading an Instrument ..................................................................... 110
11.3.2. Recording Melodies and Harmonies in Real-time ................................ 111
11.3.3. Step Sequencing Melodies and Harmonies ........................................ 111
11.3.4. Selecting a Scale and Chords ............................................................ 111
11.3.5. Scale and Chord Parameters ............................................................ 113
11.3.6. Creating Arpeggios .......................................................................... 120
11.3.7. Playing Notes with Smart Strips ........................................................ 123
11.4. Recording Modulation ................................................................................ 123
11.4.1. Recording Modulation in Step Mode .................................................. 124
11.4.2. Which Parameters Are Modulatable? ................................................. 124
11.5. Using Lock Snapshots ................................................................................ 125
11.5.1. Creating a Lock Snapshot ................................................................. 125
11.5.2. Using Extended Lock ....................................................................... 125
11.5.3. Updating a Lock Snapshot ................................................................ 126
11.5.4. Recalling a Lock Snapshot ............................................................... 126
11.5.5. Morphing Between Lock Snapshots .................................................. 126
11.5.6. Deleting a Lock Snapshot ................................................................. 127
12. Working with Patterns and Clips ........................................................................... 128
12.1. Working with Patterns ................................................................................ 129
12.1.1. Deleting Events or Notes .................................................................. 129
12.1.2. Quick Edit in Step Mode ................................................................... 130
12.1.3. Deleting Groups and Sounds ............................................................ 131
12.1.4. Quantizing Your Pattern ................................................................... 132
12.1.5. Doubling a Pattern ........................................................................... 132
12.1.6. Clearing a Pattern ............................................................................ 133
12.1.7. Deleting a Pattern ............................................................................ 133
12.1.8. Duplicating a Pattern ....................................................................... 133
12.1.9. Transposing a Pattern ...................................................................... 133
12.1.10. Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Events/Notes .................................... 133
12.1.11. Adding Variation to Patterns ........................................................... 134
12.1.12. Duplicating a Sound ....................................................................... 136
12.1.13. Duplicating a Group ....................................................................... 137
12.2. Working with Clips ..................................................................................... 137
12.2.1. Creating a Clip ................................................................................. 137
12.2.2. Deleting a Clip ................................................................................. 138
12.2.3. Doubling a Clip ................................................................................ 138
12.2.4. Duplicating a Clip ............................................................................. 138
12.2.5. Clearing a Clip ................................................................................. 138
12.2.6. Adjusting the Length of a Clip ........................................................... 139
12.2.7. Adjusting the Start of a Clip .............................................................. 139
12.2.8. Repositioning a Clip ......................................................................... 140
12.2.9. Inserting Scenes to an Arrangement as Clips ..................................... 140