How to Use Everything in MASCHINE MK3, Beat Making Masterclass (Part 3) | Native Instruments

Watch as Native Instruments’ MASCHINE guru Boris Mezga walks you through part 3 of our epic MASCHINE Masterclass. By the end of this tutorial, you’ll learn how to layer sounds, add swing to your patterns, add effects to external signals in real time, sample vocals directly into MASCHINE, re-sample internal sounds, use Lock Snapshots to morph between settings, use macros, connect external MIDI gear, and much more.
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CHAPTER 13: LAYERING SOUNDS AND INSTRUMENTS
Learn how to beef up your tracks with layers for a huge, balanced sound.
CHAPTER 14: ADD SWING AND HUMANIZE PATTERNS
Breathe life into your patterns by adding Swing and using MASCHINE’s Humanizer.
CHAPTER 15: ADDING LIVE EFFECTS TO VOCALS
Use MASCHINE to add effects to external signals in real time.
CHAPTER 16: RECORDING VOCALS
Expand your library by sampling vocals directly into MASCHINE.
CHAPTER 17: RE-SAMPLE INTERNAL SOUNDS AND LOOPS
Learn how to take any signal coming out of MASCHINE and record it back internally.
CHAPTER 18: USING LOCK SNAPSHOTS
Use Lock Snapshots to morph between settings and completely transform tracks.
CHAPTER 19: USING MACRO CONTROLS
Access important parameters by putting them all on a common page.
CHAPTER 20: CONNECT EXTERNAL MIDI GEAR
Learn how to connect external gear to MASCHINE.
CHAPTER 21: USING MIDI MODE
Learn how to map your MASCHINE hardware to parameters of your external gear and DAW.
CHAPTER 22: EXTERNAL MIDI CONTROLLERS
Learn how to use external gear to control MASCHINE.
00:00 - Intro
00:34 - What is a link group?
01:13 - Layering drum sounds
03:00 - Layering synths
04:40 - Layering sampler zones
06:49 - What is a choke group?
CHAPTER 14: ADD SWING AND HUMANIZE PATTERNS
08:45 - How to apply swing (Channel versus Quick Edit)
09:43 - Changing swing settings
10:57 - Master versus Group versus Sound Swing
12:25 - Relationship with Note Repeat/Arp
13:12 - How to humanize Notes
CHAPTER 15: ADDING LIVE EFFECTS TO VOCALS
15:10 - Connecting external sources
15:25 - Setting up input channel
16:20 - Adding plugin effects to live signal
CHAPTER 16: RECORDING VOCALS
18:42 - Setting up Input channel
20:34 - Sampling Sounds into Sampler
23:11 - Sampling Loops into Audio Plugins
CHAPTER 17: RE-SAMPLE INTERNAL SOUNDS AND LOOPS
24:47 - Re-Sampling Sounds into Sampler
25:32 - Pro tip: Re-Sampling layered Drums with Detect Mode
27:22 - Alternative way: Drag and Drop (to Slice a sample again)
28:45 - Saving Samples
CHAPTER 18: USING LOCK SNAPSHOTS
29:18 - What are lock snapshots?
29:38 - The Lock Button
30:50 - Extended Lock Menu
31:40 - Morphing (including Groove Settings)
32:54 - Managing Lock Snapshots
35:32 - Using external MIDI to trigger Lock Snapshots
37:31 - Pro tip: Finger drumming on steroids
39:08 - Triggering Lock Snapshots in a DAW
CHAPTER 19: USING MACRO CONTROLS
40:53 - What is a Macro Control?
41:49 - Master vs Group vs Sound Macros
42:30 - Using the hardware to set up Macros
45:28 - Editing Macros in Software (labels, deleting Macros and Macro Pages)
CHAPTER 20: CONNECT EXTERNAL MIDI GEAR
47:51 - Setting up hardware connections
50:11 - Loading Factory Presets for external gear and drum machines
53:26 - Using Arpeggiator with Chords Mode
53:40 - Layering with internal instruments
CHAPTER 21: USING MIDI MODE
55:00 - Activating MIDI Mode
55:51 - Setting up DAW (Ableton) for MIDI input
57:13 - Using MIDI learn
58:20 - “Controller Editor” Software
59:53 - Dual light mode
1:01:34 - Loading factory presets
CHAPTER 22: EXTERNAL MIDI CONTROLLERS
1:02:17 - Setting up Hardware connections
1:02:36 - Configure MIDI ports
1:05:00 - MIDI Learn
1:06:09 - Editing MIDI mappings in Software
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[@TheDiskobee]

Boris Mezga is carrying the whole company on his shoulders. Mic part was f-a-n-t-a-s-t-i-c

[@MickBenjamins]

Boris the boss 🙌

[@hypgnosis3159]

He really is ! Thank goodness for these videos 🙏🏼

[@hypgnosis3159]

Thank Goodness for these tutorials, I bet I've come back and referenced or looked up a tip or techniques about 10x already 😅😄 PLZ don't take these videos down, Boris and NI ! 🙏🏼🙂

[@psychotrout]

Even after one hour Boris is never Boring!

[@barisaslay8953]

This guy is brilliant in explaining the functions of Maschine! Hats off to the whole production team and "the man under the hat". Hope more videos are to come. Personally I'd like to see some videos of "from the scratch" song production in different styles. Respect!

[@julienDrcq]

yeah me too

[@NativeInstruments]

Thank you Baris! You can already find a few videos on our channel of artists showing us their Maschine workflow and producing tracks from scratch, check it out 👀

[@richardburley1552]

​@@NativeInstruments So basically I can record my vocals directly into Maschine is it possible to record a full song with stacks and adlibs..!?

[@nkryptedmusic7961]

Boris The Beast is his official name now! LOL. Really getting a lot out of all three parts!

[@issiewizzie]

These series is very useful as it highlights the strengths of the maschine. .....

[@klaytonvonkluge4905]

I wrestled and muddled around for 2.5 years trying to get into more than just finger drumming on my Mk3, and in a few months, I've learned more from these tutorials from Boris then anyone .... Even the 20 dollar paid for Tutorial! (However, props to the OP of the paid tutorial, I keep it on my Devices for when I'm having a hard time falling asleep; coz that boring dude never fails to put me out!)

[@allahjoseph]

Been using maschine since 2011… im finalllllly watching a tutorial- i mean, look at all this stuff you can do!???

[@DrWasabiBeats]

The song he does in german is insanely good and sticky!...all the vids of this series are very entertaining and informative...thanks a lot NI and Boris!! Please please please make a part 4

[@unbreakablealex2732]

Where can I find his German songs?

[@sativaviolet]

Your tutorials are so powerful!!! I don't need an sp404, or every other, Way over-priced, THING that the MASCHINE MK3 can do and more! I'm trying to work for NI , I'm a guitarist in SF bay area and I work! With everyone that works in the bay") Thanks you again!

[@klaytonvonkluge4905]

There's a ep. 3 ?! I didn't even know Boris came out with a ep. 2 !!! Thank you NI, Maschine, and Boris 🙏🙏 I needed these !

[@TheMISKREANT]

No way! I just finished part 1 and 2 last week this is perfect timing!

[@jagdishlalwani]

congrats .,,, yu are in fr big trublr

[@dsndsn5903]

I am still waiting for my maschine to be delivered but I've watched first two parts 3 times already and I have to thank you ! Special thanks to Boris for being laid back and explaining everything smoothly while having fun! Best teaching series ever with the best teacher! Now, time to dive in! Love!

[@trevorbrown8737]

Had mine a couple of months! It’s great best thing I’ve purchased! Enjoy👍

[@yntg9627]

you gonna love it bro Ive had mine for year and these videos actually made me use it!

[@edinatl2008]

I've found so many other uses I never expected. It's an amazingly flexible platform, a Swiss army knife for live and studio performance.

[@all-stargamingentertainmen1157]

I love mine...my screen came with a glitch but I feel like it's unique that way....but their support team is quick....sometimes the daw freezes and sounds cut out...also if you don't have the cord for sampling from your phone you can get a converter app to change songs and recordings to WAV files...better to do a bunch at a time In a file.

[@jagdishlalwani]

yur maschine wil never reach home

[@christianabels6863]

These videos are nothing short of incredible. Much appreciated.

[@Eddie62862]

Boris is the Best...Musically and Technically... all his vids are "Must Watch"!

[@skillmaticwayne]

I love you all for doing this! This is truely the gift that keeps on giving! You all are taking the time out your schedule to educate your fans on how to use your awesome software! I hope to see in the future a subscription class we could sign up for on how to make X genre music such as EDM for instance. I will continue to buy Native Instruments because you all are giving back to your very community you created. Thank you!

[@NativeInstruments]

Great to hear you're happy about us sharing tips and tricks! We definitely want to share more learning content moving forward 💪

[@ChristosGeorgiades9]

😂The ibuprofen song is one for the ages! Boris, you should sell it to the company making it, and make millions! 5th time watching this tutorial series, I literally can’t believe how well I know Maschine thanks to them. Wonderful job Boris and Native Instruments!

[@530Zeno]

Just ordered my refurbished mk2. Although I can't afford a new mk3 I'm hoping a lot will still apply to my mk2. Thank you for the hard work Boris and N.I.

[@matthewwright9112]

please give this guy a raise. my maschine is arriving today. i would not have bought it if not for this man. one love x

[@brokent163]

Thank you for putting this series together! It helped me regain my confidence on using the MK3! Thank you!

[@EurocorpFx]

Erstmal 'ne Ibu und dabei das Video reinziehen 🔥🤘

[@allahjoseph]

💀💀💀

[@nithishaloks.r2411]

Namah Shivay, Sir All Your Beat MasterClass using Machine is Awesome and Creative Practical Workshop for Composing Mix Master & Publish Song, Thank You, Waiting for Practical Workshop like This using Machine for Songwriting Composing & Publish, Thanks Namah Shivay.

[@fabrice_g]

Amazing masterclass one more time ! Thanks you so much boris !

[@mariopandza]

We need more of these videos, I've been finally utilising my Maschine's potential and it is incredible what it can do that I wasn't even aware of! Thank you so much, best tutorials ever and for free, wow.

[@NowellValeri]

Excellent. Keep up the great work, Boris and NI!

[@chillaeffekt]

Knaller! 🧨🔥✌🏻🙏🏻

[@psychotrout]

Oh Hey! That's Part 3! Thank you very much for this!

[@PeterJoslynHarris]

Love this series. Thanks!

[@dannylu1141]

i've been waiting for you Boris !) PART 3 Finally !) Glad to see you again!)

[@anaphylastiks]

Helpful stuff. I still have and use maschine mk1 and bought it in NZ as soon as it came out. I don't have lots of money but still enjoy maschine.

[@shahirmaged3428]

I love Maschine and have been using it intensively and was just missing a few things here and there. This series of videos really answered everything i wondered about. Great

[@NativeInstruments]

Perfect 😇

[@shrugbyofficial]

I binge watched these in one night after a buddy lent me one

[@StephanieSante]

Wonderful Series for MK3. Thank you Boris and NI.

[@DavidGarcia5300]

really comprehensive! appreciate very much!

[@vgspro5365]

How cool is this?!?!?!?! I was literally just getting online to work in Chapter 6 from your 2nd part on samples and I came across this. I am actually watching and then trying the things you demonstrate by creating my own projects. So helpful. Can't wait to get into Part 3! Thank you!

[@NativeInstruments]

Pretty good timing 🔥

[@tomelwich49]

Nice relaxed pacing Boris...well done!

[@blacktminister415]

Just perfect! Fantastic video. Real education, presented really well. That is when youtube shines. I am a singer/songwriter, maybe not Maschine’s target artist, but it is one of my favorite tools in the studio. Keep these lenghty video’s coming, I love to learn. Maybe some more about clips?

[@NativeInstruments]

Awesome feedback, thanks! Did you have the chance to check part 1 and 2 already?

[@blacktminister415]

@@NativeInstruments Yes, for sure. Also very good.

[@TomMarvan]

This is a superb presentation, thank you Boris.

[@professionalhater2809]

Great Video. Thank you.

[@riedud]

Finished 1st two tutorials and they are absolutely essential to getting started with Maschine. Thank you soo much! I went from being fairly overwhelmed to ready to get some beats going at a novice to moderate level. Can take advantage of all those expansions now.

[@kvkcoils8011]

BORIS.... YOU ROCK STAR !!!!

[@_ianbryan]

"It really, really sounds niiice" 😂 - I was vibing!

[@fabgroove]

Sûrement l’un des meilleurs tutoriels sur Maschine MK3…. Merci beaucoup… Je vais revoir cette vidéo plusieurs fois…. 👏 👏 👏

[@jagdishlalwani]

grrrr prrrr trrrr

[@fabgroove]

@@jagdishlalwani ?... prends un doliprane... ça va passer... 😉

[@conymanciu3986]

Thanks for this information about Maschine 😊 very useful ✌️

[@1VperOctave]

Very helpful series. Thank you

[@julienDrcq]

NI is the best; imagine what will be Maschine3...can't wait the futur seem to be brighter for NI and Maschine software&hardwares. This guy is brilliant in explaining the functions of Maschine MK3, Hats off to the whole production team .options midi are sink, incroyable, 4years that I got MK3, I am still blow away, by the new update and fonction! I learnt lot of stuff with your tutorials! Thanks Boris and all the team of NI. Hope more videos are to come. Personally I'd like to see some videos of "song from the scratch" song production in different styles. special with recording intruments guitars, bass, vocals, editing, that will be great… love the song of Boris ahahahah Respect!

[@blacktminister415]

Seriously, Maschine is such a versatile, fun and deep integration of software and hardware. I just hope the new Kontrol MK3 keyboards will get deep integration with Maschine too. Just the sight of the keyboard and the controller showing the same colors on pads and lightguide makes one wanna make music.

[@djphinesse]

This is an awesome series. I'm a long time user but I learn something from every section. Especially the arrangement section in part 2. I never really tackled the clips feature.

[@petemartinp]

Love is Boris

[@HUMZMIC1]

THANK YOU SO MUCH...For that information on learning eveything about maschine!!! (I LIKE)

[@thatwasmeyyc]

I love these videos. I've been watching them over and over for months. Every time I use my MK3 I feel more confident and I learn more from my experiences. You deserve major kudos for this series. Thanks for bringing joy into my life and creativity! I'd love more genre videos like the one on house and amapiano!

[@NativeInstruments]

Appreciate it 😊 More videos like this are coming your way!

[@shahirmaged3428]

Great Video

[@ljbythec]

Boris, Exceptional Job Man! I'm not into reading manuals, yawn. Thank you for all that knowledge, examples and just plain creativity! This thing is amazingly deep, I had no idea how much can be done with my Maschine!

[@DinoTones]

I become more like Boris with each video… my hat is to the side now too. 😂 serious note… Thank you Boris & Native Instruments

[@NativeInstruments]

😂🧢

[@Kasperkbn]

I would wish if there was a segment in the next one explaining how to route midi from the Maschine plugin, when using it in example Ableton Live, so that i was possible to use its chord / and midi tool capabilities to control other VSTs / synths etc :)

[@yenthesage2717]

Thanks NI!!!

[@Only1Science]

I've owned my Maschine MK3 since 2018. I didn't really use it until early 2021. Practically brand new. I get inspired to create every time I learn something new on the Maschine. Now that I've watched all 3 parts, I feel like I've mastered it! Say goodbye to downtime. I'm way more confident now. lol

[@NativeInstruments]

That's incredible to hear! Have a blast 😎

[@patrickmyles4327]

Love ur vids bro!! Keep’em coming

[@djpirate586]

thank you very much for the content !

[@c-f-productionscom]

Man this is great im gonna go home today and work i had this mk3 for years and never new this.

[@macinead7]

I want this guy to be my next door neighbour. Such a cool guy. Link groups 😁 . Just peck his head all the time on Maschine 🤣🤣

[@lowlowseesee]

yo the outro music video lol ok this guy is raw

[@carriemorrison7457]

All 3 of these were so great! thankyou! Would love to see one for Maschine Jam ;) ( I know it's discontinued, but still amazing)

[@untoldstory176]

Very Nice! Btw..His new Cap looks better now ;)

[@samuraistich4790]

Finally! Part 3! How many parts you plan on releasing? And also, any plans on updating resolution for Mac DAW?

[@UlviZeynalov]

Perfect

[@2HEstudios]

No me da la vida para ver las demás partes y aplicar y ahora está la 3 🥵🥵 maschine es insana 🔥👌

[@Starlinperalta68]

Excelente muy creativo recién estoy descubriendo todo lo que puede llegar a hacer maschine... es infinito 👽👽🖤💯💯💯🧠🧠🧠

[@lowlowseesee]

love that the sm 58 is dented lol. its seen its daily struggles

[@Rollschuhschwein]

Just found part 1 a couple of hours ago, put part 2 in my playlist for tomorrow and now there's part 3... guess my fingers will be sore on monday

[@NativeInstruments]

Proper finger workout 🏋️‍♀️

[@djphinesse]

I've found a great use for the swing inversion. Say I make a funky house groove with 40% swing on a group but the high hats are swinging a lil too much for my taste. I can just add swing to the high hat sound and invert it using the same amount or less then the group swing. The closer I get to say 40%, that makes it sound normal because the inversion of the swing on the sound, negates the swing on the group.

[@etscho9760]

Du bist ja n deutscher ! 😅❤!!! In meinen Kopf macht’s aus 🙈! Geiler Typ ! Danke für alle deine Tipps

[@weststarr2046]

28:28..Even Baby Yoda bops his head. CRAZY💯😎!!!

[@retroriggs195]

I'm glad you all are starting to do these because I just got an MPC one 3 weeks ago and I'm thinking about retiring my MK3! As a long time user of maschine I'm upset that it took you all this long to create something like this, relying on others to create your non approved tutorials is absurd. It's like finally!!!! Because just in my short time with Akai, they are killing it with their online presence regarding how to use their equipment. I notice that the NI stance with maschine in the past was more about discovering what it could do through exploration. Probably not the best way to move units. I hated the tru-torials!!!! I really do hope this is a sign of things to come!!!! One last thing. Why does it take so long in between episodes? I forgot I watched part two what feels like 3 months ago!

[@NativeInstruments]

Thanks for the feedback! We originally started with part 1 and 2, but eventually decided to do more parts looking at how well received the series was 🙌

[@sonicindustries227]

Outstanding Boris, outstanding. Yet another fantastic tutorial. Snapshots are super-powerful aren't they? Not tried triggering them from Logic yet though. Er, wish me luck..

[@kaykramer9045]

„In meinem Kopf macht’s Aua!“…😂 … That’s so hilarious, great stuff! Thanks so much @NativeInstruments for this great series!

[@fabgroove]

Encore une fois merci pour ces nombreuses astuces… Tu es le meilleur sur la MK3…. J’ai quelques difficultés à paramétrer ma Maschine MK3 avec mon synthétiseur Roland Fantom 8… Si tu as l’occasion de faire un petit tutoriel sur ce sujet…. 🙏🏻 🙏🏻 🙏🏻 ??? En tout cas… 👏 👏 👏 👏

[@ILaxative]

Everything is almost perfect with the maschine. I just wish we can layer drums with offset as well. I would like to delay certain samples or trigger them faster or later than another layered sound under it instead of all the sounds triggering at once which can cause phase issues. That’s one thing I love about the MPC. It’s called “offset”. Also can we get a flip phase/polarity option on one of the sampler tabs? Things can get really thin when layering if we can’t invert the polarity of the phase.

[@lowlowseesee]

i didnt know you could set this thing up to play the chord sets etc from an external device. wow

[@Joronobon]

Hey Boris, these videos are amazing thank you. There is one thing that I cannot find for the life of me and I really really need it to make this bit of kit perfect for me live. How do I split my keyboard so the left side of the keys plays one sound and the right side plays another? Thanks

[@JTDoubleO8]

Can you please do this series for the Komplete Kontrol MK2?

[@NativeInstruments]

For more tips and tricks, join our online community where a ton of Maschine experts hang around: community.native-instruments.com 🍬 If you're looking for technical assistance, our team is available via our support page: bit.ly/n1msc 🛠

[@NakulKrishna]

That groove feature needs a commit or apply function to print the swing onto the midi so you can apply different swing settings for different sounds and groups.

[@centcomentertainment3156]

Thank you for these videos, I offically have both the Keyboard and the Maschine MK3. I was intimidated until these videos. Seen others by other people but they seem to miss key instructions. So thank you very much. Oh, what baby yoda is that in the background that moves on its own? I want one to blink when Im playing my beats too! lol

[@matthewwright9112]

17:21 bringing the FIYAH!

[@steinmil]

These video series are very good. I picked a Maschine Mk3 second hand before I found this series and theyhelped out a lot. There are endless posibilites with this device. I decided to go the NI route after a few years debating which vendor to pick, if I should go with NI or multiple vendors and this BF I chose NI got KK Ultimate, the keyboard (s88 mk2) and maschine. As a complete beginner I really like how it ties together with the software and how easy it is to just mess around and just make stuff for the fun of it.The only downside is that neither KK,Kontakt,Maschine both the software and controller run natively on Linux. They should have this OS in mind as well. Overalll good products but there's always room for improvement.

[@IAMFEZ]

Thanks for this very clear video ! Use my microphone directly into the Maschine Plus workflow and its dope. Nonetheless i have a frustration. When I record a pattern, it is possible that I write too many notes and start and 5th measure. How can I erase ON THE FLY only the notes after the 4th measure to be sure to stay in 4/4 ?

[@eur0man]

I realise now that i have not used the swing setting enugh, and thats why my drums and melodies are robotic and not catchy. Amazing content!🔥

[@rewind10z]

Please give us the option to only use the time shift OR the velocity range in the humanize function!!! You can easily get some amazing velocity grooves with note repeat by pressing harder or softer on pad but when you then want to humanize the performance even more by moving the notes a bit off the grid, you can't because the velocity randomization will ruin your groove you made with note repeat. That shouldn't be that hard to implement and would make the humanize function soooo much better in my opinion!!

[@tomeriknicolaysen7606]

More videos of how to use external midi hardware to do stuff in maschine (im thinking setting up something that works more like eg. Maschine Jam

[@leilaquenne820]

enorme

[@AwayWeGo747]

I love your vids and 1 thing I have not seen you cover is how to get expansion images to show up again if you transfer computers. It looks like I have to re-download all the expansions again for a simple .png not showing up as the cover art. NI has nothing on their site that works for this.

[@realnachural]

Would have to seen a breakdown on time stretching.

[@xXUsualxSuspectXx]

This guy is so awesome! Who is he?

[@AdamsBrew78]

6:20 on the zone sample layering, Does it have EQ or filter options that are unique for each sample?

[@calloiu]

we need to be able to rename lock snapshots, please!

[@elvigilante6116]

Hey, thanks for the tutorials Boris and NI, maybe in the future you can make videos explaining how to use the effects on komplete and what is each one for? Reading the manual helps to understand but something like these videos help me much more, I have the k13 collector´s and I want to upgrade but I feel that there are many powerful tools but I only know what´s a limiter and a compressor but I don´t know how to use the mod pack, the crush pack or the mouth (and maybe I´m not the only one), big thanks.

[@NativeInstruments]

Hey, thanks for the feedback! In the meantime, you can check out our blog articles on effects here: bit.ly/3XQodtO

[@rantyginger]

is there a way to set up individual effects for two inputs through an audio interface? Like live guitar and live vocals fx processing for concerts or live streams?

[@-We.All.Gone.Eat-]

🐐

[@chrisclarke3190]

MY GUY