Maschine Clips Tutorial: Vocal Editing and Comping!

[@blkrbbt]

I love watching this workflow, I wish there were more recent vids of you making music

[@phillyphill112]

I can't believe I'm just coming across this. I've had Maschine since MK1, and have always wanted to make it my "Daw". Adding vocal was really the hold up for me. But this has truly opened my eyes to making my dreams come true!! I'm a new subscriber!!

[@VictorRodriguez-qc8pi]

What a beautiful song

[@jefgibbons]

Thanks Victor! Here is the full song! kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGS3aXWljNZjp8U

[@LDBII]

Great video Jeff 👍🏾

[@jordanburgess4091]

Love the track and Olivia's voice!

[@OliviaAkolo]

Thank you Jordan😭♥️

[@AnjaEve]

Great song & voice! Maschine is actually really fun when working with vocals! Not that many videos out there are highlighting that. But as a vocalist & producer I'm falling in love with the workflow more and more. Now that they added Clips it's even better. Great vid, thank you!!

[@elsunmusic3130]

Do you know how to record vocals in Maschine clips "wet" live? I'd like to hear CLA vocals live while recording, rather than adding after recording to dry vocal..or for live performance..

[@AnjaEve]

​@@elsunmusic3130 I think that's possible! I saw another video from Jeff a while back where he talks about recording audio with live FX in Maschine kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4XQZ4SNqa2mo5I That's how I learned about it at least! Seems to work fine :)

[@pau_co_music]

Great job guys! And great voice 🙌

[@jon_setako]

Yo, at the minute i heard her voice, i was like.. Okay this is serious here ! Haha Quality tutorial for quality voice ! Nice Explication

[@jefgibbons]

Same here Jon! She’s extremely gifted...

[@savesounds_0103]

thanks Jef, was waiting for this video from you !

[@PADR]

Great content as always Jef. Thank you.

[@jefgibbons]

Thanks for the support Paul!

[@Axel-ts5lo]

Love the way you work Jef great video

[@zachary963]

Finally, an explanation for this! Thank you! Maybe I’ll go back to this as my DAW

[@aaronmiller3577]

Thanks Jef ! that was Great ! I wasn't aware you could do all of this in Maschine. Be well Cya

[@djasynchronous7777]

that song is better than anything i have heard on the radio in recent months(not counting timless classics)

[@jefgibbons]

That means a lot! Got a video coming up on the whole song.

[@djasynchronous7777]

@@jefgibbonsSic!

[@Yahoomediaclub]

Can’t believe how this integrates so well, best videos out there on fine detail ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@ThinkingOutLoud2012]

Thanks for this video and thanks for the introduction to Olivia!! 🤙🏾

[@jefgibbons]

My pleasure!

[@jerrodkilla23]

Yes!! Thank you.

[@jefgibbons]

Most welcome!

[@lukebogacik2793]

Awesome

[@CaleAnderson]

Great tutorial, as always.

[@jefgibbons]

Thanks Cale!

[@GodzillaGoesGaga]

Excellent video Jeff. That was a real treat for us to have a vocalist like this too for you to work with.

[@MickBenjamins]

Oh wow, this is so vibey! Can't wait for the final song!

[@jefgibbons]

Thanks Mick!

[@neilmiles9324]

This is incredible. Both the song and tutorial!

[@joshuadavid1804]

Excellent work as always, keep it up!

[@jefgibbons]

Thanks Joshua!

[@KaitavSapreMusic]

Great song and vocals, and production sounds awesome so far. Looking forward to the finished version.

[@jefgibbons]

Thanks Kaitav!

[@fiscaldisco5234]

Incredibly helpful and well put together. I'm just starting to dip my toes into song mode and clips and all your videos are a huge help.

[@jefgibbons]

Glad to hear it Nick!

[@MajikMuzq]

Song is 🔥🔥🔥

[@nukenoly8751]

As a Cubase and Maschine user (like you Prof G) it is astonishing to see you produce a full song with vocals inside of a beat making software that is by nature not designed for that purpose at all! Bien joué 👍🏻 Superb track btw

[@jefgibbons]

Thanks Nuke! I’m just glad I’m able to bring these production techniques to Maschine as the updates keep making it more than just a beat making sketch pad. Coming from a traditional DAW to Maschine, I love the hands on/muscle memory approach... going back to the mouse and keyboard feels... uninspiring!

[@TheTwyker]

It's been very easy to make full arrangements/songs on Maschine for some time now, even more so with clips now going over section boundaries. Still Jef is probably one of the best teachers and most proficient Maschine users out there. :)

[@knutlorentzen5014]

How do you make the vocal go outside scenes in the arranger? Like how ro out it in the arranger without having it in a scene??

[@aristocratmusic]

This was made possible with the latest update that introduced "clips". (:

[@knutlorentzen5014]

@@aristocratmusic oh okay! can you make a tutorial on it? :) thx

[@EliteOnTheBeat]

@@knutlorentzen5014 right click on pattern and click convert to clips then drag how long or short you want the clip to be and drag and drop where you want it. ;)

[@JoeGariano]

Thank you Jef. This and your other video about comping with clips has been enormously helpful to me. I bought a Maschine+ recently and have been producing an original song with it entirely in standalone mode. The vocals is the last stage in the process for me, and I'm following your technique here to a T.

[@astro4fun]

I've been thinking about mixing Metapop stems in maschine, and this tutorial help me a lot... Thx 😎👍

[@sdfcftfxrfv]

Thank you so much for these videos. I am learning so much! I’ve had a Maschine Mk3 for years now and it’s becoming such a powerful and stable tool now. I am able to be way more creative with it than when I hop on a more traditional DAW. It feels like there are less obstacles in the latter stages of making a song now!

[@jefgibbons]

It’s weird how beautiful the workflow is once you get it down, but getting past the initial barrier can be hard for most people. I find myself at a loss when I go back to my old way of making music now...

[@HUMZMIC1]

From what i heard yes sht sounds nice. Hope to hear she got a cd out soon and man you do a excellent job on explaing how to edit vocals....I LIKE!!!

[@vznquest]

just what i need as i'm in vocal mixdown mode as we speak! also still waiting on your Jam video ;)

[@2chrisward]

Great video and song. The more you speak on tactile and working fast, I can't help but think you would dig Ableton Live and Push. I just pre-ordered Live 11! Woot woot. I understand why you don't go that route, you have a nice workflow between mashine and Cubase. Maschine keeps getting better...

[@shafiqismail]

Hi jeff, been following your videos, thanks alot! Maybe u can share how is your vocal recording process some times! 😁

[@NoQualmsTheArtist]

I comp large stacks of vocals all the time, I would go with take 3 for all of it with what I heard. I find the least comping always turns out more emotional. Turn off perfection brain and turn on feeling brain. Great tut, this is the one thing I would use maschine as a plugin for and record and comp in a daw. Otherwise I prefer maschine as standalone.

[@StreetsOfVancouverChannel]

Once again you've clearly embodied being a superb communicator who utilizes best-in-class video production to facilitate your obvious passions for music and for sharing. *I have as many biker hoodies as Maestro Jef has athletic tops/outfits apparently... a lot!*

[@jefgibbons]

Ha! Thanks again SoV!

[@maus3454]

Vocal Comping. I just learned that it is one of the major new features in Ableton 11, which went in beta today

[@jefgibbons]

I saw that too! Good timing...

[@MrPGora]

Hi Jef. How did you get this view with audio amplitude???

[@umanoid1523]

Great tutorial. I wouldn't try to do any of this in Maschine,but everything you discuss is best practices and would translate into Ableton( the Daw I Prefer). I primarily use Maschine as a sketch ad these days after not touching it for years. Just picked up Maschine Mikro which forced me to Sr tart using it again.

[@jefgibbons]

Yeah, principles apply in any program. Thanks!

[@patrickziegler4071]

Firstly, Thanks for the help getting started with Maschine! Having issues recording external audio. When recording to a group. everything is ok as long as in Ideas view. But, using the group in a scene in song view, the track doesn't start when it should. starts late and continues after the scene is over. I must be doing something wrong... Any help?

[@GodzillaGoesGaga]

One thing I wish Maschine would have in the sampler is an indicator on the 'end' that lets you know the 'measure' information. Ie when you are trying to match up a sample and you want to know where it lands in your timeline (Measure:Beat). It's a simple calculation and can be done on the fly. @Native Instruments.... I would also like to see an indicator when you are sampling where you are in your complete timeline (ie where your sample is being recorded). This is more of a DAW thing.

[@franknobel4715]

Hello! Maybe I missed this, I'm looking t machine + because it works standalone. Is it possible to record full vocal takes, verses etc on it as standalone? So I could produce and record everything in Machine without using computer?

[@RobertGlotzbach]

Thanks a lot dear Jef :-) Quick question just to be sure. You have the Maschine + in controller mode and all de files and patterns are on the computer right? Is this also possible in stand alone?

[@stevedouglas2999]

Just 5 months later and the VC 2A has been peeled out of Komplete by the greedheads at Native Instruments and is now only available for 100 bucks as part of Vintage Compressors. Can you modify your video? Thanks.

[@mjspeedzone5532]

Old clip.. does anyone know how to get vocals to play back in sterio? I record on left and right channel but only outputs in mono. Plz help!

[@noir9477]

How you get this quality my soundcard how I get is bad

[@julienDrcq]

my man yourself level up Maschine2 software, @nativeinstrument should hire you to push more tutorial on Maschine software with a potential Maschin3 hopefully, one of the best thanks to share your knowelegde

[@mjmartino1882]

Hi Jef! Love your videos, but totally frustrated trying to copy what you're doing. Does the comping not work on MKII? I can't "record" sections from each sound slot like you're showing? Thanks

[@jefgibbons]

Sorry to hear that MJ, I don't have a MK2 on hand so I really can't help you out! I'd take it to the NI forums, most people there are pretty helpful!

[@mjmartino1882]

@@jefgibbons Wasn't in Gate mode! I'm an idiot! Thanks for your response. Love your tutuorials!

[@jefgibbons]

@@mjmartino1882 Glad to hear it! Easy mistake...

[@Yahoomediaclub]

Wondering if the louder transients can be reduced..?

[@jefgibbons]

You’d have to use compression for that...

[@Yahoomediaclub]

This is pretty WAY AHEAD Jeff editing on Maschine MK3 Awesome. Keep coming back to re watch these videos ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@elsunmusic3130]

Jeff great videos! Please help, how to record vocals in Maschine clips "wet" live? I'd like to hear CLA vocals live while recording, rather than adding after recording to dry vocal..or for live performance..

[@jefgibbons]

Try this video, might work! kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4XQZ4SNqa2mo5I

[@Stifford123]

how on earth did you get the vocal clips in the bottom screen to show the waveform , mine are always just yellow bars. 8)

[@jefgibbons]

Once you are done with the bars stage, follow the method to "bounce" it all to one sound, then mute the other sounds, then just hit the edit button (looks like a wave). You'll see me click it at exactly 16:06!

[@damianmachnik5590]

@@jefgibbons Well, a have the same question too, and i'm confused... The wave symbol is not marked earlier, when the bars are seen as waves. For example: 10:53... I'm Your big fan Jef! You have outstanding talent for tutorials. English is not my firt language, but I can easily understand You 100 percent! Greetings from Poland.

[@jefgibbons]

Oh wait, you guys must be still on Sampler modules!

[@jefgibbons]

Go to 4:15 to figure out how to turn them into audio modules!

[@Stifford123]

Much appreciated Jef thanks 8)

[@fishmodebits7827]

🤩

[@aristocratmusic]

Awesome video, man! As someone who was more used to the "old" Maschine, you've been a huge help getting me back into the DAW with all its new updates Quick question though: How do it get all your vocal tracks perfectly aligned with the rest of the track? Are you recording the vocals in Maschine, or are you dragging them into the DAW and manually lining them up? Also, the vocal tracks are all already present, but they're grayed out and you're recording them once you find the version you want to use. When you do this, are you creating clips with them? I'm just not sure what it is exactly that you're recording. Hope that makes sense, haha. Thanks.

[@aristocratmusic]

I actually gave this process a shot and answered my own questions! lol I see now that you recorded the vocals in Maschine, starting the recording from the beginning of the song so that each vocal take aligns perfectly. I also realized that the vocals are grayed out as you set the audio to gate mode. That way you can simply record the segments you want to use by recording each piece by piece. I wish there was a strip silence feature integrated into Maschine (similar to Pro Tools) so that any audio below a certain threshold would be silenced, removing any unnecessary noise. I guess going through and removing each bit of silence will have to do for now though. Pro Tools also makes it way easier to add fades and crossfades to audio, which Maschine should add.

[@anri.singer]

First like😀👍🏻👍🏻

[@jefgibbons]

Thanks Anri!

[@maestropatron]

Came for tutorial and stayed for the music!

[@jefgibbons]

Thanks for the compliment!!

[@xamxamxamxa]

🌚🖤🎶

[@leogolive]

I’ve gotten to the point where I don’t use Maschine software anymore. If I’m gonna use software I’m using my full on DAW. I still have access to all of my Maschine libraries and expansions.

[@jefgibbons]

Not a bad way to go, what daw?

[@magnuseriksson8081]

You never really explained how to place the clips the way you have done?? I would like to see the full process from recording to the final result. I have patterns that I would like to convert to clips and place across the song over all the sections and work more like in a DAW. Please make a new full tutorial around vocals and ways to work with vocals please. I would like to do it all in stand-alone if possible,

[@EliteOnTheBeat]

STOP bouncing the audio in real time! You're literately wasting time when you do that. CLICK on the keyboard icon. Then look up to where the name of pattern is look all the way to the right where your bar length is. Next to that you will see a midi and a audio icon. CLICK and HOLD the audio icon and DRAG AND DROP where ever you would like. Theres no reason to internally sample comps like that.

[@jefgibbons]

Now I see it... not sure how I missed it, but yes, you can drag and drop after your comp! Thanks Elite.