Maschine PLUS - How to Arrange a Song for Maschine Live Performance

Today I explain how I prepared my track GELHEIN "Shields Up" for a live gig with the Maschine+. We talk about the gear setup, Maschine plus groups, arranging on the fly, playing instruments live, transitions and much more.
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[@MattiasHolmgren]

Link to the full music production walkthrough of "Shields up", 😀☕ kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6fMoZWIhK1ln7M

[@Cylume.]

Thanks!

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Good to have you onboard Cylume! Are you mostly using custom samples or the expansion samples on your Maschine plus?

[@Cylume.]

@@MattiasHolmgren Although I have a lot of non-NI samples, I'm currently only using NI expansions on Maschine for now.

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Yeah, the Maschine bundle of sounds is really stellar.

[@MattiasHolmgren]

What's your favourite live rig setup for electronic music?

[@lwpweb]

for live performances just use the 2 Outputs on M+ connected to a pioneer DJM-450 mixer, so I can seemlesly take advantage of the DJM Slider in order to mix differnt groups associated with selected outputs and finally i can mix with the onboard effects and additionally adding effects with the pioneer rmx-1000 ipad app. With an 4way class compliant ios output interface you could use 4 outputs with a 4 way mixer.

[@MattiasHolmgren]

awesome!

[@micheltaillefer3336]

Nice video and good song. When you play live, how do you segway to another song so that there no silent. Can maschine automatically load the next song.

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Hi MIchel, thanks! 🙏 Maschine+ requires to load each project. It takes a few sec, it's quite quick though if you're not working with uber long samples. There are a few things you can do if load times is an issue (and you don't want to tell a joke for the crowd 😋) : #1. Song A (sounds / loops) on Group 1, song B on Group 2 etc. So you just swap groups for the next song. But it only works to some extent, ie tempo will be same (might need to be changed). #2. Use a secondary music device to bridge the load times with some sounds, Maybe another synth to trigger some ambience, intro melody etc.

[@micheltaillefer3336]

@@MattiasHolmgren Thanks Mattias I think this is something that NI should add to Maschine, a set list where it loads or pre load the next projet. I had work with Apple MainStage once and it has the option of set list and segway to the next projet which was great. I guess we could write to NI and suggest a set list feature.

[@aleonxyou4956]

how do you switch between songs seamlessly during a performance?

[@UrbanGarden-rf5op]

@ 2:00 Now why would it be The Maschinea? I'm really struggling to understand. At least there is no "a" in my Maschine Plus (+), except for the notes and the group😉 Thanks for the useful info anyway.

[@MattiasHolmgren]

😂🤘

[@JackAcid]

Hey man. I'm seriously considering this groovebox but how did it hold up in a live performance? I'm a bit unsure about all the rumours of it being a bit unpredictable!

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Hey Jack, Maschine+ is sick gear, love it. But yes you have to practise your live performance first and see if it holds up. I did not have any hickups during my gigs so far with the Maschine+. But I did have issues at some point during assembling the songs for live performance. While adding instruments and fx. Cant recall exactly but I think it froze the device and i had to reboot. But it has never happened when just performing a song.

[@JackAcid]

Hey Mattias. Thanks for replying. In the time since we spoke I bought one, fell in love with it, and had my heart broken in two because of it! It proved useless for me: repeated freezing, crashes, unable to even browse its own sounds, and maxing out the CPU with only one sample and Monark synth loaded. 🥴 So, she went back. A very frustrating experience, sadly.

[@ticketstomars]

Does Maschine+ has ableton link (in standalnoe mode)?

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Yes as long as its on thr same wifi network you can enable Ableton Link sync.

[@ticketstomars]

@@MattiasHolmgren thank you

[@CINIMA]

Noticing that antelope mixer on your screen if I’m correct 🤓

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Almost, its a audio interface. The audio interface to the right of thr Maschine Plus is a Arturia Audio Fuse 8pre which is hooked via ADAT to my main audio interface - Zen Tour (Antelope Audio). So I have plenty of I/O. I do have a mixer in the background but I dunno if it was visible in the clip, its an Mackie VLZ16channel 4bus, but I dont use it much these days, only when recording real acoustic drums.🎉😂

[@CINIMA]

@@MattiasHolmgren nice! Yeah I recognize the mixer software cause I use the zen tour synergy tour for my live and studio setup these days along with the maschine plus. The routing options have been really great.

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Yeah it's a lovely interface!

[@aleonxyou4956]

sounds fire at 1.5 playback speed. thank me later

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Oh yeah? 🍿