i finally got around to setting up maschine with serato, ive had maschine for months now but just recently got a laptop good enough to run both. spent like the past hour trying to feel out the capabilities and just thought i'd share some thoughts on it. most of these thoughts will be under the context of making beats/sampling even though im sure some ideas can be applied to a dj set. ha need more time with this setup to practice, havent even tried anything with VST fx yet...
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the set up im using is a numark v7 into an ecler nuo 2, my send/return is occupied by a kaoss pad meaning in order to sample with maschine i need to use the record output on the ecler into an audio 4 and the audio 4 back into the 3rd channel on the mixer.
things im really digging:
- screen real estate. only need to look at the laptop for serato file browsing
- quantized sample recording is proving really great in combo with itchs beat grids. just keeps everything nice and tight between the two. makes auto slicing that much more painless. does make me wish that maschine had an arpeggiator tho.
- files are semi exchangeable. put a mic into maschine, sample it, sample whatever, but youll be able to find that temporary sample instantly in your documents and be able throw it on a deck.
things im not digging:
- would like an arpeggiator. if youre unfamiliar with the fun an arp can be with a sliced loop: give it a try.
- "record out" being the sampler input means you cant sample pre cue audio
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im sure ill add some more to this list as i spend more time with this combo, anyone else fucking with maschine in their set up?
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