Recording Audio with Live FX in Maschine! Maschine FX Hack-2019 

I remember years ago when this video first came out this video didn’t apply to me because I didn’t have the mark three so I skipped it but now I have the mark three and I’m watching this video. Life is very full circle and I appreciate your work.

Quickly becoming my favorite channel on RU-vid for Maschine tutorials. Another great one Jef.

This lesson just blew my mind man. The ability to essentially track playlists seemingly is pretty awesome

I realize you likely haven't thought about this in a year or so, but I am so grateful for the time you saved me. Thank you. One of the clearest, most jargon-free, direct/concise videos ever on Maschine. Best wishes.

Jeff is a treasure trove of info. I didn't realize how easy it is to record into Maschine--and not have to deal with my tempermental, off-putting Cubase software. Thanks, Jeff!!

Back here watching this video again because there's always a step I skip. You've now saved me about 20 times lol. Thanks, as always, brother.

This is exactly what I was having issues with. Great video explaining how it’s done correctly 👍

First I learned to sample because of your tutorials over quarantine and made over 100 beats. Now I’m ready to start recording my guitar and bass. Wouldn’t be possible with out your help. Thank you man! 🙏

Wow, your a very good teacher. Every question I have had in my head of "How to" and then I do a search to see, you pop up. And trust me these How to are very important if I am going to replace what I am currently doing. Never knew MK3 could be a complete DAW. You just have to think in different terms.

Fantastic tutorials, thank you. I've used Maschine (Studio) for a couple of years, and although I've made quite a few songs with it, some of the concepts have remained confusing. Your videos have made everything crystal clear. Native Instruments does not explain it as well as you do.

Why didn't i find this channel earlier? I was looking for so long how to properly record guitar in Maschine. You had the solution. Thank you so much Jef!!!

This is going to completely change the way I work, this is sooo helpful Jeff thank you!

Great one. I set my Guitar Group Output on None, and route the Sounds to the Guitar-Rig Pads instead.

Another helpful tutorial. Was trying to record guitar into Maschine and couldn't figure how to make it work. It's definitely different than Logic, but I'm starting to get a feel for the Maschine/Komplete ecosystem, and I'm finding it to be a great platform for sketching ideas and quickly recording demo tracks. Thanks, Jef! You're quickly becoming my go-to reference for help with any Native Instruments stuff! 👍

yup works, tried to do this myself and idk where I went wrong but thanks Jeff. Another needed Maschine workaround into the memory bank

Thanks a lot! Hope in some versions NI will make some change that allows more intuitive flow.

So interesting that I was going to take notes until I heard the conclusion. Don't even need to take a pen..... Jeff thanks so much!!!

Great Video again! Even if i do not play guitar it helps to understand how to route signals through effect-slots. Fantastic lesson for beginners like me! Thumbs up!

I was almost breaking my gear here... lol thanks a lot pal! huge sub, you're a life savior

Five years later and this video is still a great start for getting this working, thanks! But I actually just figured out that you can do basically the same thing all within one group now. (I don't know if this was possible in 2019 or not ) Say I'm in group F. The group input and output are just default (out to master). On sound slot 16 I've loaded my VST: Fortin Nameless Suite X (an amp sim). That sound #16 Input Audio is "In 1 R" from my audio interface, and Output Audio is "Group." At this point I can already play the guitar and hear the processed audio live. Then on sound slot #1, go to Output parameters, set Audio to F1:S16 which refers to that slot where the VST is loaded. Switch to the Record page (the little waveform icon) and set the Input Source to "Ext. Mono" and "In 1 R" again. Start recording and play the guitar, and end up with the *clean* audio recorded. Maschine automatically gives the slot the internal Sampler plugin. And now when you trigger that Sound either in software or on the hardware pad, you hear the processed audio. I'm super new to Maschine myself but can already see the possibilities in having a group full of cool riffs to then record a pattern with.... fun stuff PS I also just accidentally figured out how to record *processed* audio into the sound slot instead of clean, by changing the Input Source on the Record page to Internal - slot F16 (again, that's where the VST is loaded) instead of Ext.Mono. I guess in this case you'd want the sound's output to just go to group instead of F16 otherwise it would be processing it through the VST twice. Maybe this is all obvious stuff to a Maschine expert but I ended up watching this video cuz I had no idea what I was doing and now I feel like I'm on the right track. Thanks!

May be is that the most best channel i have visited, i am glad to be aprt of that content, thanks

More golden tips from Jef, thank you so much. I'm applying this to my voice during my little live skits and it's been a brilliant addition.

Jeff you are awesome brother! You are a true gift the music making community! God Bless

I was wondering for months how to fix this problem. Thanks for sharing

thank you Jeff, was pulling my hair out on this one and now to try and see if i can get it to work myself!

I'm a big fan of your tutorials, and this one in particular, as I'm a guitar player primarily, but I love the composition capabilities of maschine. As a relatively new user to Maschine, this was a definite missing link. Thank you!!

i was about to buy uad to remove latency issues i have with my focusrite. this is a nice way to do vocals tracking in machine with effects

thank youu so much! I so needed this. I hope you know you are a standard recommendation for tutorials in multiple individual Maschine communities! you do a great job

Awesome tips, thx very much. The only downside to this is if you want to record one track with a clean guitar rig sound and a solo with distortion on top. I haven't found an easy way to do that.

Brilliant. Thank you very much. I struggled with this for a long time. Very clearly explained!

dude............ you saved my life today! thank you!

This was helpful in that, I have a track with Performance FX on groups G and H. Everything is routed to G. And G is routed to H. Now I'm ready to track out stems in my DAW, but I want them raw, with Performance FX on thier own tracks. I'm still trying to figure out the most efficient way to do it WITHOUT having to do multiple passes, one for every individual sound.

YOU'RE AWESONE MAN! GREAT TUTORIAL AND THAT TRACK IS DOPE !

been trying to do this since buying machine studio....thank you so much :]

Awesome, works for tracking effects on vocals too THANKS!!

Thanks so much, i tried it for days and that made my life so much easier now!!

What about recording wet? I've been enjoying some looping with machine the past few days but I can't seem to find how to apply FX on the way into the sampler so that every take that comes in has the FX applied

Thanks for sharing this Jef. I really appreciate your lessons. I'm new to maschine but I still prefer to record, edit and mix in pro tools. This will be a nice addition to my workflow. Cheers!!

Exactly what I was trying to figure out!! Thanks man!

Great vid sir! This was vid I was waiting for, it helped a lot thank you.

Unlocking the power of Maschine! Thanks Jeff great video, it must have been cool to discover how to do this, peace :)

Thank you so much !!! Your content is very appreciated. I'd like to see lessons about composing songs in differents genres with maschine and Komplete if you ever lack of inspiration ;) See you !

i could never figure this out myself..thanks for the tip.

I was looking for this for a long time ! Thank You very much ! :)

I have one problem, What if I want to have two different sounds for my guitar? How do you switch between the two sounds?

Hi Jeff, great video. Very helpful content! Can you do this with microphone? I've tried this exact way but doesn't seem to be working the same?

Hell yeah. I've been trying to do this for vocals.

Helpful video! Keep maschining bruh!

Dang!! Great video. Maschine is so powerful

Thanks mate you doing a great job!, this tutorial of how to record instruments in machine a very missing!, so thanks for your great job mate! NI NEED TO DO MORE TUTORIAL ON HOW JUST TO MAKE A PRODUCTION WITH RECORD INSTRUMENTS AND EDITING THEM GUITAR acoustic, electric, amps guitars, voices!

Thanks again Jef for another great instructional video.

Thank you I was able to use it when I rec rap vocals thank you

awesome tutorial man, straight to the point . thank you very much

Love your maschine vids Jef!

Thanks so much Jef! Exactly what I needed.

Great, I have being trying to figure out how to record guitar for sketching and jamming for years with total fail. This looks like a good work around. I see this is old, did you ever come up with a way to do with using one group?

Huge thanks with the routing issue Jeff! So stoked to get that working, but am wondering how can you also record the effects? Is that not possible? I'm very new to Maschine...

Thanks for making this video but having to do this is just dumb. I like maschine, that's why I don't sell it, but some things about the workflow need to be fixed asap. Let's see what they bring us in the future updates now that they're going for the full DAW experience.

thanks jef Aways serving heat

Thanks helped alot, so I have an mk3 and a jam. What I cant figure out is how to change a group on either the mk3 or jam without changing the group on the other device.

Thank you so much for this! Great for vocals

Little gems all the time sir! Thank you=)

Man! You are a life saver! Thanks so much for your videos :)

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?

Great Vids ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🎸 more guitar with Maschine sampling/ looper ideas pls 🤞🤪🥳

Brilliant video, thank you. My problem though is to add another effect (Group F) for another group of guitar (Group G). The new guitar sampled in Group F will systematically be routed to the very first effect I defined in Group A even though I am routing to Group F:S1. Tips ?

Thank you so much !! I had been struggling with this for a while !! let's play guitar !!

Great video! I'm assuming this will work with my keyboard also as long as i set the input on machine to the correct channels on my interface!

This so awesome!!! Thank you so much!!! What a game changer!!!!

Hey Jeff! I had a related, but slightly different question and wondered if you had any insight: If I had two different audio channels, and wanted to have them both set up to loop, is there some way to keep each channel set to different External mono input sources in the sampler? Or perhaps make the sampler input follow the Sound Input source? I've been digging through the manual and scouring the web for hours now.

Good stuff Jeff. Would I need a DI box if I were using the MKIII as my audio interface? I don’t get a very good line level going into L1 but I can if I go through the MIC input. I’m sure that isn’t the proper way, though it does seem to work. Thanks for the info.

Does any power come from the MASCHINE and not from the PC's soundcard? I ask because of the latency that could come up when recording audio and you got a bad soundcard installed on you PC.

And just like that my entire next week will be lost in Maschine LOL

I'm hoping for a clips mode tutorial soon! :)

Fab Jeff...I use Helix Rack, is there vids on a similar set up please? Going via a mixer Thanks

Really helpful video! Thanks 😊

Thank you thank you 😎

Is it the same if I want to use a Focusrite or normal USB Midi type interface straight to a guitar? I really want to make and hear custom Amps and make guitar petal effects specifically and hear those I make while playing/recording. I saw that VST amp rack was a part of Cubase V 9.5 would that perform both tasks?

Have you ever used a foot pedal to start/stop record in while looping in sampling mode? For some reason when I use a foot pedal it waits until the next bar to stop the loop recording where as when I use stop at the top of the right screen it stops recording the loop instantly. Such a pain in the ass and can't find anything about this.

Aren t those inputs line level? The guitar is not.....the signal from guitar must be very low, since it s not hiZ the preamp.....Right? ....I supose for this scenario a DI box would be needed for better results. In maschine + we can use a soundcard with good preamps, as the maschine can host it via usb. I got an mk3 recently and I could not see myself recording a guitar in it since I have all this kind of audio interfaces with good preamps. Anyway, was a very nice video, and learnt new things. Thank you.

Thank you Jef, this was really useful 👍 😊

Thats wat im trying to learn Record guitar on it👍🏻🎸

Awesome! Think I found the video I need. Will this same setup work with my banshee talkbox while using massive to record live?

hi Jef, Need your help in connecting my guitar to mk3 and do live sampling. My Flow is acoustic guitar>Komplete audio6(input1), output balanced L>Line 1 to Mk3. I have changed the settings in Mk3 as per instructions provided in Komplete portal. Still I am not getting any signals to record. Can you please help

Cannot figure out to have the Machine Jam sound out and into the Traktor S4 MK3? Also, Do not under stand Machine Record that is not recording at all.

You… made my day!!! Thnx a lot men!

How about automation? I'm using an fcb1010 to control Guitar Rig inside Maschine. How do I record eg pedal movement for wah, button press for turning fx on/off? Can it be done with guitar rig in another group? Thanks for your help - appreciate this channel a lot!

Another awesome video Jef, exactly what I was struggling with! Maybe it's because I'm coming from a more traditional DAW workflow, but it feels like Maschine does make us jump through quite a few hoops to integrate live sounds into your compositions. Just to be clear: when you're recording an external instrument without any effects, do you just use a single group and turn monitoring on in the sample editor? Or are there any other benefits to working with two groups?

But what if you want to print the effects

Hey Jeff! Greetings from Colombia 🇨🇴. Huge fan and I've learned a lot from your videos. Thank you for sharing all of this great content. Something really annoying that happens to me when using the loop function with Maschine MK3 is that every time I record the loop and it loops for the first time, there is a weird lag that makes it sound terrible (even if the performance was perfect and everything is where it should be). I realized this doesn't happen to you on your video, and I am wondering if you know what the cause can be. I am using Maschine MK3 inside pro tools, so maybe that has something to do with it. What I'd like to do is to record the loop, and for Maschine to loop it perfectly after the rec is off. However, the first time it loops right after rec is off is terrible. This is really a shame because I'd like to use it for live performances where I am making the loops live. Finally, it's not that the timing is wrong because if I stop playback and play it from the start, the loops are fine. It only happens on the first turn of the loop right after the rec bars are over (which in my case is after 4 bars). Hope it makes sense!

Thank you very much jef you are amazing

Hi Jeff just wondering what audio interface you use?

Awesome video, does it work the same way for vocals?

Once great explanation, thx

Thanks, man! You're a life saver 🖤

Sidechaining we're ducking the purpose of that is to allow two different sounds or instruments to play together without one sound overpowering the other sound. in this case it's not my bass that is drowning out the drums. it's the guitar sound when I record and then play it you can't really hear other instrument sound uhm well like melody or bass sounds. drums come in fine along guitar but other instruments are ano go. so should I go to like the EQ plugin of the guitar and cut out some of the frequency from the top and the bottom to allow other instruments to be able to be heard? What can I do is it because of the signal, from not using a do box?

Great tutorial, thank you - I'm wondering about editing the guitar audio / synth audio once it is recorded. I'm newer to Machine but it looks like there has been some added capabilities with editing audio (edit, split, normalize, fade in, fade out, etc.) I haven't been able to find any tutorials that demonstrate how to use the maximum editing capabilities in Machine. Reaper is always my go-to for DAW and fully editing as it is my first love, however I'm seeing some very cool advantages to work flow with machine and added ability to (easily and intuitively) edit sound waves as I can in Reaper would mean that I wouldn't need to go outside of Machine for very much. Seems its on its way to being a competitive and unique powerful DAW in its own right...

Why when I record, and then listen, I only hear the neutral guitar sound? it doesn't seem to record guitar rig effects :( HELP!!!

THANK YOU!!!

Awesome, thank you!