Maschine 3 Timeline Arranger use ?

Andersonnnn · 2025-04-15T16:23:37+00:00

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Hello, good day.

I've been having a problem with the Maschine 3 software and I'm not sure how to fix it. I'm in the Arranger timeline, and it turns out the clips only play from the beginning or if I hit restart. I'm also having trouble pressing play, then pausing and pressing play again. It still doesn't work. I have to restart again. I'd like to be able to select a location in the timeline and play it. I select the location, but it doesn't play; it just goes silent. Any help? Thanks.

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ALDREAD

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/222639#Comment_222639

like I said , you need to separate those samples in group a , into their own groups, then line those clips up .

The audio module works differently to a regular daw audio track , what it does , is it takes the length of the sample and loops it depending on how long the sample and pattern is .

So if the sample , for example a kick , and it is a beat long ( 1) and the pattern is a bar , it will loop it 4 times , if you use gate mode you can control when it plays within those 4 times

I think you can mess with the sample length value , in the audio module ( not the actual sample length like in the sampler ) so maschine thinks the sample is longer than it is , so it doesn’t loop

But what you want to do is, is have 3 groups , and 3 clips , , gate mode the audio , and trigger it from the start of each clip , so the sample plays once , then move each clip on the timeline , so they play in order , basically you’re using clips in the arranger , like midi notes in the Piano roll

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darkwaves

Are you using sampler? audio module?

Normally we'd see this topic come up because someone is using the sampler. Maschine isn't going to trigger the sample until the playhead is in the position where the sample triggers. Use the audio module if you want to treat a sample like an audio track in a DAW (or - just use a DAW if you want that type of workflow)

Andersonnnn

Hello. Thanks for responding. My specific situation is:

1. I'm working with clips in the song session.

2. The clips are synth samplers I have.

3. I've assembled two clips.

4. The clips only play if I press Restart.

5. I press Play and it doesn't work.

6. I assigned a specific loop to play, specifically to fix the connection between the end of clip 1 and the start of clip 2, but it doesn't play. It only plays if I press Restart, and I find it difficult to listen to the entire clip again.

I'll try a solution based on what you mentioned, although this may give a better overview. Thanks.

Andersonnnn

Could you guide me on how I can carry out this process you mention and thank you.

D-One

If the MIDI notes that trigger the sampler are in the building then starting to play midway through won't trigger the sounds… For that you have to use the Audio Plugin or slice your samples into smaller chunks.

Andersonnnn

Hello. Thank you for taking the time to answer this question.

I'd like to know what you mean by using the audio plugin and how to do it. I don't want to crop the samples. I work with long sampler clips. I'd appreciate your guidance.

Good day.

ALDREAD

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/222144#Comment_222144

in the software, where you add a plugin , it will say sampler , click on that and select internal/audio , that will load the existing sample into an audio track

Andersonnnn

Hi. Thanks, this guidance is correct. I can determine if it's a sampler or an audio sample.

Now I can work on the part of the clips I want if I assign a loop to them and enclose the specific part I want to work on.

If I don't activate the loop option, the samples play over and over at the same time, without respecting their place in the clip. Each clip has two or three sounds. So, when switching to audio sample, each sound no longer respects its place in the clip and always plays from the beginning of the clip. Fortunately, it doesn't play outside the grid.

Is it possible for the samples to respect their place and timing in the clip without playing from the beginning of the clip all at once?

Thank you for taking the time to share this post. Good morning, wherever you are.

ALDREAD

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/222160#Comment_222160

It’s hard to understand without seeing, maybe upload an image or two

Anyway off the top of my head , I think you should separate your samples into separate groups, that will give you more freedom moving clips on the timeline , if you set your arrangement window grid to 1/16 you can freely move the clip position on the timeline , then in the piano roll or arrangement window you can move the start of the clip , between the two you should be able to get where you want to go ,

Then you can resample it all to one sample if you want , to make it easier to duplicate

use gate mode and add the midi note for it to play in the audio module,

Andersonnnn

Hello, I hope everyone is well. I thank those who have responded to my concerns, with the intention of graphing and be more explicit about the situation I will expose my situation better It happens to me by the way I use the machine, working on long samplers that I convert into clips.

I have a clip as shown in the graph, in this clip I have three samplers, when I convert them from sampler to audio something particular happens to me. The audio does not respect the place from which I have assigned it to start and it plays from the beginning of the clip and not from the specific place I have assigned in the clip grid.

The graph shows clip 2 in audio mode, the thick bar is the place I have indicated to the sample in the clip, however, the thin part now plays, I do not want the thin part to play, also I did not create it initially and it appears if I work in audio mode, if I am in sampler mode it disappears, however, sampler mode does not play the clip from where I specifically want it to.

The sample of clip 1 at the same time happens to be only the thick part assigned in the clip, however, when I move the sample from sampler to audio, the thin bar appears and sample 1 now plays until the end of the clip, as well as sample 2 plays from the beginning of the clip. My intention is to have only the thick bar play since it is the only one I have actually created.

I would like if someone can help me about:

1. When switching the sample to audio mode why is the thin bar generated, I only assigned the thick bar to the clip. I don't want the thin part to sound.

2. Is it possible to prevent the thin bar from being generated when switching to audio mode since when I created it in sampler mode this was never created.

This is essential for me in order to save time when I am connecting clips 1 and 2, 2 and 3, among others.

Any possible solution, I thank anyone who can help me.

ALDREAD

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/222639#Comment_222639

like I said , you need to separate those samples in group a , into their own groups, then line those clips up .

The audio module works differently to a regular daw audio track , what it does , is it takes the length of the sample and loops it depending on how long the sample and pattern is .

So if the sample , for example a kick , and it is a beat long ( 1) and the pattern is a bar , it will loop it 4 times , if you use gate mode you can control when it plays within those 4 times

I think you can mess with the sample length value , in the audio module ( not the actual sample length like in the sampler ) so maschine thinks the sample is longer than it is , so it doesn’t loop

Andersonnnn

Hello, Thank you very much for your cooperation. Good day.

ALDREAD

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/222757#Comment_222757

no problem, it was a little late when I wrote that , so if there’s anything you don’t understand, let me know

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