Tip - changing patterns on the Maschine JAM without changing focus

maschuser1

If you're on a Mac, and you want to make it so Maschine JAM no longer changes the focused group when you select a pattern, then (after making a backup) change the section starting line 182 of

/Applications/Native Instruments/Maschine 2/Maschine 2.app/Contents/Resources/Scripts/Maschine/Helper/PatternHelper.lua

to read:

function PatternHelper.focusPatternByGroupAndByIndex(GroupIndex, PatternIndex, CreateIfEmpty)


    if PatternIndex == nil or PatternIndex < 0 or GroupIndex == nil or GroupIndex < 0 then
        return
    end


    local FocusGroup = NI.DATA.StateHelper.getFocusGroupIndex(App)
    local Group = MaschineHelper.getGroupAtIndex(GroupIndex)


    if Group then


        local Pattern = Group:getPatterns():find(PatternIndex)


        if Pattern then


            local FocusSection = NI.DATA.StateHelper.getFocusSection(App)
            local FocusScene = NI.DATA.StateHelper.getFocusScene(App)
            local FocusScenePattern = FocusScene and NI.DATA.SceneAccess.getPattern(FocusScene, Group)
            local HasFocus = Pattern == FocusScenePattern


            if HasFocus then
                if FocusSection then
                    NI.DATA.SectionAccess.removePattern(App, FocusSection, Group)
                else -- In Idea Space we work on Scenes directly.
                    NI.DATA.SceneAccess.removePattern(App, FocusScene, Group)
                end
            else
                NI.DATA.GroupAccess.insertPatternAndFocus(App, Group, Pattern)
            end
            if FocusGroup ~= GroupIndex then
                MaschineHelper.setFocusGroup(FocusGroup + 1, false)
            end


        elseif CreateIfEmpty == true then
            -- note: AudioPatterns can't currently be empty, so CreateIfEmpty is n/a
            PatternHelper.insertNewPattern(PatternIndex, Group)
        end


    end


end

Deepmind

unbelievable, thank you so much. I've been waiting for Native Instruments to integrate this function for years. This was originally the reason for me to buy a Jam. 👍️

macchinista

Don’t have a Jam with me at the moment, but if it works, this is awesome! Thanks so much for the tip 👏

D-One

Wow... OK, now that's some awesome stuff to share, thanks! 👍

I've shared so many edits over the years and I always hoped that it could inspire someone with actual knowledge to do something fancier than what I can do... I think you're the 1st person to share something like this, thanks so much.

I don't have a Jam but I'll try to learn from your edit and maybe apply it to my M+ or KKS.

Kubrak

What language is it? I might join you one day...

D-One

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/26325#Comment_26325

It's Lua, C based language I think...

Kubrak

I see, for sure not C (it is not object oriented language), but it resembles C++ a bit.

KaOsphere

This is more that awesome ! Does, by any chance, someone been able to port this on Windows ?

I tried to find some similar scripts in my system files but failed unfortunately.

Thanks @maschuser1 for pushing the boundaries !

D-One

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/55519#Comment_55519

On windows you have to use Resource Hacker to access the scripts, they are inside the application .exe itself. Open, edit then recompile/save.

spock

It's awesome! How to make this trick work in standalone with the Maschine+?

D-One

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/55701#Comment_55701

Not possible, currently there is no known way to access the files on the M+ internal storage and modify them.

D-One

Has anyone with a Jam ever tested this?

LordJ

Yes, I just test it with Maschine+ in controller mode and JAM.

It's crazy, I have been waiting that since the beginning of the JAM's development.

NI should implement it as standard in Maschine and Maschine+...

LostInFoundation

I just guess why users must go and modify things like this (risking to make a mess and ruin everything) and NI still doesn’t mind about implementing things like this when users ask for them. I’m sure this is something a developer can do very easily, like in a couple of minutes work… So…why not doing it??? Or…explaining why you don’t wanna do it???

D-One

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/60964#Comment_60964

Nice! Thanks for confirming. If you happen to try NIPatcher to add this mod in the future let me know.

djadidai

It would be fantastic to be able to use the M+ and Jam connected but independent from each other!