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?