Can I control the playback tempo of Maschine + with a trigger?

Daylight
Daylight Member Posts: 2 Newcomer
in Maschine

I'm interested in purchasing Maschine + for live performance. I want to kick loops off the click, being able to sneak them in to a live band situation. The idea being to tap in the tempo the band is already at with a foot switch, then trigger the loop. Or even to modulate tempo and have the loops modulate with me. I know Ableton Push has this capability but I'm wondering if Maschine does as well. Thanks!

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  • LostInFoundation
    LostInFoundation Member Posts: 5,312 Expert
    Answer ✓

    If I understand correctly… you can tap tempo or change it with a knob on the M+ itself.

    If you use the Audio module, the audio can be time stretched

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  • LostInFoundation
    LostInFoundation Member Posts: 5,312 Expert
    Answer ✓

    If I understand correctly… you can tap tempo or change it with a knob on the M+ itself.

    If you use the Audio module, the audio can be time stretched

  • Daylight
    Daylight Member Posts: 2 Newcomer

    Thank you! So next question… Is it possible to map a pedal to the tap tempo function? That way I could use my left foot to set or adjust playback tempo while playing drum kit in a live situation.

  • LostInFoundation
    LostInFoundation Member Posts: 5,312 Expert
    edited April 20

    That is not possible in Maschine standalone, as far as I know.

    One way to do it could be to load Maschine as a plugin inside a DAW with more midi map capability and map the pedal to the DAW tap tempo

  • PK The DJ
    PK The DJ Member Posts: 2,553 Expert

    How about THIS or THIS that send MIDI clock when tapped?

  • LostInFoundation
    LostInFoundation Member Posts: 5,312 Expert

    How do they work? As external midi clock that will be followed by Maschine?

    Btw: quite expensive devices…

  • PK The DJ
    PK The DJ Member Posts: 2,553 Expert

    I agree they're not cheap but they fill a very specific need, and there doesn't seem to be a budget solution.

  • Cretin Dilettante
    Cretin Dilettante Member Posts: 253 Pro

    Just run your set w/ Ableton & run a mic to the drummer's bass/kick drum, then mute that channel & make ableton follow that channel for tempo information.

  • D-One
    D-One Moderator Posts: 3,680 mod

    I think the easiest way to avoid laptops is to use any phone app that has LINK, then the phone is there just to send the BPM to the M+ via WiFi or Ethernet cable.

    Some apps can even detect tempo like this:

    https://synthyfrog.com/app/bpm-detect-tempo-metronome/
    (BTW, I never tried it to give an opinion on how well that particular one works)

  • LostInFoundation
    LostInFoundation Member Posts: 5,312 Expert

    Although I love to use Link (specially with iPad apps) I cannot say that it is 100% working for 100% of the time (I would really like it to be: easy to set up, immediate, it has some features that with other methods are not so easy to accomplish).

    Same is valid for many features that use “detection”: they work “sometimes”, unluckily.

    Those are all methods I constantly use… but on my own, when not being in a live situation allows for a “Oh…why didn’t it work? Well…no problem, let’s make it restart” moment.

    That said… they have a very good point: very cheap (or even free) to try out and discover/decide if they are what we need and we can use

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