Native Instruments MASCHINE MK3 Groove Production Studio (Black) - Manual (Page 156)

3.8 Integrating MASCHINE into a MIDI Setup
You can quickly integrate MASCHINE into a MIDI setup.
You can use MIDI in MASCHINE in various ways. Notably:
▪ You can synchronize a MIDI Clock signal between MASCHINE and other MIDI devices:
↑ 3.8.2, Sync to External MIDI Clock and ↑ 3.8.3, Send MIDI Clock .
▪ If you connect a MIDI keyboard to the MIDI IN , you can directly play the focused Sound
with it without having to set anything up.
▪ You can let particular Sounds and Groups react to incoming MIDI data and send MIDI data
to the desired port. More on these in section
↑ 12.2, Using MIDI Control and Host Automa-
tion .
▪ You can also switch Scenes remotely by sending MIDI Note or MIDI Program Change mes-
sages to MASCHINE. More on this in section
↑ 16.5, Triggering Sections or Scenes via
MIDI .
3.8.1 Connecting External MIDI Equipment
The MIDI sockets on the rear panel of the MASCHINE controller.
To connect your external MIDI equipment:
1.
Hook it up to the MASCHINE hardware controller’s MIDI IN or MIDI OUT socket on the
rear panel.
Basic Concepts
Integrating MASCHINE into a MIDI Setup
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