- Make a new Instrument track, with MachFive assigned to it:
Project > Add Track > Instrument Track > MachFive2
You should see the MachFive window.
Make sure that the audio output of the track is correct (e.g.,
Analog 1-2).
- Set the output of a MIDI track to: MachFive2-1 : A-1
You trigger notes on the sampler using the MIDI track; the audio
plays on the Instrument track. It's helpful to drag one of the tracks
in the track list so that the two tracks are adjacent in the list.
- Record-enable the MIDI track.
- When you play the keyboard, you should see a MIDI input light flicker
in the top MachFive part (for MIDI channel A1).
- To make your own sampler program, first click on the NEW button
in the preset section of MachFive:
This makes a new preset in the selected part. You should see a keyboard
in the middle of the MachFive window.
- You can drag a soundbite (from the Tracks, Sequence or Soundbites
windows) onto one of the keys on this keyboard. This presents a
dialog asking you to choose the directory to save the soundbite as
an audio file. We strongly recommend that you put this file somewhere
inside your project folder — say in a new folder called
"MachFive Samples," or some such. The file will have the same name
as the soundbite, so it makes sense to name your soundbites first.
(Alt-click the soundbite name in the Sequence or Soundbites window to
edit it.)
You can also drag a sound file from anywhere on the disk onto the
keyboard. Then MachFive just refers to this sound file without copying
it. The danger is that the sound file might become separated from your
project. So copy the file into your project folder before dragging it
into MachFive.
- Once you've dragged the soundbite or sound file onto the keyboard, it
will be assigned to that key. Then you can play the key on a MIDI
keyboard and hear that sound at its original pitch. You can drag the
yellow rectangle to another key.
You can drag the left and right edges of the yellow rectangle to expand
the range of keys that will trigger the sound file. MachFive calls a
set of keys, with a sample assigned to them, a keygroup.
- Once you've assigned several sound files to the keyboard, you can adjust
the parameters of each independently. If you click on one of the
keygroup rectangles, it will turn yellow to show that it's selected.
Then any of the settings in the bottom half of the MachFive window
— such as filters, pitch, amp, LFO, envelopes — will apply
only to the selected keygroup.
- When you save your DP sequence, it should store all the settings you've
made in MachFive. Just keep track of your sound files!
- There's a lot more to know about MachFive. Click on the '?' icon in the
top left corner of the MachFive window for more help. Consult the manual
for all the details of programmming.