Native Instruments’ Maschine continued to gain popularity in 2012, and Dubspot launched an official Maschine curriculum for producers wanting to learn this versatile production platform. We also created some helpful Maschine video tutorials for our readers; the most popular are compiled below.
Composing a Track from Start to Finish w/ Mr. Invisible’s Justin Aswell
In the first installment of this three-part video tutorial series, Justin Aswell of the innovative hip hop group Mr. Invisible explains and demonstrates how to create a track from start to finish using only Maschine!
Mr. Invisible’s Justin Aswell – Finger Drumming Techniques
In this second installment of this three-part series, Justin demonstrates the fundamentals of finger drumming, from hand position and pad placement to adding rhythm variations and flair.
Mr. Invisible’s Justin Aswell – Live Performance Techniques
In the final installment, Justin Aswell explains how to avoid common pitfalls many electronic musicians face when they are playing live, from using a delay effect to maintain a consistent BPM to triggering multiple hits and samples on a single to help you become more efficient at playing.
Mike Huckaby Maschine Tutorial – How to Create Drum Variations
Detroit’s Mike Huckaby stopped by Dubspot earlier this year for a workshop and this helpful tutorial on creating drum variations using groups and scenes in Maschine.
Maschine MK2 Tutorial – Time Stretching Audio w/ Dubspot’s Matt Cellitti
Dubspot instructor and Maschine specialist Matt Cellitti takes a deeper look at Native Instruments’ latest Maschine update (1.8), which adds many new functions including one in particular that users have been asking for since the beginning: audio time stretching.
What’s Included:
- Maschine Level 1: Programming and Beat Making Basics
- Maschine Level 2: Sampling, Slicing and Composing
- Maschine Level 3: Advanced Production and Performance Techniques
More start dates and information about payment plans can be found here.
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