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****Feel free to update the name of each group in the template if you wish. ***This template requires Ableton Live 9 or later and Maschine 2.7.8 or later. Instead, just drag a new sample onto any pad to replace it. **When changing the sample on any Maschine pad don’t hit “reset”! It will also clear the routing. Utilize Maschines’ dedicated mixer to pan and mix levels, and then bring the audio into Ableton as summed audio.

*The first Maschine group in the template is for drums. A nice advantage is that you can still use some of Live’s proprietary effects racks, MIDI effects etc by placing them on the relevant Ableton tracks. OR, if you are one who prefers to do all of your sequencing, mixing & processing work inside of Maschine you can. So, if you like to take advantage of Ableton’s excellent sequencing, mixing and processing features and essentially use Maschine as your sampler, this works well. The answer, for me, is a template that routes each of Maschines’ 8 groups to 8 individual tracks in Ableton Live.įor maximum flexibility, the Ableton Live tracks are set up as external instruments, meaning you can not only route & record audio from each Maschine group into the individual Ableton tracks, but you can also record MIDI output from Maschine if you wish.

In the end, I’ve ended up with what I think is the best way to integrate the two, leaving maximum flexibility and accommodating different workflows. I’ve been around the block on this question more than a few times and spent hours testing and revising different scenarios. Or, put another way, how can you make the most of Maschines’ intuitive hands-on hardware, and maximize the sequencing and arrangement features of Live? If you’re using Native Instruments Maschine and Ableton Live, you may have struggled with a common question: what’s the best way to integrate the two?

Download native instruments maschine mk1