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All Operations

These are all control mappings of CustomMaschineMK3.

Examples section is also useful to understand what these graphics mean.

Transport

DescriptionControl Mapping
Start playback
▶PLAY
Play from current position / pause
SHIFT
+
▶PLAY
Stop playback
■STOP
Enable / disable loop
RESTARTLoop
Tempo nudge down
SHIFT
+
7
Tempo nudge up
SHIFT
+
8
Tap tempo
TAPMetro
Enable / disable metronome
SHIFT
+
TAPMetro
Enable / disable clip overdub
SHIFT
+
ERASEReplace
Enable / disable recording quantize
FOLLOWGrid
Enable / disable automation recording
AUTO
Re-enable automation
SHIFT
+
AUTO

Recording

DescriptionControl Mapping
Trigger recording
●RECCount-In
Capture MIDI
SHIFT
+
●RECCount-In
Select fixed length recording length
PATTERN
+
A-H
Trigger fixed length recording
PATTERN
+
●RECCount-In

Track Operations

DescriptionControl Mapping
Create new audio or return track
FILESave
Create new MIDI track
SHIFT
+
FILESave
Duplicate selected track
DUPLICATEDouble
+
FILESave
Delete aelected track
ERASEReplace
+
FILESave
Select previous or next track
Arm selected track (exclusive)
Arm selected track (multiple)
SHIFT
+
Lock target track
LOCKExt Lock

Session View

DescriptionControl Mapping
Switch to session view
PAD MODE
Trigger clip slot
1-16
Select clip slot (without trigger)
SELECT
+
1-16
Delete clip
ERASEReplace
+
1-16
Duplicate clip
DUPLICATEDouble
+
1-16
+
1-16
Trigger scene
SCENESection
+
4/8/12/16
Stop clip playback on each track
MUTE
+
1/2/3/4
Stop clip playback on all tracks
SHIFT
+
■STOP
Move session box*
Move by page (4 tracks or scenes)*
SHIFT
+
Move session box in current 16×8 matrix
A-H

* If you want to use encoder for moving session box, all other encoder modes (master volume, groove, tempo, etc...) need to be de-selected.

Keyboard Modes

DescriptionControl Mapping
Switch to keyboard mode
(Select suitable mode from 3 modes automatically)
KEYBOARD

MIDI Keyboard Mode

DescriptionControl Mapping
Trigger note
(with change sequencer & fixed velocity target)
1-16
Octave selection (octave 0 to 7)
A-H
Move down one note
SHIFT
+
13
Move up one note
SHIFT
+
14
Move down one octave
SHIFT
+
15
Move up one octave
SHIFT
+
16

Drum Rack Mode

DescriptionControl Mapping
Trigger drum pad
(with change sequencer & fixed velocity target)
1-16
Select page
A-H
Move down one row
SHIFT
+
13
Move up one row
SHIFT
+
14
Move down one page
SHIFT
+
15
Move up one page
SHIFT
+
16
Mute / unmute drum pads
MUTE
+
1-16
Solo / unmute drum pads
SOLO
+
1-16
Unmute all pads
ERASEReplace
+
MUTE
Unsolo all pads
ERASEReplace
+
SOLO
Delete pad chain
ERASEReplace
+
1-16
Copy pad chain
DUPLICATEDouble
+
1-16
+
1-16

Sliced Simpler Mode

DescriptionControl Mapping
Trigger slice
(with change sequencer & fixed velocity target)
1-16
Select page
A-D
Move down one row
SHIFT
+
13
Move up one row
SHIFT
+
14
Move down one page
SHIFT
+
15
Move up one page
SHIFT
+
16
Delete slice
ERASEReplace
+
1-16

Note Repeat

DescriptionControl Mapping
Activate note repeat
(Activated during pressed)
NOTE REPEATArp
Keep note repeat active
NOTE REPEATArp
+
LOCKExt Lock
Show / hide repeat length selector
NOTES
Select note repeat length
A-H

Select Notes

DescriptionControl Mapping
Change sequencer & fixed velocity target
SELECT
+
1-16
Select clip notes corresponding to note / drum / slice
EVENTS
+
1-16
De-select all notes in current clip
EVENTS
×2

Note Quantize

DescriptionControl Mapping
Quantize clip notes with 100% strength
SHIFT
+
5
Quantize clip notes with 50% strength
SHIFT
+
6

Fixed Velocity & Accent

DescriptionControl Mapping
Switch to fixed velocity mode
CHORDS
Trigger note / drum / slice with fixed velocity
1-16
Select velocity without trigger
SELECT
+
1-16
Accent (fixed to max velocity)
FIXED VEL16 Vel

Step Sequencer

DescriptionControl Mapping
Switch to step sequencer
STEP
Add / delete step
1-16
Select step length
PATTERN
+
A-E
Select measures
A-H
Set loop region
A-H
+
A-H
Set one measure loop region
A-H
×2
Go to previous measures
SHIFT
+
15
Go to next measures
SHIFT
+
16
Delete notes in specific measures
ERASEReplace
+
A-H
Select step notes
SELECT
+
1-16
De-select all step notes
SELECT
×2
Copy / paste notes in specific measures
DUPLICATEDouble
A-H
DUPLICATEDouble
Change step note position*
1-16
+
5
Change step note length (in steps)*
1-16
+
6
Change step note length (fine tune)*
1-16
+
7
Change step note velocity*
1-16
+
8

* Enable clip editor mode in order to use these functions.

Master Volume Control

DescriptionControl Mapping
Switch to master molume control
VOLUME[Velocity]
Adjust volume
Reset volume to 0.0 dB

Groove Control

DescriptionControl Mapping
Switch to groove control
SWING[Position]
Adjust groove amount (5% increments)
Adjust groove amount (1% increments)
SHIFT
+

Arrangement Position Control

DescriptionControl Mapping
Switch to arrangement position control
SHIFT
+
SWING[Position]
Change arrangement position
Change loop start position in arrangement
SHIFT
+
Add / delete cue point on current position
Move to cue point before / after current position
Fast-forward / rewind

Tempo Control

DescriptionControl Mapping
Switch to tempo control
TEMPO[Tune]
Change tempo (1.0 units)
Change tempo (0.1 units)
SHIFT
+

Scale Control

DescriptionControl Mapping
Switch to scale control
SHIFT
+
TEMPO[Tune]
Change scale type
Toggle scale mode on / off
Change root note

Touch Strip Modes

DescriptionControl Mapping
Switch to pitch bend
PITCH
Switch to modulation mode
MOD
Select the parameter to be modulated*
MOD
+
1-8
Reset selected parameter to default value
ERASEReplace
+
MOD
Switch to crossfader
PERFORMFX Select
Change fader channel assignment
PERFORMFX Select
+
A-D

* You have to switch to mixer or device control mode to assign parameter. For example, if you want to map 3rd device parameter of bank 2 to touch strip, switch to device control mode, select bank 2 and press MOD + BUTTON 3.

Mixer

DescriptionControl Mapping
Switch to mixer mode
MIXER
Adjust track volume
5-8
Adjust track pan/send amount
(Hold MACRO to fine tune)
1-4
Select previous parameter
Select next parameter
Reset to default value
ERASEReplace
+
1-8
×2
Arm / unarm tracks
Press SHIFT to arm multiple tracks at the same time
1-4
Select tracks
5-8
Mute tracks
MUTE
+
1-4
Solo tracks
Press SHIFT to solo multiple tracks at the same time
SOLO
+
1-4

Device Control

DescriptionControl Mapping
Switch to device control mode
PLUG-INInstance
Change parameters
(Hold MACRO to fine tune)
1-8
Select device in current track's chain
1-8
Go to previous device page
PLUG-INInstance
+
Go to next device page
PLUG-INInstance
+
Reset to default value
ERASEReplace
+
1-8
×2
Go to previous parameter bank
Go to next parameter bank
Go to parameter bank 1-8
MACROSet
+
1-8
Delete device
ERASEReplace
+
1-8
Enable / disable device
MUTE
+
1-8
Lock target device
PLUG-INInstance
+
LOCKExt Lock

Clip Editor

DescriptionControl Mapping
Switch to clip editor mode
SAMPLING
Enable / disable clip
1
Enable / disable clip loop
2
Crop to current range
3
Change clip launch mode
5
Change launch quantize setting
6
Enable / disable legato mode
7
Change clip loop start point*
1
Change clip loop length*
2
Change clip playback start point*
3
Change clip start point**
1
Change clip end point**
2
Make selected clip twice as long
SHIFT
+
DUPLICATEDouble

* These mappings are available if clip loop is enabled.

** These mappings are available if clip loop is disabled.

Audio Clip Specific Operations

DescriptionControl Mapping
Enable / disable clip warp
8
Change clip gain
5
Transpose clip
6
Change clip warp mode
7

MIDI Clip Specific Operations

DescriptionControl Mapping
Change selected notes position
5
Change selected notes length (in steps)
6
Change selected notes length (fine tune)
7
Change selected notes velocity
8

Browser

DescriptionControl Mapping
Switch to browser mode
BROWSER+Plug-in
Scroll through items
Load selected item / enter folder
Back to parent folder
Look inside selected folder
Scroll multiple items
Enable / disable item preview
1
Change preview volume
1
Quick jump to "browser top"
MACROSet
+
1
Quick jump to "red" collection
MACROSet
+
2
Quick jump to "orange" collection
MACROSet
+
3
Quick jump to "yellow" collection
MACROSet
+
4
Quick jump to "green" collection
MACROSet
+
5
Quick jump to "blue" collection
MACROSet
+
6
Quick jump to "purple" collection
MACROSet
+
7
Quick jump to "gray" collection
MACROSet
+
8

View Control

DescriptionControl Mapping
Switch between session / arrangement views
ARRANGER
Show / hide browser panel
SHIFT
+
BROWSER+Plug-in

Undo / Redo

DescriptionControl Mapping
Undo
SHIFT
+
1
Redo
SHIFT
+
2

Examples

DescriptionVisual Example
Do some stuff
▶PLAY
Combination
(Hold left then press right)
SHIFT
+
▶PLAY
Double click
SELECT
×2
Pad
1-16
Group Button
A-H
Track buttons
1-8
Track knobs
1-8
Knob touch
1-8
Encoder rotate
Encoder push
Encoder direction buttons