Recording Midi in Logic with Maschine

Saturday 21 January 2012

A bit off topic from my usual Ruby on Rails-related programming articles, but thought this might be useful for those in a similar predicament at any rate. I had to dig a fair bit through forum posts to find out how to successfully record midi notes in Logic using Maschine as a controller and sound source. Even then, I had to experiment a bit to improve the results. These are the steps I ended up taking:

• Open Logic
• Create a software instrument track
• Select Maschine as the instrument
• In the Maschine plugin view, click the Group pulldown menu (arrow down icon)
• Select “Sound Midi Batch Setup”
• Click the “Sounds to Midi Notes” radio button
• Click “Apply”
• Now simultaneously press Shift and Control on Maschine hardware unit
• Click Groups E button
• I would now adjust the velocity of the midi in Logic, the default I found far too low — it was not triggering sounds at all when I pressed a pad at a reasonable volume. As much as 70 velocity might be a good start for experimentation, but adjust to your satisfaction
• Now you can record in Logic and ignore patterns and scenes in Maschine (I found this counter to my own workflow which is more linear than pattern oriented)