This article is about processing Maschine Expansions. For help with non-Maschine expansions (Sample Packs), click here.
Maschine Expansions (as well as the Maschine factory library) can also be processed. The expansion folders exist in your Native Instruments directory that typically end in “Library.” For example “Conant Gardens Library.”
Synth preset expansions (such as Massive Expansions), Kontakt instrument libraries as well as Native Instrument sound libraries that are not Maschine Expansions (sometimes branded as “Komplete Expansions”) do not work with our software. The list of Maschine Expansions can be found here.
Please read the full article below before messaging for support.
Basics
Which Native Instruments/Maschine folders can I import and where are they located?
As advertised, Kit Maker can process most Maschine Expansion folders. These will be in your main Native Instruments content folder.
For Mac users the default Maschine Library install locations are in the Users/Shared directory. PC installation locations may vary.
To find your Maschine Expansion Folders: In the Maschine app Preferences, go the the Library tab. Click on the small Directory icon next to the Maschine 2 Factory Library path. This will show the directory of the Factory Library. The Expansions are installed in the same location as the Factory Library.
The Maschine Expansion folders are named after the Expansions themselves, ie “Street Swarm”. On mac, the Expansion folders typically end in “Library.” For example, “Maschine 2 Library” or “Street Swarm Library.” On PC, the word “Library” may not always be present in the folder name (ie the Expansion folder may be simply called “Street Swarm”). Another quick way of finding your Expansion folders is searching your computer directories for the name of the Expansion.
Third party Maschine libraries are not supported, but you can process the .wav files in Sample Pack Mode (see the manual for more info).
More info on finding your Maschine Library locations can be found here.
In addition to the Maschine Expansions, you can process the “Battery 4 Factory Library” folder in Maschine mode and it will convert the kits. However, because Kit Maker is currently only made for 16 pad drum kits, Battery kits of more than 16 sounds will be scaled down to just 16 samples. Battery libraries outside of the Factory Library are not compatible with Kit Maker.
If you are trying to process other Native Instruments folders outside the scope of Maschine Expansions, Maschine Factory Library or the Battery 4 Factory Library, they will not be accepted and we do not advertise our software to be used with these libraries.
If you want to make instrument presets from your Maschine Expansions and the Factory Library, check out our other app, Preset Maker which can make some instruments and melodic presets from Maschine Expansions. (It can create multi-sample instruments from any .wav files that are labeled with note info in their filenames — “Soft Piano A1.wav” etc)
There are a rare couple of Maschine Expansions that cannot be processed because they are in a completely different format. Community Drive is a free Expansion that does not work like the others and is not compatible.
How do I process the Maschine 2 Factory Library?
The “Maschine 2 Library” is installed where you installed your other Native Instruments and Maschine Expansions Folders. Import this folder to process the Maschine factory library. <br>
If you don’t know where you installed your Maschine libraries, check your Maschine preferences or the Native Access app on your computer.
For info on how to find the location of your Maschine 2 Factory Library on your computer, please read this article.
Remember to import the Factory Library folder itself and not inner subfolders such as “Groups.”
Having Issues?
Some of the Maschine kits are missing samples.
There are some Maschine kits that will have a few pads that do not transfer over. This is because, in the original Maschine Kits, these pads’ sounds are generated live inside the Maschine software.
There are sometimes software synths and basses that are synthesized “live” and not made of samples, and thus, don’t have .wav sample files to transfer over.
In some cases, drum sounds are generated live inside the Maschine software, such as in the kit “3l3ktro” from the Factory Library. Some Expansions heavily rely on these synthesized sounds, such as the expansion “Lazer DIce”, which uses a lot of computer generated drum sounds. Unfortunately these do not work as well with Kit Maker, but luckily most Expansions primarily use .wav sounds that work great with our app.
There are also a few occasions where a Maschine kit will use samples from a sampled instrument, which wasn’t made directly for that kit.The result is that some kits will have a few blank spots in them. Fortunately, the vast majority of pads do transfer fine.
Note that some kits that are created are made with a slightly different name than their original Maschine kit name, such as Abbey Road 50s being shortened to “AR50s.”
Some Maschine kits are not being created.
There are limited number of kits that are not converting over at the moment, but we are working to fix this in a future update! Amplified Funk and Grey Forge are the two expansions that seem to be affected most by this issue.
Also note that when Kit Maker runs, if a kit has less than 5 samples, the kit does not get made. This is to prevent creating kits that arent very full and may be disappointing for users. The reason there arent always samples for all the sounds is that some expansions have drums that are generated by live synthesis in the Maschine software and/or are not available in the Expansion folder as .wav files. This is uncommon, but happens to some kits. Vintage Heat is an example of an Expansion that has multiple kits with very few drum samples, which do not all get made into kits.
Also note that when Kit Maker runs, if a kit has less than 5 samples, the kit does not get made. This is to prevent creating kits that arent very full and may be disappointing for users. The reason there arent always samples for all the sounds is that some expansions have drums that are generated by live synthesis in the Maschine software and/or are not available in the Expansion folder as .wav files. This is uncommon, but happens to some kits. Vintage Heat is an example of an Expansion that has multiple kits with very few drum samples, which do not all get made into kits.
My third-party Maschine Libraries (not made by Native Instruments) aren’t processing correctly
Only official Maschine Expansions and the Factory Library can be processed in Maschine mode. However, you can process any samples you like in Generic Library mode, which is explained in the manual.
MPC Previews aren’t playing for some kits
Maschine Expansions will typically contain previews for MPC which will be copied over. However, in some cases, the way Native Instruments names the Preview files is different from the way that they name their Kits. This can result in the preview not correctly playing for that kit.
If you experience this, go into the [Previews] folder for the MPC Kits that you created with Kit Maker. Check that these preview audio files are named the same way as the MPC kits themselves. <br><br>
For example, if your .xpm file (kit file) is called “Cool Kit.xpm” but the preview file (in the [Previews] folder) is titled “CoolKit.xpm.wav”, you will need to edit the .wav file so that it matches the .xpm file. In this example, you would name it “Cool Kit.xpm.wav” and add the missing space character.
There are so many Maschine kits that are always coming out that it is not possible for us to account for all of them. Typically the original Maschine preview files are named identically to the kits, but in cases where they are not, they can be fixed by hand.
Additional situations: Unfortunately, the Maschine Factory Library kits do not currently come with preview files.
The Expansion “Chromatic Fire” is a free collection of assorted kits from other Expansions, but the way this library sources it’s preview files makes them unable to convert for MPC.
Having issues that are not explained here?
If the kits aren’t coming out correctly in either Sample Pack Mode OR Maschine Mode, follow the “Troubleshooting Steps” at the bottom of this page.
If the issue is strictly related to Maschine Mode, then message us using the form on this page. Make sure to include as many details you can, which folder you imported that isn’t working, what you expected vs what the resulting kits were —- and so on. The more details the better; vague messages such as “It’s not working” won’t help get to the root of the issue.
It also helps to include the main.log file if you have a second to attach that. Thanks!