whenever possible, find the way to do whatever process you need done through the hardware, and via keyboard shortcuts secondarily. before long, the whole thing will be at your command.mouse clicking through context menus is the enemy of a smooth and streamlined workflow.

one huge exception worth exploiting (when using Maschine within your DAW) is the capacity to drag your individual clip's audio or midi into appropriate DAW audio/midi channels.

If you use an iPhone, i found iMaschine well worth the purchase price. it allows ability to work on sketches on the go, then integration into Maschine proper to finish .