The sequencer is pretty standard DAW fare at the pattern level, and then patterns are arranged into songs. I recall not particularly liking step editing mode and preferring the piano roll.
If I’m remembering the terminology right, there are any number of Groups, each of which can have 16 Sounds (so a Group is a typical drumkit, or you can put instruments or other samples into Sounds. At the Sound, Group and global levels you have effects chains available. You can also reroute a bit to create effects sends etc. (a Sound can be an effects send, or accept an external audio input).
In the arranger, a “Scene” is a set of pattern selections for each Group. If one of the Groups has a 4-bar pattern, and the other has a 1 bar pattern, the shorter one will repeat 4 times while the longer one plays once. If you want to repeat it again you can change the Scene length or copy it to a new Scene. Patterns and scenes can be any length, even fractions of beats if I remember correctly. You could sequence an entire song in a single Scene, but IIRC starting partway through wasn’t possible.
For a few years I used to use Maschine (on PC, with the mk2 controller) as my only DAW, even when I was doing modular ambient/drone stuff. Once I learned it I could really fly around it without any confusion. I switched to Bitwig last year and it was a huge step up for my purposes (not a lot of sequencing in the DAW, but a more modular orientation) but I have to admit Bitwig still has nooks and crannies where I stumble around or have to look up usage.
