SM Pro Audio V-Machines - Manual (Page 49)

V-­‐Machine
Operating
Manual
Page
49
of
88
SM
Pro
Audio
5 The
VFX
Software
The
VFX
Application
is
a
Windows
and
MacOS
compatible
application
with
which
you’ll
create
and
configure
VFX
Library
folders
for
use
on
the
V-­‐Machine
hardware.
Although
the
V-­‐Machine
is
designed
to
be
used
in
stand-­‐alone
mode,
using
the
pre-­‐installed
plugins
with
which
it
is
shipped
from
the
factory
is
not
really
the
point.
The
point
is
to
create
your
own
Presets,
Banks,
and
Libraries
using
the
VFX
Application
and
then
load
them
into
the
V-­‐Machine
in
order
to
play
music.
The
VFX
Application
is
also
a
great
place
to
start
learning
about
the
architecture
of
the
V-­‐Machine’s
software
signal
path.
The
V-­‐Machine
does
not
have
to
be
connected
to
your
computer
for
you
to
use
the
VFX
Application.
You
can
design
and
audition
Preset
sounds
in
real
time
using
your
computer’s
built-­‐in
sound
card
or
connected
audio
interface,
and
any
MIDI
controller
hardware
attached
to
your
computer.
As
Figure
24
suggests,
the
VFX
Application
provides
tools
with
which
you
can:
● Create
VFX
Library
folders
(.vfxlibrary
folders)
for
use
on
the
V-­‐Machine
hardware.
Libraries
can
be
edited,
saved,
exported
to
the
V-­‐Machine,
and
imported
from
the
V-­‐
Machine.
Libraries
that
don’t
make
use
of
copy-­‐protected
plugins
can
be
freely
shared
with
other
V-­‐Machine
owners.
● Import
plugins
to
the
software,
so
that
they
can
be
used
in
the
V-­‐Machine.
Later
in
this
chapter
you’ll
learn
exactly
how
to
import
plugins.
● Create
new
Preset
sounds,
which
can
use
plugin
chaining,
layering,
keyboard
mapping,
and
mixing.
● Audition
your
Presets.
● Synchronize
and/or
export
VFX
Libraries,
Banks,
and
Presets
to
the
V-­‐Machine
or
external
media
(USB
thumb
drives,
etc.).
It
is
important
to
understand
that
you
can
save
as
many
Presets,
Banks,
and
Libraries
to
your
computer’s
hard
drive
as
you
want.
Normally
you’ll
transfer
only
one
library
at
a
time
to
the
V-­‐
Machine,
but
you
may
want
to
have
separate
libraries
for
different
musical
situations
–
one
for
club
gigs
and
another
for
recording
sessions,
for
instance.
The
basic
process
for
using
the
VFX
Application
is
visually
represented
in
the
diagram
shown
on
the
next
page.
5.1 Installing
the
Software
Please
install
the
software
before
connecting
the
V-­‐Machine
to
your
computer
using
the
supplied
USB
cable.
If
you
connect
the
V-­‐Machine
to
the
computer
before
installing
the
software,
your
computer
may
fail
to
identify
the
V-­‐Machine,
or
may
try
to
use
an
incorrect
driver
with
it.
Most
of
the
images
used
in
this
chapter
are
taken
from
the
version
of
the
VFX
Application
designed
to
run
on
the
Windows
operating
system.
Although
most
of
the
concepts,
processes,