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Article The V-Machine is a music synthesiser and effects unit. It has been designed to receive MIDI data from external MIDI controllers (e.g. a MIDI keyboard controller) and audio from a line level input source. Processed audio signal can be sent to headphones, an amplifier, a mixing desk, or similar.

The V-Machine does not implement any particular audio synthesis algorithm. Instead it acts as a host for a range of Windows VST and VSTi plug-ins. Individual plug-ins hosted on the V-Machine implement their own particular synthesis algorithms.

Load VST plug-ins into the VFX Application on a Mac or PC
Use the VFX Application to create Banks of Presets. Each Preset consists of a particular configuration of one or more VST plug-ins.
Use the VFX Application to copy these configured Banks to the V-Machine via a USB Cable or a USB Stick. Alternatively, you can copy compatible VST Plug-in .DLL files directly to a USB Stick and from there to the V-Machine without using the VFX Application.
The V-Machine is connected to one or more MIDI controllers. MIDI messages from the controllers are sent to the VST plug-ins. The VST plug-ins resulting audio is sent to both the headphone and stereo outputs.

The V-Machines front panel displays four (4) lines of text:

The currently selected Bank
The currently selected Preset within the selected Bank
The currently selected plug-in parameter within the selected Preset
The currently selected parameter value

Special Notes:

Previous/Next interface keypads adjacent to each line of text allow the corresponding item to be navigated or adjusted.
Dual press keypad functions (pressing two buttons at the same time) are designed to enter the Global System Settings menu.

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11 Dec 2008 8:39 AM