SM Pro Audio V-Machines - Manual (Page 27)

V-­‐Machine
Operating
Manual
Page
27
of
88
SM
Pro
Audio
3.3 Kensington
Security
Slot
A
Kensington
Security
Slot
(also
known
as
a
K-­‐Slot
or
Kensington
lock)
is
part
of
an
anti-­‐theft
security
system
designed
by
Kensington
Computer.
The
slot
is
a
metal-­‐reinforced
hole
found
on
the
front
panel
of
the
V-­‐Machine.
It
is
used
for
attaching
a
lock-­‐and-­‐cable
product
that
can
be
purchased
from
Kensington
and
through
their
partner
channels.
To
prevent
possible
theft
of
your
V-­‐Machine
in
chaotic
stage
conditions,
attach
a
locking
cable
to
this
slot
after
looping
the
cable
through
something
large
and
heavy,
such
as
a
keyboard
stand.
More
information
on
the
Kensington
lock
and
associated
products
can
be
found
at
the
Kensington
website
(
http://www.kensington.com ).
The
Kensington
lock
is
a
registered
trademark
and
owned
by
Kensington.
3.4 Memory
Architecture
Maybe
the
most
important
thing
to
understand
about
the
V-­‐Machine
is
how
it
handles
the
data
(plugins,
Presets,
and
Banks)
that
you
load
into
it.
The
specific
commands
you’ll
need
to
use
for
loading,
editing,
deleting,
and
so
forth
are
described
in
the
following
sections
of
this
chapter.
Those
commands
will
make
more
sense
when
you
understand
how
the
V-­‐Machine’s
memory
is
set
up.
The
V-­‐Machine
has
500MB
(megabytes)
of
RAM
(random
access
memory)
and
1GB
(gigabyte)
of
Flash
memory.
When
you
play
music
with
the
V-­‐Machine,
you’re
using
plugins
that
have
been
loaded
into
RAM.
The
contents
of
RAM
disappear
each
time
you
turn
off
the
V-­‐Machine.
The
Flash
memory,
however,
is
non-­‐volatile,
which
means
its
contents
will
still
be
there
the
next
time
the
unit
is
turned
on.
When
you
use
the
Import
commands
to
import
Banks
(each
of
which
will
contain
one
or
more
Presets,
each
Preset
utilizing
one
or
more
plugins)
from
external
USB
memory
into
the
V-­‐
Machine,
the
Banks
are
stored
immediately
in
the
Flash
memory.
After
they’re
stored
in
Flash,
the
first
Preset
in
the
first
Bank
is
loaded
into
RAM
so
that
it
will
be
ready
to
play.
If
there
is
not
enough
available
space
in
Flash
memory
to
load
the
Banks
from
the
USB
memory
device,
you’ll
see
a
warning
message.
In
this
situation
you’ll
need
to
use
the
Global
System
Settings
menu
(see
below)
to
delete
some
Banks,
Presets,
or
plugins
from
Flash
memory
in
order
to
have
space
for
the
new
data.
Before
deleting
anything,
you
may
want
to
export
any
Banks
whose
data
you
have
edited.
Use
the
Export
command
in
the
Global
System
Settings
menu
for
this,
and
export
the
Banks
to
an
attached
USB
memory
device.
Instead
of
importing
Banks
and
Presets
from
USB
to
Flash,
you
can
load
them
directly
from
USB
into
RAM.
This
is
convenient,
because
you
can
store
many
more
Banks
and
Presets
on
a
USB
hard
drive
than
would
fit
into
the
Flash
memory.
You
can
edit
the
Presets
in
RAM,
using
commands
described
later
in
this
chapter.
If
you
want
your
edits
to
be
available
at
your
next
session,
you
will
then
need
to
use
the
Save
command,
which
copies
the
RAM
Preset
into
long-­‐term
storage
as
part
of
a
Bank.
The
Preset
will
be
copied
into
the
Flash
memory
if
it
was
loaded
from
Flash,
or
to
external
USB
memory
if
that’s