SM Pro Audio V-Machines User Manual
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V-‐Machine Operating Manual
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SM Pro Audio
Individual plugin slots provide a plugin name display area, a MIDI channel selector, and a MIDI
key range split box.
Quick Tip: Clicking your mouse in the plugin slot name display area will switch the Parameter
Pane
to
show
that
plugin’s
VST
GUI
or
parameter
list
(depending
on
your
View
setting).
You
can
then
tweak
that
plugin’s
parameters
in
the
Parameter
Pane.
Audio
is
routed
downward
through
each
of
the
three
plugin
slots
in
order.
The
output
of
slot
A
in
a
given
channel
is
routed
to
the
input
of
slot
B,
and
the
output
of
slot
B
to
the
input
of
slot
C.
The output of slot C is then sent to the Mixer.
VST instrument plugins should only be loaded into the first Plugin Slot (Plugin Slot A) of each
Mixer
channel.
This
is
because
most
instruments
do
not
have
audio
inputs.
If
you
load
an
instrument
into
slot
1
of
a
channel
and
another
instrument
into
slot
2,
you
will
usually
hear
only
the
instrument
in
slot
2,
because
the
output
of
slot
1
will
have
nowhere
to
go.
If
the
instrument
in
slot
2
happens
to
have
active
audio
inputs,
which
can
happen
if
it
is
also
usable
as
an
effect,
then
you’ll
hear
both
instruments
at
once.
However,
you
won’t
have
separate
mixer
control
over
them.
For
this
reason,
it’s
best
to
put
instruments
only
into
the
A
slot
of
each
mixer
channel,
and
to
reserve
slots
B
and
C
for
effects
processors.
5.7.2 Pop-‐Up Plugin Selector
Clicking
your
mouse
on
the
Pop-‐Up
Plugin
Selector
(the
downward-‐pointing
orange
arrow)
displays
a
list
of
plugins
that
have
been
previously
installed
into
the
active
Library
for
use
by
the
VFX
Application.
Select the desired plugin from the list to load it into the corresponding Plugin Slot. To remove a
plugin
from
the
Plugin
Slot,
select
‘None’
from
the
Popup
Plugin
Selector
menu.
To
add
a
plugin
to
the
Library,
choose
‘Import
VST
Plugin...’
from
this
menu.
This
command
duplicates
the
same
command
in
the
File
menu.
For
details
on
how
to
import
a
plugin,
see
section
5.5
on
page
56.
5.7.3 Plugin MIDI Channel Selector
By clicking your mouse on the MIDI Channel Selector adjacent to a Plugin Slot, you can assign
the
MIDI
channel
you
would
like
the
plugin
to
respond
to.
MIDI
channels
1-‐16
and
an
ALL
MIDI
channel
option
are
available.
To
create
a
keyboard
layer,
for
example,
you
would
put
two
or
more
plugins
in
slot
A
of
separate
Mixer
channels
and
leave
the
MIDI
Channel
Selector
of
each
slot
set
to
ALL.
When
you
do
this,
playing
a
single
note
on
a
MIDI
keyboard
will
trigger
all
of
the
plugin
instruments,
because
the
MIDI
input
of
the
V-‐Machine
is
routed
to
all
of
the
Mixer
channels.
For
multitimbral
operation,
in
which
your
keyboard
has
several
zones
each
of
which
is
transmitting
on
its
own
MIDI
channel,
insert
plugin
instruments
into
Mixer
channels
as
required,
and
then
assign
each
instrument
slot
to
a
MIDI
channel
that
corresponds
to
the
keyboard zone from which you want to play that plugin.
Below
the
channel
fields
in
the
pop-‐up
menu
is
a
switchable
setting
for
MIDI-‐IN
from
Computer.
Normally
you
will
want
this
to
be
switched
on
for
slot
A,
so
that
the
instrument
in
slot
A
can
receive
notes.
However,
you
may
want
to
uncheck
it
for
slots
B
and
C
to
prevent
controller
messages
from
being
passed
on
to
effects
processors
in
those
slots,
as
the
effects
might
respond
to
the
controller
messages
in
ways
that
you
don’t
expect.
MIDI
messages
can
be
passed
from
slot
A
to
slot
B
and
from
slot
B
to
slot
C
if
desired,
using
settings
in
this
pop-‐up
menu.
You
might
want
to
use
these
settings,
for
example,
if
the
plugin
in
slot A has an arpeggiator that can transmit MIDI notes, and you want a step filter in slot B to