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V-‐Machine Operating Manual
Contents
1 Foreword......................................................................................................................................................................2
1.1 Thank you............................................................................................................................................................2
1.2 Important Notes: ..............................................................................................................................................2
1.3 V-‐Machine Team...............................................................................................................................................2
2 What is the V-‐Machine?..........................................................................................................................................8
2.1 What can you do with a V-‐Machine?........................................................................................................8
2.2 Who can benefit from using a V-‐Machine?............................................................................................9
3 System Requirements.............................................................................................................................................9
3.1 Intel based Mac .................................................................................................................................................9
3.2 Windows based PC ..........................................................................................................................................9
3.3 Windows based VST plugins .......................................................................................................................9
4 What comes in the box ........................................................................................................................................ 10
5 Overview and concepts ....................................................................................................................................... 10
5.1 The VFX Platform .......................................................................................................................................... 13
5.2 About Windows VSTi/VST plugins........................................................................................................ 13
5.2.1 VSTi plugins ............................................................................................................................................ 14
5.2.2 VST plugins.............................................................................................................................................. 14
5.2.3 VST plugin hosts.................................................................................................................................... 14
5.3 Plugin considerations and limitations ................................................................................................. 14
5.4 V-‐Machine additional Preset parameters........................................................................................... 14
6 Freedom comes with responsibility!............................................................................................................. 15
6.1 Building your own sounds – Main considerations.......................................................................... 15
6.1.1 Excessive gain staging resulting in digital clipping ............................................................... 15
6.1.2 Use the presets wisely ........................................................................................................................ 15
6.2 Managing resources ..................................................................................................................................... 16
6.2.1 CPU considerations.............................................................................................................................. 16
6.2.2 Optimising presets ............................................................................................................................... 16
7 Auditioning a Sound ............................................................................................................................................. 17
