diff --git a/examples/gain.pd b/examples/gain.pd
index ebc925e..c767189 100644
--- a/examples/gain.pd
+++ b/examples/gain.pd
@@ -1,113 +1,113 @@
 #N canvas 860 318 890 742 12;
-#X obj 117 30 adc~ 1 2 3 4 5 6, f 47;
-#X obj 118 261 dac~ 1 2 3 4 5 6, f 47;
-#X obj 117 98 *~ 1;
-#X obj 182 98 *~ 1;
-#X obj 246 98 *~ 1;
-#X obj 312 98 *~ 1;
-#X obj 376 98 *~ 1;
-#X obj 442 98 *~ 1;
-#X obj 21 422 print toVCV;
+#X obj 143 30 adc~ 1 2 3 4 5 6, f 47;
+#X obj 144 261 dac~ 1 2 3 4 5 6, f 47;
+#X obj 143 98 *~ 1;
+#X obj 208 98 *~ 1;
+#X obj 272 98 *~ 1;
+#X obj 338 98 *~ 1;
+#X obj 402 98 *~ 1;
+#X obj 468 98 *~ 1;
 #X msg 171 365 L3 \$1 0 0;
 #X msg 247 365 L4 \$1 0 0;
 #X msg 397 365 L6 \$1 0 0;
 #X msg 21 365 L1 \$1 0 0;
 #X msg 96 365 L2 \$1 0 0;
 #X msg 322 365 L5 \$1 0 0;
-#X obj 118 229 *~ 1;
-#X obj 183 228 *~ 1;
-#X obj 247 228 *~ 1;
-#X obj 313 228 *~ 1;
-#X obj 377 228 *~ 1;
-#X obj 443 228 *~ 1;
+#X obj 144 229 *~ 1;
+#X obj 209 228 *~ 1;
+#X obj 273 228 *~ 1;
+#X obj 339 228 *~ 1;
+#X obj 403 228 *~ 1;
+#X obj 469 228 *~ 1;
 #X msg 21 521 S1 \$1 0 0;
 #X msg 96 522 S2 \$1 0 0;
 #X msg 171 522 S3 \$1 0 0;
 #X msg 247 523 S4 \$1 0 0;
 #X msg 322 523 S5 \$1 0 0;
 #X msg 397 523 S6 \$1 0 0;
-#X obj 20 30 r fromVCV;
-#X obj 142 70 route K1 K2 K3 K4 K5 K6, f 56;
-#X obj 143 169 route S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6, f 56;
-#X obj 143 198 == 0;
-#X obj 208 198 == 0;
-#X obj 272 198 == 0;
-#X obj 338 198 == 0;
-#X obj 402 198 == 0;
-#X obj 468 198 == 0;
-#X obj 21 307 r fromVCV;
+#X obj 168 70 route K1 K2 K3 K4 K5 K6, f 56;
+#X obj 169 169 route S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6, f 56;
+#X obj 169 198 == 0;
+#X obj 234 198 == 0;
+#X obj 298 198 == 0;
+#X obj 364 198 == 0;
+#X obj 428 198 == 0;
+#X obj 494 198 == 0;
 #X obj 21 336 route K1 K2 K3 K4 K5 K6, f 65;
 #X obj 21 492 route S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6, f 65;
-#X obj 21 463 r fromVCV;
-#X obj 19 134 r fromVCV;
-#X obj 21 569 print toVCV;
-#X text 558 52 Usually we'd interpolate here with line~ but VCVRack
+#X text 598 52 Usually we'd interpolate here with line~ but VCVRack
 is already sending one message persample so there seems hardly a point
 to complicate this example., f 38;
-#X text 560 368 Just using the red channels in the RGB triplet for
+#X text 600 368 Just using the red channels in the RGB triplet for
 the LED., f 35;
-#X text 561 492 Same for the switch., f 35;
+#X text 601 492 Same for the switch., f 35;
+#X obj 20 30 r fromPrototype;
+#X obj 19 134 r fromPrototype;
+#X obj 20 307 r fromPrototype;
+#X obj 21 463 r fromPrototype;
+#X obj 21 569 print toPrototype;
+#X obj 21 422 print toPrototype;
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 #X connect 0 1 3 0;
 #X connect 0 2 4 0;
 #X connect 0 3 5 0;
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-#X connect 2 0 15 0;
-#X connect 3 0 16 0;
-#X connect 4 0 17 0;
-#X connect 5 0 18 0;
-#X connect 6 0 19 0;
-#X connect 7 0 20 0;
-#X connect 9 0 8 0;
-#X connect 10 0 8 0;
-#X connect 11 0 8 0;
-#X connect 12 0 8 0;
-#X connect 13 0 8 0;
-#X connect 14 0 8 0;
-#X connect 15 0 1 0;
-#X connect 16 0 1 1;
-#X connect 17 0 1 2;
-#X connect 18 0 1 3;
-#X connect 19 0 1 4;
-#X connect 20 0 1 5;
-#X connect 21 0 41 0;
-#X connect 22 0 41 0;
-#X connect 23 0 41 0;
-#X connect 24 0 41 0;
-#X connect 25 0 41 0;
-#X connect 26 0 41 0;
+#X connect 2 0 14 0;
+#X connect 3 0 15 0;
+#X connect 4 0 16 0;
+#X connect 5 0 17 0;
+#X connect 6 0 18 0;
+#X connect 7 0 19 0;
+#X connect 8 0 44 0;
+#X connect 9 0 44 0;
+#X connect 10 0 44 0;
+#X connect 11 0 44 0;
+#X connect 12 0 44 0;
+#X connect 13 0 44 0;
+#X connect 14 0 1 0;
+#X connect 15 0 1 1;
+#X connect 16 0 1 2;
+#X connect 17 0 1 3;
+#X connect 18 0 1 4;
+#X connect 19 0 1 5;
+#X connect 20 0 43 0;
+#X connect 21 0 43 0;
+#X connect 22 0 43 0;
+#X connect 23 0 43 0;
+#X connect 24 0 43 0;
+#X connect 25 0 43 0;
+#X connect 26 0 2 1;
+#X connect 26 1 3 1;
+#X connect 26 2 4 1;
+#X connect 26 3 5 1;
+#X connect 26 4 6 1;
+#X connect 26 5 7 1;
 #X connect 27 0 28 0;
-#X connect 28 0 2 1;
-#X connect 28 1 3 1;
-#X connect 28 2 4 1;
-#X connect 28 3 5 1;
-#X connect 28 4 6 1;
-#X connect 28 5 7 1;
-#X connect 29 0 30 0;
-#X connect 29 1 31 0;
-#X connect 29 2 32 0;
-#X connect 29 3 33 0;
-#X connect 29 4 34 0;
-#X connect 29 5 35 0;
-#X connect 30 0 15 1;
-#X connect 31 0 16 1;
-#X connect 32 0 17 1;
-#X connect 33 0 18 1;
-#X connect 34 0 19 1;
-#X connect 35 0 20 1;
-#X connect 36 0 37 0;
-#X connect 37 0 12 0;
-#X connect 37 1 13 0;
-#X connect 37 2 9 0;
-#X connect 37 3 10 0;
-#X connect 37 4 14 0;
-#X connect 37 5 11 0;
-#X connect 38 0 21 0;
-#X connect 38 1 22 0;
-#X connect 38 2 23 0;
-#X connect 38 3 24 0;
-#X connect 38 4 25 0;
-#X connect 38 5 26 0;
-#X connect 39 0 38 0;
-#X connect 40 0 29 0;
+#X connect 27 1 29 0;
+#X connect 27 2 30 0;
+#X connect 27 3 31 0;
+#X connect 27 4 32 0;
+#X connect 27 5 33 0;
+#X connect 28 0 14 1;
+#X connect 29 0 15 1;
+#X connect 30 0 16 1;
+#X connect 31 0 17 1;
+#X connect 32 0 18 1;
+#X connect 33 0 19 1;
+#X connect 34 0 11 0;
+#X connect 34 1 12 0;
+#X connect 34 2 8 0;
+#X connect 34 3 9 0;
+#X connect 34 4 13 0;
+#X connect 34 5 10 0;
+#X connect 35 0 20 0;
+#X connect 35 1 21 0;
+#X connect 35 2 22 0;
+#X connect 35 3 23 0;
+#X connect 35 4 24 0;
+#X connect 35 5 25 0;
+#X connect 39 0 26 0;
+#X connect 40 0 27 0;
+#X connect 41 0 34 0;
+#X connect 42 0 35 0;
diff --git a/examples/rainbow.pd b/examples/rainbow.pd
index 64bd183..9f7c72a 100644
--- a/examples/rainbow.pd
+++ b/examples/rainbow.pd
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@
 #X connect 37 0 29 1;
 #X connect 37 1 12 1;
 #X restore 29 343 pd hsv2rgb;
-#X obj 29 478 print toVCV;
 #X msg 29 400 S1 \$1 \$2 \$3;
 #X obj 30 16 loadbang;
 #X msg 30 41 1;
@@ -982,33 +981,36 @@ directory tidy it here is duplicated code., f 28;
 #X obj 413 588 *~ 5;
 #X obj 508 588 *~ 5;
 #X obj 251 17 loadbang;
-#X obj 251 66 print toVCV;
 #X msg 251 41 display Hello world!;
-#X connect 0 0 26 0;
-#X connect 2 0 1 0;
-#X connect 3 0 4 0;
-#X connect 4 0 6 0;
-#X connect 5 0 0 0;
-#X connect 6 0 18 0;
-#X connect 7 0 52 0;
+#X obj 251 66 print toPrototype;
+#X obj 29 478 print toPrototype;
+#X connect 0 0 25 0;
+#X connect 1 0 88 0;
+#X connect 2 0 3 0;
+#X connect 3 0 5 0;
+#X connect 4 0 0 0;
+#X connect 5 0 17 0;
+#X connect 6 0 51 0;
+#X connect 7 0 26 0;
 #X connect 8 0 27 0;
 #X connect 9 0 28 0;
 #X connect 10 0 29 0;
 #X connect 11 0 30 0;
-#X connect 12 0 31 0;
-#X connect 13 0 1 0;
-#X connect 14 0 1 0;
-#X connect 15 0 1 0;
-#X connect 16 0 1 0;
-#X connect 17 0 1 0;
-#X connect 18 0 79 0;
-#X connect 19 0 1 0;
-#X connect 20 0 1 0;
-#X connect 21 0 1 0;
-#X connect 22 0 1 0;
-#X connect 23 0 1 0;
-#X connect 24 0 1 0;
-#X connect 26 0 2 0;
+#X connect 12 0 88 0;
+#X connect 13 0 88 0;
+#X connect 14 0 88 0;
+#X connect 15 0 88 0;
+#X connect 16 0 88 0;
+#X connect 17 0 78 0;
+#X connect 18 0 88 0;
+#X connect 19 0 88 0;
+#X connect 20 0 88 0;
+#X connect 21 0 88 0;
+#X connect 22 0 88 0;
+#X connect 23 0 88 0;
+#X connect 25 0 1 0;
+#X connect 25 1 18 0;
+#X connect 26 0 12 0;
 #X connect 26 1 19 0;
 #X connect 27 0 13 0;
 #X connect 27 1 20 0;
@@ -1018,65 +1020,63 @@ directory tidy it here is duplicated code., f 28;
 #X connect 29 1 22 0;
 #X connect 30 0 16 0;
 #X connect 30 1 23 0;
-#X connect 31 0 17 0;
-#X connect 31 1 24 0;
-#X connect 32 0 8 0;
-#X connect 33 0 34 0;
-#X connect 34 0 36 0;
-#X connect 35 0 5 0;
-#X connect 35 0 54 0;
-#X connect 36 0 32 0;
-#X connect 36 0 61 0;
+#X connect 31 0 7 0;
+#X connect 32 0 33 0;
+#X connect 33 0 35 0;
+#X connect 34 0 4 0;
+#X connect 34 0 53 0;
+#X connect 35 0 31 0;
+#X connect 35 0 60 0;
+#X connect 36 0 37 0;
 #X connect 37 0 38 0;
-#X connect 38 0 39 0;
-#X connect 38 0 62 0;
-#X connect 39 0 9 0;
+#X connect 37 0 61 0;
+#X connect 38 0 8 0;
+#X connect 39 0 40 0;
 #X connect 40 0 41 0;
-#X connect 41 0 42 0;
-#X connect 41 0 63 0;
-#X connect 42 0 10 0;
+#X connect 40 0 62 0;
+#X connect 41 0 9 0;
+#X connect 42 0 43 0;
 #X connect 43 0 44 0;
-#X connect 44 0 45 0;
-#X connect 44 0 64 0;
-#X connect 45 0 11 0;
+#X connect 43 0 63 0;
+#X connect 44 0 10 0;
+#X connect 45 0 46 0;
 #X connect 46 0 47 0;
-#X connect 47 0 48 0;
-#X connect 47 0 65 0;
-#X connect 48 0 12 0;
-#X connect 49 0 37 0;
-#X connect 50 0 43 0;
-#X connect 51 0 46 0;
-#X connect 52 0 35 0;
-#X connect 52 1 33 0;
-#X connect 52 2 49 0;
-#X connect 52 3 53 0;
-#X connect 52 4 50 0;
-#X connect 52 5 51 0;
-#X connect 53 0 40 0;
-#X connect 55 0 72 0;
-#X connect 56 0 66 0;
-#X connect 57 0 68 0;
-#X connect 58 0 67 0;
+#X connect 46 0 64 0;
+#X connect 47 0 11 0;
+#X connect 48 0 36 0;
+#X connect 49 0 42 0;
+#X connect 50 0 45 0;
+#X connect 51 0 34 0;
+#X connect 51 1 32 0;
+#X connect 51 2 48 0;
+#X connect 51 3 52 0;
+#X connect 51 4 49 0;
+#X connect 51 5 50 0;
+#X connect 52 0 39 0;
+#X connect 54 0 71 0;
+#X connect 55 0 65 0;
+#X connect 56 0 67 0;
+#X connect 57 0 66 0;
+#X connect 58 0 68 0;
 #X connect 59 0 69 0;
-#X connect 60 0 70 0;
+#X connect 65 0 72 0;
 #X connect 66 0 73 0;
 #X connect 67 0 74 0;
 #X connect 68 0 75 0;
 #X connect 69 0 76 0;
-#X connect 70 0 77 0;
-#X connect 71 0 80 0;
-#X connect 72 0 71 0;
+#X connect 70 0 79 0;
+#X connect 71 0 70 0;
+#X connect 72 0 80 0;
 #X connect 73 0 81 0;
 #X connect 74 0 82 0;
 #X connect 75 0 83 0;
 #X connect 76 0 84 0;
-#X connect 77 0 85 0;
-#X connect 79 0 7 0;
-#X connect 80 0 25 0;
-#X connect 81 0 25 1;
-#X connect 82 0 25 2;
-#X connect 83 0 25 3;
-#X connect 84 0 25 4;
-#X connect 85 0 25 5;
-#X connect 86 0 88 0;
-#X connect 88 0 87 0;
+#X connect 78 0 6 0;
+#X connect 79 0 24 0;
+#X connect 80 0 24 1;
+#X connect 81 0 24 2;
+#X connect 82 0 24 3;
+#X connect 83 0 24 4;
+#X connect 84 0 24 5;
+#X connect 85 0 86 0;
+#X connect 86 0 87 0;
diff --git a/examples/template.pd b/examples/template.pd
index b78ef19..321b67d 100644
--- a/examples/template.pd
+++ b/examples/template.pd
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
-#N canvas 698 144 821 731 12;
-#X obj 32 367 print toVCV;
+#N canvas 2149 174 821 731 12;
 #X obj 32 448 dac~ 1 2 3 4 5 6;
 #X obj 32 401 adc~ 1 2 3 4 5 6;
-#X text 158 401 audio from VCVRack;
-#X text 158 448 audio to VCVRack;
-#X obj 36 25 r fromVCV;
 #X obj 36 62 route K1 K2 K3 K4 K5 K6;
 #X obj 194 106 route S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6;
 #X text 214 60 knobs;
@@ -21,24 +17,28 @@
 #X obj 211 240 t b f;
 #X obj 253 241 t b f;
 #X obj 201 161 vsl 15 50 0 1 0 0 empty empty empty 0 -9 0 10 -258113
--1 -1 0 1;
+-1 -1 2450 1;
 #X obj 216 161 vsl 15 50 0 1 0 0 empty empty empty 0 -9 0 10 -4034
 -1 -1 0 1;
 #X obj 231 161 vsl 15 50 0 1 0 0 empty empty empty 0 -9 0 10 -4160
--1 -1 0 1;
-#X connect 5 0 6 0;
-#X connect 6 6 7 0;
-#X connect 10 0 0 0;
-#X connect 11 0 0 0;
+-1 -1 4410 1;
+#X obj 32 367 print toPrototype;
+#X obj 36 25 r fromPrototype;
+#X text 158 401 audio from VCV Prototype;
+#X text 158 448 audio to VCV Prototype;
+#X connect 2 6 3 0;
+#X connect 6 0 18 0;
+#X connect 7 0 18 0;
+#X connect 8 0 7 0;
+#X connect 9 0 18 0;
+#X connect 10 0 9 0;
+#X connect 11 0 18 0;
 #X connect 12 0 11 0;
-#X connect 13 0 0 0;
-#X connect 14 0 13 0;
-#X connect 15 0 0 0;
-#X connect 16 0 15 0;
-#X connect 17 0 16 0;
-#X connect 17 1 16 1;
-#X connect 18 0 16 0;
-#X connect 18 1 16 2;
-#X connect 19 0 16 0;
-#X connect 20 0 17 0;
-#X connect 21 0 18 0;
+#X connect 13 0 12 0;
+#X connect 13 1 12 1;
+#X connect 14 0 12 0;
+#X connect 14 1 12 2;
+#X connect 15 0 12 0;
+#X connect 16 0 13 0;
+#X connect 17 0 14 0;
+#X connect 19 0 2 0;
diff --git a/examples/vco.pd b/examples/vco.pd
index fd3316f..3321828 100644
--- a/examples/vco.pd
+++ b/examples/vco.pd
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-#N canvas 1290 443 439 466 12;
-#X obj 69 7 r fromVCV;
+#N canvas 715 324 439 466 12;
 #X obj 69 32 route K1;
 #X obj 16 321 osc~;
-#X obj 101 370 print toVCV;
 #X msg 101 346 display Freq: \$1 Hz;
 #X obj 115 112 adc~ 1;
 #X obj 69 111 sig~;
@@ -22,23 +20,25 @@
 #X obj 16 370 dac~ 1;
 #X text 145 162 <--- FM with CV signal from IN1;
 #X obj 15 346 *~ 5;
-#X connect 0 0 1 0;
-#X connect 1 0 14 0;
+#X obj 69 8 r fromPrototype;
+#X obj 101 370 print toPrototype;
+#X connect 0 0 12 0;
+#X connect 1 0 19 0;
 #X connect 2 0 21 0;
-#X connect 4 0 3 0;
-#X connect 5 0 13 1;
-#X connect 6 0 13 0;
+#X connect 3 0 11 1;
+#X connect 4 0 11 0;
+#X connect 5 0 6 0;
+#X connect 6 0 7 0;
 #X connect 7 0 8 0;
 #X connect 8 0 9 0;
 #X connect 9 0 10 0;
-#X connect 10 0 11 0;
-#X connect 11 0 12 0;
-#X connect 12 0 4 0;
-#X connect 13 0 17 1;
-#X connect 14 0 15 0;
-#X connect 15 0 6 0;
-#X connect 16 0 2 0;
-#X connect 16 0 11 0;
-#X connect 17 0 16 0;
-#X connect 18 0 17 0;
-#X connect 21 0 19 0;
+#X connect 10 0 2 0;
+#X connect 11 0 15 1;
+#X connect 12 0 13 0;
+#X connect 13 0 4 0;
+#X connect 14 0 1 0;
+#X connect 14 0 9 0;
+#X connect 15 0 14 0;
+#X connect 16 0 15 0;
+#X connect 19 0 17 0;
+#X connect 20 0 0 0;
diff --git a/src/LibPDEngine.cpp b/src/LibPDEngine.cpp
index a0ebac1..6c23a74 100644
--- a/src/LibPDEngine.cpp
+++ b/src/LibPDEngine.cpp
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ void LibPDEngine::receiveLights(const char* s) {
 	std::string str = std::string(s);
 	std::vector<std::string> atoms = split(str, ' ');
 
-	if (atoms[0] == "toVCV:") {
+	if (atoms[0] == "toPrototype:") {
 		// parse lights list
 		bool light_is_valid = true;
 		int light_idx = -1;
@@ -277,14 +277,14 @@ void LibPDEngine::sendKnob(const int idx, const float value) {
 	std::string knob = "K" + std::to_string(idx + 1);
 	libpd_start_message(1);
 	libpd_add_float(value);
-	libpd_finish_message("fromVCV", knob.c_str());
+	libpd_finish_message("fromPrototype", knob.c_str());
 }
 
 void LibPDEngine::sendSwitch(const int idx, const bool value) {
 	std::string sw = "S" + std::to_string(idx + 1);
 	libpd_start_message(1);
 	libpd_add_float(value);
-	libpd_finish_message("fromVCV", sw.c_str());
+	libpd_finish_message("fromPrototype", sw.c_str());
 }
 
 void LibPDEngine::sendInitialStates(const ProcessBlock* block) {