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# Quick Start

*TODO Update for v1*
Once Rack is installed and launched *(see [Installing](Installing.html))*, you will see the default template project.

Once Rack is installed and launched *(see [Installing](Installing.html))*, you will see an empty rack with a toolbar.
![Initial patch](images/QS_TemplateSong.png)

![Initial patch](images/initialpatch.png)
This patch is designed to familerise yourself with how VCV Rack works. The modules in this patch are from VCV Fundamental plugins, from left to right they are:

Add a module by right-clicking on an empty space on the rack or by pressing `<enter>`.
Select the [Core](Core.html) plugin and then Audio to connect Rack to an audio device on your computer.
**Midi CV:** Takes input from the user and converts it into voltages which VCV Rack understands.

![Module Browser](images/modulebrowser.png)
**VCO-1:** Voltage Controled Oscillator with individual Sine, Triangle, Saw and Square waveform ouputs. The Frequency knob sets the pitch of the oscillator.

**VCF:** Voltage Contolled Filter, applies a filtering effect to the sound output which in this case is coming from the Saw output on VCO-1.

**ADSR:** Attack Decay Sustain Release, Converts note on/off or triggered intput into time based envelope signal which can shape how the volume of the sound is preceived by the ear. Each stage on the envelope can be set by a knob or by modulation from another source.

**Scope:** Displays voltages of any cable connected to it, in this patch the Saw waveform will display (channel output 1) from the mixer is connected (Yellow Cable). The time or zoom of the waveform can be set with the Time knob.

**Mixer:** Mixes different signals together the sliders set the volume of the connected signal. In the default patch the output is coming from the Voltage Controlled Filter(VCF) via VCO-1 Saw output. There is also modulation coming from the ADSR envelope, when a note on/off message is recieved from Midi-CV the volume will go up/down respective to the envelope shape being generated by ADSR.

**Audio-8:** Sends digital information, generated by plugins in your Rack, to your audio device / interface which is then converted into anolog information to be heard.

Adding additional modules can be done by right-clicking on an empty space on the rack or by pressing `<enter>`.
![Module Browser](images/QS_Browser.png)

When you have more plugins added via your VCV account they will display once the module browser is opened. Filtering for specific modules can be done by searching or by clicking on indivdual tags.

You can move modules around by clicking and dragging an empty space on its panel. Additionally you can make room for another module in between two or more modules by pressing CTRL / CMD and clicking an empty space on the panel you want to move.

Open the module browser and add LFO-1 to the patch.

You can move the module by clicking and dragging an empty space on its panel.
Select an audio driver and device by clicking on Audio's digital display.

![Audio interface patch](images/audiopatch.png)



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