diff --git a/Bridge.md b/Bridge.md index b448535..687e214 100644 --- a/Bridge.md +++ b/Bridge.md @@ -1,12 +1,9 @@ # VCV Bridge Rack is a standalone DAW-like application and not a VST/AU plugin because of the major limitations of these formats. -It is common to think of physical modular synthesizers as entire self-contained DAWs, and many people use Rack as a complete DAW to compose music and build patches without other software. +It is common to think of physical modular synthesizers as entire self-contained DAWs, so many people use Rack as a complete DAW to compose music and build patches without other software. However, *VCV Bridge* allows audio and MIDI to be transferred between Rack and your DAW through the included VST/AU Bridge plugin. -Currently VCV Bridge is only a VST/AU effect plugin (Mac and 32/64-bit Windows) for using Rack as a send/return on a DAW track. - -*Note: VSTi/AU instrument plugins, MIDI, and DAW clock transport are coming soon in a later Rack 0.6.x update.* The setup order between Rack and your DAW does not matter. @@ -22,11 +19,20 @@ The 16 automation parameters in the VST/AU Bridge plugin simply generate MIDI-CC ### Setting up Bridge in your DAW - Make sure the VST or AU Bridge plugin is installed, and launch your DAW. -- Add the "VCV Bridge" effect plugin to an audio track. -- Open the plugin parameters (e.g. by clicking the plugin's triangle arrow in Ableton Live) to reveal the Bridge port setting and 16 automation parameters. +- Add the "VCV Bridge" plugin to a track. +- Open the plugin parameters to reveal the Bridge port setting and 16 automation parameters. #### Ableton Live -TODO + +Add a "VCV-Bridge" plugin to a MIDI track and open the automation parameters by clicking the triangle icon next to the plugin's name. +*Bridge* will send MIDI and receive audio from Rack. + +To send audio to Rack, select the Bridge's track under the "Audio To" menu on another track, and optionally select the channel pair (1/2, 3/4, 5/6, or 6/7). + +To record audio from Rack, create a new audio track and select the Bridge's track and optionally the channel pair under the "Audio From" menu. +Make sure "Monitor" is set to "In" on the Bridge's track to enable audio output even when it is not record-enabled. + +![Ableton Live VCV Bridge](images/Bridge Live.png) #### Cubase TODO diff --git a/DSP.md b/DSP.md index b6bad21..cf5b565 100644 --- a/DSP.md +++ b/DSP.md @@ -218,4 +218,5 @@ Although the impulse response is infinitely long, restricting it to a finite ran - profiling - mathematical optimization - vector instructions + - memory access - compiler optimization diff --git a/images/Bridge Live.png b/images/Bridge Live.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..540cb57 Binary files /dev/null and b/images/Bridge Live.png differ