diff --git a/Bridge.md b/Bridge.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b448535 --- /dev/null +++ b/Bridge.md @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +# 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. + +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. + +### Setting up Bridge in Rack + +- Add an Audio or MIDI module to Rack from the [Core](Core.md) plugin, and select "Bridge" from the driver dropdown list. +- Open the device menu to select the Bridge port. + +Up to 8 channels of audio entering the Bridge effect plugin are routed to the INPUT section of the Audio module in Rack and then back to the effect plugin. + +The 16 automation parameters in the VST/AU Bridge plugin simply generate MIDI-CC messages 0-15, so you can use a [Core MIDI-CC](Core.md#midi-cc) interface to convert them to 0-10 V signals in Rack. + +### 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. + +#### Ableton Live +TODO + +#### Cubase +TODO + +#### FL Studio +TODO + +#### Propellerhead Reason +TODO + +#### REAPER +TODO