Akai MAX25 appendix Vyzex Editor, To use AkaiConnect, Click the Plug-In Wrapping tab

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* The CV OUT will function only if MAX25 is connected to a power source using the power adapter.

Vyzex Editor

With MAX25 connected to your computer, you can use the included Vyzex program to edit MAX25's various parameter settings. You can edit the same settings in MAX25's four modes (see the Modes section of this manual), but Vyzex is an easy, intuitive program for adjusting your settings in a software application instead of MAX25's interface.

To learn more about Vyzex's features, click Manuals in the program's top menu bar, and select one of the manuals, which will open a PDF.

AkaiConnect

AkaiConnect allows you to use MAX25 to control your VST plug-in's parameters. MAX25's controls will be mapped automatically by default, but you can use AkaiConnect to edit or customize these mappings as you wish. You can also save your custom mappings for later use.

To use AkaiConnect:

1.Connect MAX25 to your computer.

2.Open AkaiConnect.

3.Click the Plug-In Wrapping tab.

4.Click Select in the upper left corner.

5.Select the folder in computer where you store your VST plug-ins, and click OK. (If your plug-ins are stored in different folders, select the higher-level folder that contains those folders.)

6.A list of your available plug-ins will appear. For any plug-ins you want to use with MAX25 in your DAW, click the button under the Wrapped column so it reads Yes. Leave AkaiConnect open.

7.Open your DAW.

8.View your list of available plug-ins in your DAW. For any plug-in you previously "wrapped," there will be a duplicate that has "[AC]" in its name. To use MAX25 to control that plug-in, select that duplicate version. (AkaiConnect must remain open.)

9.Optional: AkaiConnect pre-maps many of those plug-ins' parameters to MAX25's controls. To customize the control mapping further, click the Control Mapping tab in the AkaiConnect window. This tab represents MAX25's controls: TOUCH FADERS, S-SWITCHES, FADER/SWITCH BANK BUTTONS, and FOOTSWITCHES. You will see the plug-in's parameters automatically assigned to these controls, but you can use the drop-down menu next to each virtual control to select a different parameter. There are also buttons that allow you to delete the current map, reset the map to its default, or to retain (save) the map for later use.

CV

MAX25's CV OUT* sends 0-5V with 1V per octave, allowing you a five-octave range when using it with an external module that uses CV.

When using MAX25 with an external CV module, make sure of the following:

•Your CV module has an identical voltage range (0-5V). If it is different, the "scaling" of the octaves may sound very unusual!

•You have connected the device to MAX25's CV OUT, using a standard 1/4" TS cable.

•You have set MAX25 to send CV/Gate information over the proper channel. See the CV/Gate part of the Global Mode section for information about this.

If you are using MAX25 with an external CV module		Essentially, this option lets you use MAX25
and your computer, also make sure of the following:
		as a MIDI-to-CV converter, allowing your
•	Use the included power adapter to connect MAX25
		DAW to send data to your external CV
	to a power source before connecting it to your
		module (through MAX25).
	computer's USB port.
•	Set MAX25 to send CV/Gate information over the
	same channel over which your DAW sends data to MAX25 (e.g., if your DAW is sending data to
	MAX25 over USB Port A, Channel 3, set MAX25's CV/Gate setting as "USB A3"). See the CV/Gate
	part of the Global Mode section for information about this.