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Quick start

This page walks you from a fresh VXN1 instance to a playable sound in about a minute.

Load the plugin

In your DAW, create a MIDI track and insert VXN1 as the instrument. The default patch is a saw-saw poly sound with chorus on — play a chord and you should hear a clear, slightly-detuned pad.

A tour of the faceplate

The default patch loads the Init state, which is a deliberately neutral starting point:

SectionDefault
Osc 1Saw, octave 0, level 0.8
Osc 2Saw, octave −1, level 0.6
Sub / NoiseOff
FilterLP, 24 dB/oct, cutoff 1 kHz, resonance 0.2, drive 1.0
Env 1 (mod)A 5 ms / D 300 ms / S 0 / R 300 ms, linear
Env 2 (amp)A 5 ms / D 200 ms / S 0.8 / R 300 ms, exponential
LFO 1Sine, 5 Hz, free-running off
LFO 2Sine, 5 Hz
ChorusOn, rate 0.6 Hz, mix 0.4
Oversample2×

Both oscillators are at full saw, and Env 2 (the amplitude envelope) is hardwired to the VCA — you’ll always hear sound at note-on.

Make a bass

  1. Filter: drop cutoff to ~400 Hz, push resonance to 0.5, drive to 1.5.
  2. Env 1: sustain 0, decay 200 ms.
  3. Filter Mod: set Cutoff Env Dep to about +48 (one octave open with each note).
  4. Voice: change Assign to Solo, set Glide Time to 30–50 ms.
  5. Chorus: turn off for a drier bass tone.

Make a pad

  1. Env 2: attack 800 ms, release 1.5 s, sustain 0.8.
  2. Filter: cutoff 2 kHz, slope 24 dB, resonance 0.1.
  3. Filter Mod: Cutoff LFO2 Dep ≈ +12, LFO 2 Rate ≈ 0.3 Hz for slow filter sweeps.
  4. Pitch Mod: LFO source = LFO 1, depth ≈ 0.1 st for subtle vibrato.
  5. Chorus: depth 0.7, mix 0.5.
  6. Reverb: on, size 0.6, decay 4 s, mix 0.35.

Make a lead

  1. Voice: Assign = Solo, Legato = on, Glide Time 80 ms.
  2. Cross-Mod Type = Sync, Cross-Mod Amount ~1.5, Osc 2 Coarse +7 — classic sync-lead character.
  3. Env 1: short attack, decay 150 ms, sustain 0; Cutoff Env Dep +24 for the snap.
  4. Mod Wheel: route Wheel→PWM 0.2, Wheel→Cutoff +18 — your wheel becomes a brightness/movement control.

Save your patch

The preset bar at the top of the faceplate (between the banner and the first row of controls) handles save/load: < name > walks through the combined factory + user list, Browse opens the folder/preset panel, Save overwrites the current user preset, Save As opens a name/folder dialog. New user presets land in:

  • macOS: ~/Library/Audio/Presets/Vulpus Labs/VXN1/
  • Windows: %APPDATA%\Vulpus Labs\VXN1\Presets
  • Linux: $XDG_DATA_HOME/VXN1/presets (fallback: ~/.local/share/VXN1/presets)

See Presets for the full preset model.

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