Operation Manual

14 Introduction

• Mac OS - Double-click on the String Studio VS icon located in the Applications folder.

Before you start exploring the factory presets, take a moment to set up you audio and MIDI

conﬁguration as explained below.

Audio Conﬁguration

Audio conﬁguration tools are available from the Audio menu. The Audio Settings function allows

you to select an audio output device from a list, organized by driver type, of those available on your

computer. On Windows, if you have ASIO drivers available, these should be selected for optimum

performance. Multi-channel interfaces will have their outputs listed as stereo pairs.

• Select your sound card port from the list in the Audio Conﬁguration dialog from the Audio

> Audio Settings ... menu.

For more detailed information on audio conﬁguration, sampling rate selection and latency ad-

justments, please refer to section 6.3.

MIDI Conﬁguration

MIDI conﬁguration tools are available from the MIDI menu.

• Select your MIDI input device from the list in the MIDI Conﬁguration window available

from the MIDI > MIDI Settings . . . menu.

For more detailed information on Audio and MIDI conﬁguration, MIDI links and MIDI maps,

please refer to Chapter 6.

1.4.2 Exploring the factory presets

Factory presets can easily be accessed using the ‘+” and ‘−” buttons in the lower left corner of the

toolbar. These buttons are used to navigate through a list of 128 numbered presets called programs.

The content of this program list can be viewed by clicking on the H button of the toolbar. The

number of the current program used and the name of the associated preset appear on the right of

this button. Programs can also be changed by using the ‘+” and ‘−” keys from the computer

keyboard or by selecting programs directly from the list displayed after clicking clicking on the H

button.

Presets can also be accessed using the browser appearing on the left of String Studio VS. This

browser is similar to the browser your operating system generates to display the contents of your

hard disk, or your email program uses to organize your mail and address book. When launching the