VS as a plug-in in your DAW

VS can run inside your DAW as an AU, VST, or VST3 plug-in. There are three common ways to use it:

1. Use VS as an instrument and receive MIDI

This lets you trigger visuals with MIDI from other tracks.

Load VS (instrument) on its own instrument track.
In your DAW, route MIDI from other tracks to this one.
VS can receive MIDI on up to 16 separate channels, letting you trigger different layers independently. For information on how to use MIDI in VS, see Setting up MIDI reactive visuals.

Note: Your DAW must support MIDI routing to Instrument tracks, or to the plug-in directly. Check your DAW's documentation if you're unsure.

Lets you send audio from other tracks to VS for audio-reactive visuals.

Load VS (Instrument) on its own track.
Route audio from another track into the VS track. The audio will come through the 1/2 stereo bus, available in the Audio Modulators (A) and Layer Properties → Input (B). *

VSfx is the Effect version of VS. It can be placed directly on an audio track as an insert effect.

Load VSfx on an audio or instrument track.
The audio from that track is automatically sent into VS. Access the incoming signal via Bus 1/2 in the Audio Modulators and Layer Properties → Input. *