Global Configuration
Usine's global setup tab. Change favorites folders for your personal library, Sounds, videos, fixtures and MIDI files and for the recording, various interface layouts and performances options.
Import old setup
Imports all the settings from a previous Usine's installation. Click the button and select the folder (Win) or the .app (MAC) of the previous version.
This will copy the
/Usine/Config/folder of the old Usine to the new installation, including Snapshots, Devices, Addons, Browser Favorites, Plug-ins, Templates, Trash, Recent workspaces.
Requires a restart of Usine to apply the change.
Global Interface
main language
Sets the language Usine is displayed in. Usine can display either English or French.
color Style
Color style of Usine.
Start Up
Various start-up options.
full screen
Opens the main interface in full screen when Usine starts
load wkp
Name of the workspace to load at startup.
Touch Screen
Touch-screen options
global zoom scale
Allows the adjustment of zoom for the entire Usine interface.
Useful to adjust the interface size on tablets.
enable touch screen
Enable/Disable the touch screen feature.
Windows only
trace Gestures names
Traces gesture's names (the finger movement recognition).
See multi-touch for more infos.
use virtual keyboard
Displays the virtual keyboard when text entry is needed. Useful on tablets.
Performances
Various tweak options of the engine.
low graphic quality
Option to toggle in low graphic quality to increase the global performance. Low graphic quality can reduce significantly CPU load, but also reduce graphic precision.
refresh speed
Sets the global Usine refresh speed. For low value (5 ms) Usine is very reactive and the graphic display looks smooth but cost a lot of CPU.
25 ms is a good value in most situations.
max number of threads
Determines the maximum number of threads allowed in Usine.
Each rack is processed in a separate thread. Good values are from 16 to 32.
disk Buffer size
Disk Buffer Size of the reading audio file buffer.
A good value is around 1000ms. Increase if you use large multi-channels files.
CPU load max
Sets the CPU protection level. If the CPU Load is greater than the CPU maximum level, the audio engine stops for few seconds, to avoid hard crash of your system.
Generally 90% is a good value for a single core processor. If you don't want use this protection set the value to 100%.
personal folders
Personal folders will appear in the browser-panel.
patch library
Specifies patches and workspaces library browser default path.
user modules folder
Specifies user modules library browser default path.
sound files folder
Specifies your Sound browser personnal sounds default path.
By default it's the /Music/ folder of your system.
bank files folder
Specifies your banks browser default path.
Banks are used in audio-sampler-midi modules.
midi files folder
Specifies your MIDI files browser default path.
fixtures files folder
Specifies your spots files browser default path.
video files folder
Specifies your Video files browser default path.
recorded files folder
Specifies the default record out path for audio files.
By default it's the /Music/ folder of your system.
External wave editor
wave editor
Specifies your favorite wave editor path.
floating windows
Switch the selected windows into floating mode.
floating window for patches
Switch the patch-editor-panel into a floating window.
floating window for settings
Switch the settings-panel into a floating window.
floating window for grid
Switch the grid-panel into a floating window.
floating window for popups
Switch the panel-popup into a floating window.