With Vip In Standalone Mode (Without A Daw); With Your Daw Only; With External Midi Equipment (Without A Computer) - Akai Advance 61 User Manual

With VIP in Standalone Mode (Without a DAW)

To set up Advance 61 with VIP in Standalone Mode:
1. Power on your Advance 61.
2. Open VIP. By default, VIP is installed in [your hard drive] \ Program Files \ VstPlugins (Windows) or
Applications (Mac OS X).
3. In VIP, click the Settings menu and select Plugin Manager.
4. At the bottom of the Plugin Manager window, click one of the Plugin Folder fields, and then select the
folder where your instrument plugins are located on your computer. You can select up to two locations
(one for each Plugin Folder field).
5. Click Scan. VIP will scan the folder/folders for available plugins, which will appear in the list. When the
process is complete, click OK to close the Settings window. VIP will return to its main window and begin
importing the patches (presets) for all of your scanned plugins. This can take several minutes.
6. On Advance 61, turn the Data Dial to browse your list of patches in the display (the plug-in name will
appear under the patch name). Press the Data Dial to load one.
To learn more about how you can use Advance 61 in this kind of setup, please see
Scenarios > With VIP in Standalone Mode (Without a

With Your DAW Only

To set up Advance 61 with your DAW only:
1. Power on your Advance 61, and open your DAW in your computer.
2. Make sure Advance 61 is selected as a controller in your DAW—you can usually do this in your DAW's
Preferences, Device Setup, or Options.
3. In your DAW, create a new MIDI track (i.e., not an audio track).
To learn more about how you can use Advance 61 in this kind of setup, please see
Scenarios > With Your DAW

With External MIDI Equipment (Without a Computer)

To set up Advance 61 with external MIDI equipment:
1. Power on your Advance 61 and your external MIDI device.
2. If you are using a standard power adapter connected to Advance 61's Power Input, you can start
playing immediately. Advance 61 is automatically set to send all of its MIDI messages to your external
MIDI device via the MIDI Out.
If you are using a USB charger to power Advance 61, set any relevant controls to send their MIDI
messages out of the MIDI Out. Any controls set to transmit only over the USB Port will not be sent to
your external MIDI device.
To learn more about how you can use Advance 61 in this kind of setup, please see
Scenarios > With External MIDI Equipment (Without a
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