Akai Professional Advance 49 Guide D'utilisation Rapide page 4

7. 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.
8. On Advance 49, 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 49 in this kind of setup, please see
Setup Scenarios > With VIP in Your
With VIP in Standalone Mode (Without a DAW)
To set up Advance 49 with VIP in Standalone Mode:
1. Power on your Advance 49.
2. Open VIP. By default, VIP is installed in [your hard drive] \ Program Files \ VstPlugins (Windows) or
Applications (macOS).
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 49, 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 49 in this kind of setup, please see
Setup Scenarios > With VIP in Standalone Mode (Without a
With Your DAW Only
To set up Advance 49 with your DAW only:
1. Power on your Advance 49, and open your DAW in your computer.
2. Make sure Advance 49 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 49 in this kind of setup, please see
Setup Scenarios > With Your DAW
With External MIDI Equipment (Without a Computer)
To set up Advance 49 with external MIDI equipment:
1. Power on your Advance 49 and your external MIDI device.
2. If you are using a standard power adapter connected to Advance 49's Power Input, you can start
playing immediately. Advance 49 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 49, 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 49 in this kind of setup, please see
Setup Scenarios > With External MIDI Equipment (Without a
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