The main configuration panel for all your Audio and MIDI Devices, your personal folders for Sounds and Plug-ins, Network use and the Kiosk mode, see each link to access a specific tab.
Usine's global setup tab. Various interface layouts and performances options.
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 /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.
Sets the language Usine is displayed in, English or French.
Color style of Usine.
Allows the adjustment of zoom for the entire Usine interface.
Useful to adjust the interface size on tablets.
Various tweaking options of the engine.
Turns on the hardware graphic acceleration for the GUI of Usine. Sometime the graphic card can de in conflict with sound card drivers.
It may seem counter-intuitive, but for video projects it is better to disable hardware acceleration in order to give the video engine full access to the graphics card, and not share it with the Usine interface.
Usine will use a 2 steps buffering for drawing. This improves the graphic performances, but decrease the render quality especially when controls are zoomed.
Try to draw text faster, but takes more memory.
Option to choose the graphic quality to increase the global performance. Low graphic quality can reduce significantly CPU load, but also reduces graphic precision.
Sets the global Usine refresh speed. For low value (5 ms) Usine is very reactive and the graphic display looks smooth but cost more CPU.
25 ms is a good value in most situations.
Determines the maximum number of threads allowed in Usine.
Each rack is processed in a separate thread.
Some heavy modules and sub-patch calculation are split into several sub-threads. This Number of sub-threads max allowed, you can increase it if your CPU has a lot of cores.
Disk Buffer Size of the reading audio file buffer.
A good value is around 2000ms. Increase if you use large multi-channels files.
Sets the CPU protection level. If the CPU Load is greater than the CPU maximum level, the process engine stops for few seconds, to avoid hard crash of your system.
Generally 90% is a good value modern processor. If you want to disable this protection set the value to 100%.
Ask Usine to refresh the GUI as often as possible, but always in the background. Increase fluidity at the expense of CPU consumption.
Switch the selected windows into floating mode.
Switch the patch-editor-panel into a floating window.
Switch the settings-panel into a floating window.
Height of the settings window in percent of the screen height.
Only if floating window for settings is activated
Switch the grid-panel into a floating window.
Switch the panel-popup into a floating window.
Audio and sound cards settings.
Choose your sound card driver mode in the available drivers list.
Choose the device for the selected driver.
Number of inputs of the selected Sound card.
Number of outputs of the selected Sound card.
Choose the working sample rate.
Remember that 44100Hz is generally enough for live situations and CPU friendly.
Buffer size in sample (latency).
Don't forget that in the real world (not in the marketing) all drivers have 1 input and 2 output buffers. It means that to get the real latency, you always have to multiply by at least 3!
Click to open the Sound card panel.
WIN only.
In Usine (like in almost all audio softwares) the audio flow is sliced and processed by blocks. This parameter indicates the current block size.
Activates Audio inputs to makes them available in Usine.
Activates Audio outputs to makes them available in Usine.
Soft Clipping limiter: prevent audio saturation of the sound card.
Lets you know the state of the audio engine and if it is active.
Gain applied when you pre-listen a sample in the browser-panel.
Specifies your favorite wave editor path.
MIDI global settings.
Rescans and updates the list of available MIDI devices connected to the system.
Can be used for Hot plugged in MIDI devices.
Resets all MIDI devices connected to the system (shutdown an reopen).
If a device fails to respond, this option is useful to reset the device in hopes of regaining functionality.
Can be used for Hot plugged in MIDI devices.
Shows available and connected MIDI devices. It allows you to activate devices you want to use.
For example in the picture below, the Launchpad mini controller is enabled and ready to use as MIDI Input.
Activates the built-in MIDI-to-LAN interface that allows MIDI communication between computers running Usine on the Local Network.
Tells Usine to remember device names during MIDI-learn. Thus, the MIDI assignment will also depend on the device used.
When ON, the MIDI feedback is sent to all motorized devices, even if they are not concerned by the MIDI learn.
Since HH3.0.133 the MIDI learn is associated with the name of the device. When this option is ON it turns Usine to old (prior HH3.0.133) MIDI feedback behavior.
When activated, Usine sends the a MIDI All Note Off message when sync has stopped.
Some MIDI controllers send continuously active sensing messages. When ON, Usine filters them directly.
This way the trace panel and your MIDI devices are not polluted by this message.
When this option is activated, Usine will automatically activate all available MIDI inputs.
When this option is activated, Usine will automatically activate all available MIDI outputs.
Various MIDI SHOW CONTROL settings for the reception of MSC information's.
Current Usine's MSC device ID.
Current Usine's MSC group.
Current Usine's reception MSC format.
Global configuration parameters for ArtNet, sACN and DMX .
The Usine's light engine can manage Enttec Open DMX, Enttec USB pro devices, as well as all ArtNet and sACN devices connected to the Ethernet port.
But on Mac OSX you'll probably have installation troubles with DMXUSB PRO devices. It's generally caused by FTDI drivers conflicts. So in this case you can try the utility app free FTDI Driver Control 1.0.3 to disable the built-in FTDI driver.
Rescans all connected USB DMX devices. Usine can connect up to four devices.
Resets all connected devices (shutdown and restart). Use it if you encounter issues.
List of Connected USB DMX devices to activate inside Usine.
Turns the DMX engine ON. Must be activated to run Usine's DMX.
Number of actives plots.
Turns the ArtNet engine ON.
Output port used for the ArtNet communication (send messages). By default the port is 6454.
Activates the reception of ArtNet messages in Usine. To get messages use the light-artnet-sacn-input.
Input port used for the ArtNet communication (get incoming messages). By default the port is 6454.
When ON Usine's, Usine will automatically send 'ArtNet Poll' data to retrieve all connected devices.
Sends an 'ArtNet Poll' data manually, useless if ArtNet automatic poll is ON.
List of all connected ArtNet devices.
Turns the sACN engine ON.
Output port used for the sACN communication (send messages). By default the port is 5568.
Activates the reception of sACN messages in Usine. To get messages use the light-artnet-sacn-input.
Input port used for the sACN communication (get incoming messages). By default the port is 5568.
Sets the maximum DMX frame rate (packets sent per second). Usine will send packets only if necessary.
Clears all DMX parameter set as "master" when the engine is turned OFF (Blackout).
Video options of Usine.
Activates/deactivates the video engine.
Activates/deactivates the video inputs devices (several inputs possible). Also choose the resolution and framerate in the list of possible settings.
For IP camera's you must use the video-ip-camera module.
Choose the target format of the video ie. the final display form factor like 16/9, 3/4, etc. All video player modules will automatically adapt the videos to the proportions of the final target.
If not defined is chosen, the scaling will be done at the end of the process, generally in the output video device.
Video engine speed in fps (frames per second). It concerns only the internal video engine of Usine. and has a limited impact on the real output framerate. Hi values can overload CPU but improve the fluidity. The recommended value is 100 fps
Determines the mix-down strategy when 2 video flow are in the same wire and have to be mixed together.
Determines the quality used for images resampling and rescaling.
When ON Usine will use the legacy output device as it was in HH4. Otherwise (OFF), a new device module will be used and the global fluidity will be improved.
When ON the video-player-image preloads images in memory. It can reduce the access time of images but increases the memory load.
If enabled (ON') the Usine graphics engine will give absolute priority to video. This may cause a decrease in the fluidity of the interface to the benefit of the fluidity of the video.
Most of video files are compressed to keep their size on disk as small as possible. The main drawback is that it's generally impossible to play frames in a random order, especially backward (You can only play a video forward).
If you want to have a precise access to frames, convert video files into motion-JPEG with the convert video to motionJPEG tool.
You can also convert the file into separated images (one image per frame) with the convert video to images tool. Then, images can be loaded into Video Player Image module.
Converts a Video file into separated JPG images, to be able to load them into Video Player Image module.
Converts a Video file into separated PNG images, to be able to load them into Video Player Image module.
Convert a Video file into a motionJPEG format file. It increases the size on disk but can solve many frame to frame access issues.
Compression rate used for the motionJPEG compression. Low values for best quality, hi values for low quality.
This option is only visible in God Mode
Convert a Video file into a HAP format file. It increases the size on disk but can solve many frame to frame access issues. See hap codec.
Extracts the audio flow of a video into a wav file to be able to load it into a Sampler module.
Global configuration parameters for laser devices.
Actually Usine works only with Helios Laser DAC. Other DAC's will coming soon. The laser module is only available for Windows OS.
Lists all the Helios-laser-DAC devices available on the computer.
ID of each Helios-laser-DAC available.
Maximum speed of the laser's devices in point-per-second.
Sets favorites folders for your personal library, Sounds, videos, fixtures and MIDI files and for the recording, etc. Personal folders will appear in the browser-panel.
Specifies patches, racks, devices and workspaces library browser's path.
Specifies sounds library browser's path.
By default it's the /Music/ folder of your system.
Specifies where sounds recorded in Usine are saved by default.
Specifies your Video files browser's path.
Specifies where sounds recorded in Usine are saved by default.
Specifies your other paths, Banks and MIDI files, fixtures, user modules and the the default record out for audio files.
When ON Usine use the local path /temp inside the Usine app package : /Config/Temp
. When OFF it use the default system /temp folder.
Clear the /Usine/Config/Cache/
folder. The Cache folder is used for a fast access to patches, workspaces thumbnails on the start page and the browser.
Clear the /Usine/Config/AudioPeaks/
folder. The AudioPeaks folder is used to store audio peaks files for display waveforms.
You can specify up to 6 different folders for your plug-ins.
On Windows, default VST Plug-ins folder is
generally C:Program Files/VSTPlugIns
.
On MAC, plug-ins are located at /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/
.
If you add or install a new Plug-in, you can quickly check the plug-ins folder and update the browser.
Use this button to rescan all the plug-ins folders from scratch.
Usine's modular setup tab.
example of modular interface
Sets the opacity for the wires.
Sets the gravity for the wires.
minimum gravity
Sets the width for the wires.
maximum width
Display the range indicator on the modules modular-in
ON OFF
The OSC and Network options of Usine where you can activate OSC (Open Sound Control) and share on network capabilities.
Turns the network and OSC engine ON (receive and send).
Speed of the network engine when data are sent. For a speed=20ms, Usine sends data and SHARED commands every 20 milliseconds.
The local ports numbers used to receive OSC messages.
Can be a comma separated list of integers in the range [0..65535].
For example 2002
or 2002,2003,5623,1336
Size of the buffer for incoming network data. Increase it if you receive a large amount of data.
Name of the OSC messages translator file. Can be used to convert automatically convert incoming or outgoing OSC messages. See osc-translator.
List of addresses of the computer on the local Network, called the local IP address. If you see 127.0.0.1
it means that you're not connected to a Network.
Only available when share active or OSC active is ON.
Name of the computer as seen on the Network.
Turns the Network share engine ON.
Port number used on the network for patch sharing. This port is determined automatically by Usine according to the number of Usine instances present in localhost.
Subnet mask used for network sharing for detection of other Usine on the network.
Can be used to restrict the shared network to a sub net.
Sends tempo and synchronization information's to the Network. This computer will be considered as a master.
Only one connected computer should have this option to avoid conflicts
Sends and synchronize information's about sections to the Network. This computer will be considered as a master.
Only one connected computer should have this option to avoid conflicts
When ON, it automatically synchronizes grids of all connected computer to the master grid.
On slaves computers, new buses are created:
Sends playlist information's to the Network. This computer will be considered as a master.
Only one connected computer should have this option to avoid conflicts
When ON, it automatically synchronizes playlist of all connected computer to the master grid.
Global option to disable or enable the sharing of global-arrays modules. When this option is ON, Usine can send all values over the network.
When OFF, sending is disabled even if the send to shared computers setting of global-arrays modules is activated.
Displays the list of all the connected computers on the Network running Usine.
Share active must be ON on all connected computers.
You need a connection to get help pages inside Usine or to register with your activation key. You can disable the internet connexion in expert-tab disable-internet-connexion.
Read only property which indicates if Usine is connected to internet.
The test for connection is made at startup, so if its status has changed you must use the command test internet connection bellow.
Address of the computer on internet.
Only available when is connected to internet is ON.
Tests manually internet availability.
Allows the remote control of Usine from a web page. See remote-control.
Turns ON/OFF the remote control capabilities.
ID used for remote control identification. Must be a string with letters and digits in the set [A..Z,a..z,0..9].
Address of the remote access server, by default http://remote.brainmodular.com/.
Port used by the web socket to communicate with Usine. By default 80, change it if this port is already used on your computer.
Files used as response for the webserver. Only used for a local network connexion.
Indicates if Usine is currently connected to a remote web page. Inside a patch you can use this field with the usine-setup-settings module.
Usine's touch screens setup tab.
Windows only.
Enable/Disable the touch screen feature.
When ON, Usine considers two consecutive touch-down as a double click.
Traces gesture's names (the finger movement recognition).
See multi-touch for more infos.
Displays the virtual keyboard when text entry is needed. Useful on tablets.
Determines the zoom applied to the virtual keyboard.
Various settings and commands for expert users.
Various option applied when Usine starts.
Opens the main interface in full screen when Usine starts.
Size in height of the Usine window at startup.
Size in width of the Usine window at startup.
Turns the main process engine ON automatically.
Starts the grid-panel automatically.
Only if the grid is not empty.
Opens the grid-panel automatically.
Only if the grid is not empty.
Opens the interface builder automatically.
Affiche la toolbox automatiquement.
Various option applied when Usine quits.
Determines if the configuration files is automatically saved when Usine quits. Disable for special installation to be sure that the original setup will never be lost if the user has changed it.
Determines if Usine is cleaned on quit. If disabled Usine will quit much faster but, with some workspaces, will not be destroyed properly by the Operating System.
Width of the items in the settings-panel.
Do not display the white square around selected objects.
Extends the characters set to resolve some compatibility of file names with special characters.
Mac OSX only
Disable the display of values in red when the size is flux is zero.
Choose between smooth Bezier or straight curves in the patch-editor-panel.
Bezier curves enabled
Bezier curves disabled
Enable or disable the smoothing of CPU consumption values in the patch-editor-panel.
CPU consumption smooth enabled smooth disabled
The controls are surrounded by a clear edge when activated by a remote control (MIDI or OSC learn for example), the network or an automation. When this option is active, edge drawing is disabled and may reduce graphics engine load in case of heavy remote control flow.
Disables the display of context menu icons.
Enables the color animation when a control is hoovered.
Does not display the assignment indicator.
Disables displaying settings in a separate window when pinned.
Disables the internet connection of Usine.
Disables the message "this patch/workspace has been created with a newer version of Usine, please upgrade".
Usine will not verify that the workspace/patch you want to load is compatible with the current version.
Be aware that, generally, newer workspaces/patches are not compatible with an old version of Usine and can't be loaded properly.
Disables display of hints strings.
Disables display of hints strings on modules in the patching panel.
Determines the time delay for displaying hints when the mouse stops moving.
Disables display of tips strings.
Ensure that the pitch of audio files is correct whatever the sound card sampling rate.
Disables the locator-panel when media files are missing in the workspaces, racks and patches. Missing files will be ignored.
Maximum number of opened files in Usine. On OSX a process can open only 256 files at the same time (ie: audio files with the stay-on-disk option or video files). To ensure Usine's stability, you must keep the limit under the maximum allowed. more info
Disables the trace warning when you try to modify a locked object (ie. step-panel).
Disables having to click on an object to zoom with the mouse wheel.
Disables all the hidden-string.
Disables all Usine's key learns. Either completely or only in kiosk mode.
Disables the ability to rename objects with the [alt+click] combination.
Disables the ability to zoom with the mouse wheel.
If this option is activated, when you export a workspace, Usine will create folder with all patches and racks exported as individual files.
Disables all file-lister modules.
Disables the appearance of the trace-panel when an error occurs. Either completely or only in kiosk mode.
Opens the convolver panel.
Adds various options and tweaking commands like save screen shot, gives an access to additional settings and displays more internal error messages. It also activates the debug mode of Usine. Various intern error messages will be displayed but Usine will be slower.
Extend the objects-address to all the settings of the object (not only usual parameters).
on large workspaces enable this option can slow down Usine, especially in scripts.
Launch a speed calculation test, mono-core CPU oriented, of your computer, compared to a 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7.
Launch a speed calculation test, multi-core CPU oriented, of your computer, compared to a 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7.
Launch a CPU stress procedure (try to use 100% of CPU).
Try to allocate as much as possible memory to verify the real available memory.
There is a Possibility that it crashes Usine...
This is the setup for the kiosk mode. See 25.create-stand-alone-application for more details.
This tab is available in the Expert version.
The password you want to use to activate/deactivate the kiosk mode.
By default the password is : PROTECT
.
Click to simulates the kiosk mode for the current project.
Elements to hide in Kiosk mode especially in the main-menu-panel.
Hide Main ON-OFF switch of the master-panel.
Hide all the master-panel.
Hide the master-synchro-panel.
Hide the Rec Automation icon of the main-menu-panel.
Hide the MIDI the learn icon of the main-menu-panel.
Hide the zoom icon of the main-menu-panel.
Hide the save workspace command in the main-menu-panel.
Hide the open workspace command in the main-menu-panel.
Hide the show setup command in the main-menu-panel.
Hide the show setup command in the main-menu-panel.
Hide the show devices-panel command, so it's impossible to modify devices.
Hide the show start page command, so it's impossible to display the start page. Recommended if your deploy folder contains only one workspace.
General options of the application.
Name of the application as appears in the task manager of the operating system and the window tittle bar.
Version of the application as appears in the task manager of the operating system and the window tittle bar.
Workspaces in the deploy folder can't be saved in any cases.
Name of the splash image displayed in front of Usine.
Size (height) of workspace items in the start-page-panel.
Image displayed on the start-page-panel.
Once your purchased license, it's the place to activate it with your activation key.
You must be connected to Internet to activate Usine, so please deactivate all protections like anti-virus and firewalls software's. The activation is only necessary once.
Enter the activation key that you have received.
Clicks on this button to activate key to finalize your activation.
Click on this button to deactivate the activation key present on the version.
Displays various information's about the current version of Usine.
Current software version number.
Usine's implementation use several externals software tools and libraries. Our thanks to their developers.
version 6.0.241021
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