VT-3 notes

On the loopback

The VT-3 has a loopback feature (defaults to on) that copies USB incoming sound (unprocessed) to to output (analog out and USB out).

This makes perfect sense if you use it live performance (think DJ / beatbox), e.g.

playing music from your PC,

adding the VT-3's processed output,

and then either

taking the VT3's analog out to the console, or

routing the PC-side output to be played.

It makes no sense (and is initially confusing) when you want to use it as an effect from a DAW, because most DAWs will input and output on the same device, and that means you'll always get doubling. Worse if you monitor from the DAW.

In these cases you'll want to turn that off.

But you cannot do that anyway, in that you cannot get it to process USB-sourced audio. You can only it as an effects unit the analog way.

Turning the loopback off is described in the manual, but short version:

• hold MANUAL while powering on.

The 1 button now signals whether sound from USB in

on: goes to analog out and back over USB or

off: only to analog out.

(2 and 3 relate to footpedals. You can also get bypass to act as a mute)

• toggle that if you want, and if so, press BYPASS to save.

MIDI control

✎ This article/section is a stub — some half-sorted notes, not necessarily checked, not necessarily correct. Feel free to ignore, or tell me about it.

CCs:

• Bypass on: B0127F
• Bypass off: B01200

• Pitch: 12 (0C)

• Formant: 13 (0D)

• Mix: 16 (10)

• Robot: 17 (11)

• Bypass: 18 (12)

• Pedal: 19 (13)

• Character: 48 (30)

• Reverb: 91 (5B)