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Welcome to the Vyzex Floor POD Plus Preferences Guide. Please remember to check back at the Line 6 website (www.line6.com) for updates to the program and to this document.
The Controls
Knob Controls
Knobs are the most common control in the Vyzex Floor POD Plus GUI, and offer a number of options that are not obvious on first glance: 1. Dragging on any knob edits its value according to either a rotary or linear mode. Rotary is the default1. 2. Right (or CTRL on Mac) clicking on any knob launches the controls pop-up value selector menu. 3. Double-clicking on any knob launches its pop-up keyboard entry dialog. 4. Typing in a number while a knob has focus also launches the double-click popup keyboard entry dialog. You give the knob focus by clicking on it. Since were using the DRIVE knob as our example above, here are the value selector menu and keyboard entry dialog that are called from this control with a right (CTRL on Mac) click and a double click respectively:
Youll note that the value selector list doesnt include every value between 0 & 100: This is because Floor POD Pluss drive parameter is actually a number between 0 & 63, which Vyzex Floor POD Plus converts to percentage values for more intuitive display and editing. Although you cant select values such as 7%, 9% or 34% from the value selector menu, these in-between values can be entered in the keyboard entry dialog: The closest legitimate value will be selected when this occurs. Another nice feature of the keyboard entry dialog is that you also dont need to type the % either.
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Well explore all the options for the knob and the other controls later on in this guide when we get into the preferences dialogs. For now were going to describe the default operation of all controls. 2 Vyzex Floor POD Plus Preferences Manual
Unless you are entering percentage values, the Keyboard Entry dialog handles what you type in as text, not as numbers. This means that certain knobs (Amp Model for example) have a keyboard entry dialog that expects you to enter the name of your selection such as Tweed Blues or Fuzz Box. Partial names will work to make a selection, but when there are similarly named items like the eight Line 6 amp models (Line 6 Clean to Line 6 Insane), youll need to type in more than just Line 6 to select a specific one.
List Controls
List controls are used in Vyzex Floor POD Plus to edit parameters that benefit a text display of the current selection - Such as the Amp, FX and Cabinet Model parameters. 1. Dragging on any list control edits its value according to either a horizontal or vertical mode. Horizontal is the default. 2. Clicking on any pop-up lists triangular icon launches its pop-up value selector menu. 3. Right (or CTRL on Mac) clicking anywhere on any list control also launches its pop-up value selector menu. 5. Double-Clicking on any list control launches its alternate pop-up menu entry dialog. 6. Typing in a number while a list control has focus also launches the pop-up keyboard entry dialog. You give the list control focus by clicking on it first.
Toggle Controls
Toggle controls can act as either true on/off toggles or as momentary buttons. Simply click on any toggle control to activate it: If the toggle is a momentary button, it will revert to its off position shortly after you release the mouse, otherwise it will remain in the on position until you click on it a second time. All of the vintage-style toggle switches in Vyzex Floor POD Plus (i.e. Dist, Drive and EQ shown to the left) are on/off toggles. Most of the POD style black chicklet buttons in Vyzex Floor POD Plus are momentary buttons, with the exception of the Editor MODE button, which also acts as a toggle.
The first tab in the Preferences dialog is Instrument Setup: This tab allows you to scan for Floor POD Pluss existence on all MIDI ports selected for use by Vyzex Floor POD Plus. If the procedure is successful, the program will be reconfigured automatically to use the ports on which Floor POD Plus was detected. If the procedure fails you will be notified by a warning dialog. If your Floor POD Plus is not found when Auto Sense is invoked, this means that your Floor POD Plus is not connected via its MIDI Interface, or powered by its AC adapter. If all of these conditions are met and you still cannot Auto Sense your Floor POD Plus, please check out the Vyzex Floor POD Plus troubleshooting Guide PDF, available from the programs Manuals menu.
The Patch Edit Tab contains settings that apply when you are editing individual tones (or patches). Std Mouse Editing The Standard Mouse Editing option sets how list controls and knobs (when knobs are set to Std Mouse Editing) respond to mouse drag operations: Left/Right Drag sets the controls to operate horizontally while Up/Down drag sets the controls to expect vertical drags instead. The Sensitivity control allows you to adjust how large an effect mouse drags will have on the parameter edit.
Knob Mouse Editing This preference governs the drag operation of all knob controls in the Vyzex Floor POD Plus GUI: When set to Std Mouse Editing, knobs will operate linearly Either in a horizontal or vertical mode depending on the setting of the Standard Mouse Editing option above. When set to Rotary (the default), knob controls react to mouse clicks and drags in a circular mode that simulates the operation of a physical knob turned by hand. Popup Info For By default, this option is set to All Controls, which causes every control in the Vyzex Floor POD Plus GUI to show a pop-up tool-tip whenever the mouse cursor is hovered over them. Along the bottom of the Vyzex Floor POD Plus application is a grey status bar area that is usually empty. Youll notice that this area will display helpful information if you hover the mouse over any of the toggle controls in the tone management console area (the L6T, SET, CHANNEL and BANK columns). The following settings are possible for the Popup Info For preference: None disables all pop-up tool tips. Status bar information is still displayed. Knobs and Sliders will disable pop-up tool tips for momentary buttons only. All Controls enables pop-up tool tips for all controls including momentary buttons. All Controls in Status Bar relocates the tool-tips to the status bar.
Store In Options Its important that you understand that STORE operations occur between the editors channel editor and user bank. They do not directly affect the user bank onboard your Floor POD Plus, nor do they include any save to disk operations. Please read the Tone Management With Vyzex Floor POD Plus companion PDF for more information on this subject. By default, Vyzex Floor POD Plus is configured to automatically discard any edits you make to a channel tone whenever you load another tone from the editors user bank. This mode of operation matches the way your Floor POD Plus operates without the editor connected, in that Floor POD Plus discards changes that you make to the currently loaded tone if you load another without first pressing the front panel SAVE button. If you prefer, you can override this always discard unstored changes operation by setting the Store In Options to either Manual Store or Automatic Store. Manual Store will cause Vyzex Floor POD Plus to notify you via the Store In dialog whenever you attempt to load a new tone over unstored edits:
This dialog lets you choose whether to Store the edits and move on to the next tone, Discard the edits and move on, or Cancel and stay within the current tone. On the other hand, Automatic Store simply assumes all edits you make are worthwhile and the program will automatically store changes to the currently edited tone when you load another for editing.
The Bank Edit Tab in Vyzex Floor POD Plus only contains two settings, both of which govern the drag and drop operations within the programs bank editor. Drag and Drop (Int) sets the program operation whenever you drag one bank entry over another and release the mouse: Swap will trade the entries for each other, Paste will copy the dragged entry over the destination entry, while Insert will insert the dragged entry into the bank location just before the destination location (i.e. 3B is just before 3C, for example). When the default swap option is selected, the following keys perform a temporary mode switch with regards to drag operations: Drag + no key: Swap Drag + CTRL key: Paste Drag + SHIFT key: Insert
Drag and Drop (Ext) sets the program operation that occurs whenever you drag tones between the collection view and the bank. Paste is the default.
The studio tab contains three items: Auto Load Sets: When checked, Vyzex loads a Set from Floor POD Plus each time the program is started. AutoSense on Program Execution: When checked, Vyzex automatically attempts to determine the MIDI ports and SysX communication channel that it uses every time the program is started. If this option is not checked then you must manually configure the settings using the Settings dialog. AutoLoad Temporary Elements when Create New Set: When checked, Vyzex loads a set from Floor POD Plus whenever a new file is created.
Auto Sense on Program Execution configures the program to always search for Floor POD Plus when it is launched, and then to automatically use Floor POD Pluss MIDI IN and OUT ports when they have been found. This is on by default and is required if you want the program to be self-managing with regards to MIDI port settings. Auto Load Temporary Elements when Create New Set defines how Vyzex Floor POD Plus reacts to the creation of a new set file from its FILE=->New menu item. When enabled, Vyzex will always request your Floor POD Pluss current user bank and editing buffer when you create a new set file. Otherwise, Vyzex will simply create an empty set containing blank tones and leave it at that. Vyzex Floor POD Plus Preferences Manual 10
The single preference in this Tab enables automatic saving and reloading of the last loaded SET file. When selected (and Auto Load Temporary Elements when Create New Set has been disabled, see below), Vyzex Floor POD Plus will automatically save the currently open SET file to disk when you exit the program and will then automatically open it again when you restart. If Auto Load Temporary Elements when Create New Set (found in the studio tab) is also enabled, the Auto Save and Reload Session option will not be able to reopen the last set file on program launch as described above. Instead, the program will always get its starting SET data from your Floor POD Plus. Please disable the Auto Load Temporary Elements when Create New Set and Auto Load Sets options if you wish to use the Auto Save and Reload Session option.
This concludes the Vyzex Floor POD Plus Preferences PDF Manual. Its a good idea for you to also read the companion PDF manuals like the Vyzex Floor POD Plus Quick-Start PDF, Vyzex Floor POD Plus Users Guide and Preset Management with Vyzex Floor POD Plus for a more complete view of how the editor operates. Just as with this PDF, these PDFs are also accessible from the programs Manuals pull down menu. Vyzex Floor POD Plus Preferences Manual 11