Expert
Various settings and commands for expert users.
startup options
Various option applied when Usine starts.
full screen
Opens the main interface in full screen when Usine starts.
auto play
Turns the main process engine ON automatically.
auto play Grid
Starts the grid-panel automatically.
Only if the grid is not empty.
show grid
Opens the grid-panel automatically.
Only if the grid is not empty.
show interface builder
Opens the interface builder automatically.
on shutdown
Various option applied when Usine quits.
save setup on quit
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.
clean usine on quit
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.
Layout tweak
settings panel width
Width of the items in the settings-panel.
extended accents char set
Extends the characters set to resolve some compatibility of file names with special characters.
Mac OSX only
bezier curves in patches
Choose between smooth Bezier or straight curves in the patch-editor-panel.
Bezier curves enabled
Bezier curves disabled
smooth cpu values in patches
Enable or disable the smoothing of CPU consumption values in the patch-editor-panel.
CPU consumption
smooth enabled
smooth disabled
disable remote hilite
Draws a square when a control is modified by a remote, network, or record.
When OFF, can reduce graphic engine load on high remote context.
disable warning on locked objects
Disables the trace warning when you try to modify a locked object (ie. step-panel).
disable mouse over effect
Enables the color animation when a control is hoovered.
disable internet connection
Disables the internet connection of Usine.
disable hints
Disables display of hints strings.
disable hints on modules
Disables display of hints strings on modules in the patching panel.
disable tips display
Disables display of tips strings.
disable locate audio files
Disables the locator-panel when media files are missing in the workspaces, racks and patches. Missing files will be ignored.
adapt audio files pitch to sample rate
Ensure that the pitch of audio files is correct whatever the sound card sampling rate.
disable draw selection square
Do not display the white square around selected objects.
export separated rack/patch
If this option is activated, when you export a workspace, Usine will create folder with all patches and racks exported as individual files.
disable upgrade message
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.
max nb opened files
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
convolver panel
Opens the convolver panel.
various
god mode
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.
extended objects address
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 scripts.
utilities
test memory capacity
Try to allocate as much as possible memory to verify the real available memory.
There is a Possibility that it crashes Usine...
benchmark mono-core
Launch a speed calculation test, mono-core CPU oriented, of your computer, compared to a 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7.
benchmark multi-core
Launch a speed calculation test, multi-core CPU oriented, of your computer, compared to a 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7.
cpu stress
Launch a CPU stress procedure (try to use 100% of CPU).
See also
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