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Wormhole2 (v2.0)

(c) 2005 by plasq.com.

Credits:

Adrian Pflugshaupt - CodingCris 'atariboy' Pearson - Graphics and UI DesignKeith 'SongCarver' Lang - UI Design

VST plugin technology by Steinberg.AU plugin technology by Apple.

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Installing Wormhole2

Windows

Copy Wormhole2.dll to yourvstplugins folder.

Make sure your machines can connect onUDP ports 48100-48200.

(open ports in your firewalls if needed)

Macintosh

Copy Wormhole2.component to yourLibrary/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components folder.

And / Or

Copy Wormhole2.vst to your Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST folder.

Open the Wormhole2 pluginin any VST/AUDIOUNIT host

application.

Full version only

Open Wormhole2's GUI andenter your ID(email) & your

serial in the edit fields.

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Insert Wormhole2

Click on enter channel name

and enter Test

Click on start to make

this the starting point ofthe connection.

Open an instance ofWormhole2 on the

target machine.

Press thetriangle andchoose test -

end in thechooser popup.

Direct connection

Notes:

If the info display shows thehost is not feeding audio toWormhole2, feed some audio tothe plug. (using silent audio or alow overhead synth) Once the connection iscomplete, adjust the bu!er slideron the receiver side to lower thelatency of the connection. Thislatency can be made up formanually by moving the latencyslider on the sending instance

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Insert Loop

Open the plugin the loopis to be created for.

Here: Buzz RoomReverb

Place aWormhole2

before the pluginthe audio chain,

name itRoomReverb.

Select beforemode.

Place a Wormhole2 behind theplug, choose roomreverb-

after from the popup.

On the other machine selectreverb-insertin the

chooser popup.

Click on autoto tellWormhole2 to measurethe latency and to make

up for it.

Notes:

Latency measurement &compensation can onlywork in hosts supportingdelay compensation. Some types of e!ectsmight interfere with latencymeasurement (especiallydelays).

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Multi-channeldirect connection

Insert Wormhole2 onthe first channel,

name it Channel -1.Open as many instances as you need,

they will automatically be named.

Open a first Wormhole2on the target machineand use the chooser to

selectChannel -1 -end.

Now open moreinstances on otherchannels.

Wormhole2 willautomatically set

them up.

For sample-accurate

sync, activatesyncon allinstances.

Notes: The end instances have to be fed with audio by the host. Activated sync can result in transfer problems if the host does notsend Wormhole2 accurate sample-position information!

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If you want thechannels to be

sample-accuratelysynced, activate Sync

on all instances.

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Wormhole Farm

Using the insert loop mode of Wormhole2, you can createa set of encapsulated plugins on your network.Place plugins between before & afterinstances ofWormhole2 and give the channels nice names.In this example three audio-units from mac os x and twobuilt-in e!ects of ableton live are set up that way.

Once set up properly, these plugins canbe accessed from any host on the networkby just opening an instance of wh2 andselecting the name in the chooser popup

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Details explained

The flush channel buttondeactivates all the other

Wormhole2 instances present onthe current channel.

It is deliberately small so youdon't press this accidentally :)

The channel name field is used todefine or show the channel thisinstance is currently placed on.

You only need to define a channelname in the first instance and canthen access it from the popup in

other instances.

If you define a channel name with a"-" and a number after that in it(example: Channel -1), the next

instances of Wormhole2 willautomatically be named with

ascending numbers.

Pressing this triangle opens thechooser popup menu. it lets you

choose from all available channel-

name/function options.

This Wormhole2 is currently part of channel:"AUMultibandcompressor Analog"

These are the incompleteddirect channel functions

available.

The uncomplete insertchain channel options

Click this to erase the

channel name and todisable this Wormhole2

instance.

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Sync switch:

If this is activated, wormhole usesthe sample-position provided bythe host to align channels. This is

needed to transfer multiplechannels in sample-accurate sync.

If the host provides inaccurate data,the connection will be lost!

Generally spoken: if you don't knowwhat to do with it, leave it o!.

In wh2 there are two types of channels:directchannels (a->b) and insert chainchannels (a->b->a).The five mode buttons let you choose what type of channelwh2 is on and what function is takes on that channel.They also provide you with information about what is going

The buttons have 4 states:

Selectable

The function thisWormhole2 is providing.

This function is takenby another Wormhole2

on this channel.

Due to the channel mode(directvs. insert chain),

this function can'tcurrently be selected

This Wormhole2 is the startandend-pointof a completed insert-chainloop. Both other functions(beforeand after) are taken byother Wormhole2's.

Start& endcannot be clicked, asthe channel is in insert chain mode.You would have to flush thechannel in order to access them.

These leds show the level ofaudio entering and leaving

Wormhole2 locally.

Activate playthrough to mix theincoming audio with the received audio.

Click the Wormhole2 logo to see a niceabout screen. Below it, your email address

is displayed.

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The bu!er slider controlsWormhole2's internal bu!er. This

bu!er is used to collect the networkpackets. The less tra"c & the betternetwork connection you have, the

lower the bu!er setting can be whilestill having a stable audio

connection.

If you have multiple syncedinstances of wormhole connectionthe same machines, all their bu!er

sliders will be linked together.

The latency slider controlshow many samples of latency

Wormhole2 reports to thehost.

In cases of sample-accuratesync, the slider controls all

synced instances ofWormhole2.

If you use the auto latencymeasurement feature,

Wormhole2 will move thelatency slider for you. Do nottouch it if you want to keep

things in sync!

As most hosts cannot dynamically adjust plugin latency,

wormhole2 always reports 32768 samples of latency anduses a delay to generate the real value - unless the latencyslider is set to 0.

If Wormhole2 is used in a realtime situation or in a hostwithout delay compensation, the slider should stay at 0.

Otherwise a latency of 32768 samples results.

In a host without delay compensation, an unconnectedinstance of Wormhole2 can be used to generate the same

amount of latency!

Auto is only available if Wormhole2 is in insert mode.

If activated, a pulse is sent through the insert looponce the channel is complete. Wormhole2 then

measures the time it takes for the pulse to return andsets the latency slider to that value.

After that procedure, the latency of the loop ismeasured (accurate to 1 sample) and the delay is

compensated for (if the host supports delaycompensation).

The info displayshows informationabout the currentconnections anderror messages.

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Thanks for usingWormhole2!

If you still have any furtherquestions, then pick our orother user's brains at our

forums: plasq.com/forums

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