...Seeds

Show tips
The help note in the corner of the patch. Default to camera on
Cameras start by themselves when a patch opens or a Camera is added. Off: they stay off until you press Start camera. Simple mode only
Hides Patch, Presentation, Control and Clips. ...Seeds always opens in Simple mode. Patch main view to record video
The recorder always records what the main view shows, and the Rec. Video jack is hidden. Hide Examples
Removes the Examples menu from the top bar. Hide recorder
The main view fills the whole right side.

Recording

Format Quality

Recordings and snapshots are the picture size set under the main view (Size). For 1440p or 4K, choose 40 Mbps or more so detail holds up.

Frame rate Audio

Sound

Sound is off.

Test tone 1 plays through ...Seeds’ audio engine; Test tone 2 plays the simplest way Windows can. If you hear 2 but not 1, tell me; if you hear neither, the sound card is busy or set to another output.

Output Latency

If you also use a DAW with an ASIO driver, it may hold the sound card so other programs can’t play. Close the DAW (or let it release the device), choose an output here, then press Restart audio. ...Seeds plays through Windows’ normal audio, so pick the speakers or headphones Windows uses.

MIDI

Controller

Choose which controller ...Seeds listens to. MIDI starts when you first use MIDI learn, a MIDI module or Clips notes.

Performance

Quality

Generators

The frame rate and CPU load are shown in the top bar. Drawn generators (Contour bloom, Geo composer, Strata…) are the heaviest part of a patch: redrawing them less often keeps everything else smooth. Draft quality makes effects and generators lighter. Recordings use the same settings.

Backups

Earlier versions of your patch, saved automatically. Restoring can be undone.

Skins

Click a skin to try it. Right-click to make it the default that opens every time.

– fps CPU –

Presets

Clips Tempo BPM Launch Clips Notes

Simple modeCamera, then your effects, then the screen and recorder.Tempo BPMEffect slots6

Drag from an output jack to an input jack to patch. The jacks on the right edge feed the main view and the recorder. Every slider has a small purple jack on its left for LFO modulation. Drag a patched input to move its cable, or drop it on empty space to unplug. Hold Option (Alt on Windows) and click while drawing a cable to bend it, or Option-drag an existing cable. Double-click a cable to remove it, or a module’s title bar to collapse it. Drag the background or scroll with two fingers to pan, and pinch to zoom. Shift-click or Shift-drag to select modules, then right-click to group them.

Control faders8 Drag a fader’s jack onto a slider’s purple jack in any module. One fader can move many controls, and a control can take many faders. Right-click a fader to unlink.

Patch

Main view

Main view Showing

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