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USB Drive (Mac)

Getting Started » Installation » USB Drive (Mac)

Follow this set of instructions to install Stylus RMX Xpanded from your USB installation drive onto your Mac system. You’ll need over 16GB of free space available on your hard drive in order to install the instrument. NOTE: These screenshots are taken in…

USB Drive (Win)

Getting Started » Installation » USB Drive (Win)

Follow this set of instructions to install Stylus RMX Xpanded from your USB installation drive onto your Windows system. You’ll need over 16GB of free space available on your hard drive in order to install the instrument. NOTE: These screenshots are taken in…

Moving the SAGE Directory

Getting Started » Moving the SAGE Directory

After installation, you might want to move the large SAGE folder directory (containing all the sound files) to a secondary drive in order to free up space on your internal drive. Locating SAGE macOS 10.12 (or later) Select the Go menu at the top of your screen while…

System Requirements

Getting Started » System Requirements

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL USERS 2.4 GHz or higher processor 8 GB RAM minimum, 16 GB or more recommended 16 GB of free hard drive space (32 GB for the download installation process) USB 2 Port for boxed media Broadband internet connection for…

Download (Mac)

Getting Started » Installation » Download (Mac)

Stylus RMX Xpanded is available as a download for registered users through our Webstore/Techshop Once you’ve downloaded Stylus RMX Xpanded via the Download Manager, follow this set of instructions to install it on your Mac system. You’ll need 32 GB of free…

Download (Win)

Getting Started » Installation » Download (Win)

Stylus RMX Xpanded is available as a download for registered users through our Webstore/Techshop Once you’ve downloaded Stylus RMX Xpanded via the Download Manager, follow this set of instructions to install it on your Windows system. You’ll need 32 GB of…

Installation

Getting Started » Installation

Stylus RMX Xpanded installation is available on a USB drive, as a download, or from the older legacy DVDs. Here you will find instructions for performing default and custom installations for both Mac and Windows. After installing Stylus RMX, you’ll need to…

Smoke

FX » Amp / Distortion » Smoke

The SMOKE Amp Simulator has a full set of amplifier controls, speaker combinations, and modeled versions of several classic guitar amplifiers. PAGE ONE CONTROLS AMP Enables or disables the amplifier model. If the switch is OFF, none of the amplifier models…

Flame

FX » Amp / Distortion » Flame

FLAME is an extremely versatile distortion unit capable of anything from mild tube overdrive to nasty bit-crushing and radical fuzzbox effects. The Driver has many different types of waveshaping and the unique structure of not only pre / post gain, but pre / post…

FX Rack Patches

FX » FX Rack Patches

A Rack Patch saves the settings of all three FX Slots into a single Patch. Any combination of up to three plug-ins and their parameter settings is saved. This gives you instant recall of an entire FX Rack to use on anything in RMX. The possible combinations of…

QuickStart

Getting Started » QuickStart

This QuickStart provides an overview of the essential things you’ll need to know to get started using Stylus RMX. Stylus RMX can be hosted in any DAW or run as a standalone application. 1. Install Stylus RMX Depending on the method and your internet or…

BPM Delay

FX » Delays » BPM Delay

The BPM Delay offers a single “true-stereo” delay unit that is always in-sync with the host’s tempo. The feedback and drive controls can produce some cool sounds with the built-in resonant filtering. MINI-SLIDER Controls the mix of the dry signal and the…

The SAGE Directory

Concepts » Directory Structure » The SAGE Directory

The SAGE directory contains everything that the Stylus RMX software plug-in needs to function. All the sound libraries including the Core Library, SAGE Xpanders, imported REX files, User Libraries, Patches, Defaults, Effects settings, Documentation, and Favorites…

S.A.G.E. Technology

Concepts » S.A.G.E. Technology

S.A.G.E.™ is an acronym for Spectrasonics Advanced Groove Engine When we created our own in-house software development team at Spectrasonics, S.A.G.E. was the resulting technology that became the basis for Stylus RMX. S.A.G.E. is an underlying core technology…

Power Filter

FX » Filters » Power Filter

The Power Filter was developed in cooperation with GMedia and is based on their famous impOSCar filter design. This rich-sounding filter requires a fair amount of CPU power and should be used sparingly on slower computer systems. It’s the same Power Filter as…

BPM Delay X2

FX » Delays » BPM Delay X2

The BPM Delay X2 offers dual monoaural delays that are always synchronized to the host’s tempo. The feedback and drive controls can produce some cool sounds with the built-in resonant filtering. MINI-SLIDER Controls the mix of the dry signal and the processed…

BPM Delay X3

FX » Delays » BPM Delay X3

The BPM Delay X3 offers triple L-C-R mono delays that are always synchronized to the host’s tempo. The feedback and drive controls can produce some cool sounds with the built-in resonant filtering. MINI-SLIDER Controls the mix of the dry signal and the…

Favorites Compatibility

The Browser » Favorites Compatibility

It’s important to keep in mind that Custom Suites are specific to the computer on which they are created and saved in the computer’s current SAGE directory -like this: This means that if you use a Custom Suite in the creation of your host’s…

Power Filter

The Edit Page » Power Filter

The Power Filter was developed in cooperation with GMedia, and is based on their famous* impOSCar* filter design. This rich-sounding filter requires a fair amount of CPU power and should be used sparingly on slower computer systems. !The Power Filter has…

Copy Protection FAQs

Legal » Copy Protection FAQs

Do Spectrasonics Virtual Instruments use copy protection? Yes, we have our own system. Once you’ve installed and opened the plug-in, you’ll need to authorize the plug-in on our web site, via your User Account. It’s fast and easy, and you’ll get…

Valve Radio

FX » Amp / Distortion » Valve Radio

The Valve Radio FX unit is a unique device, which functions equally well as both a dual filter and a distortion device. The combination of these two effects can product many types of vintage radio and telephone speaker simulation effects. This unit also includes a…

The User Libraries Directory

Concepts » Directory Structure » The User Libraries Directory

The User Libraries directory contains all of the converted “non-Groove Control” audio loops imported with the REX File Import feature in the Standalone. *See the REX File Import chapter for more info. If you batch convert an entire REX library by using drag…

Multi / Kit Management

The Footer » Utility Menu » Multi / Kit Management

These three menu choices change labels when switching between Multi Mode and Kit Mode and affect the status of the entire plug-in. MULTI / KIT OPEN This menu item will open a Multi or Kit Patch from your hard drive via the standard “Open” dialog of…

Retroplex

FX » Delays » Retroplex

The Retroplex delay unit is modeled after the Tape Echo units of the ’60s and ’70s like the Echoplex™, with some modern enhancements. It’s unpredictable and a lot of fun! MINI-SLIDER Controls the mix of the dry signal and the processed (Wet)…

Cloning Controls / Omni Mode

Concepts » MIDI Learn » Cloning Controls / Omni Mode

There are two main philosophies on setting up a controller with RMX: SINGLE PART STYLE Controlling a single Part with your controllers assigned to different Part parameters (Cutoff, Resonance, LFO rate, FX sends, etc). MULTI PART STYLE Controlling multiple…

PRO Phaser

FX » Modulation » PRO Phaser

The PRO Phaser FX unit is one of the most versatile and rich phaser designs ever. It is also capable of producing a wide array of unique sounds beyond traditional phaser effects, including tuned resonances, strange pitch-bending effects and envelope followed…

Radio Delay

FX » Delays » Radio Delay

Radio Delay is essentially a hybrid of a dual-mono BPM-style delay, but with the delayed signals running through the Valve Radio distortion filter. This produces cool, dual-filtered echo effects that sound like they are coming from distorted old speakers or…

Capture

Chaos Designer » Capture

The Capture feature allows you to save the results of what happens when Chaos is affecting the Groove. Pressing the Capture button while RMX is playing creates a MIDI file of the currently playing Groove. Capture will round off to the end of the current pass of…

FX Unit Patches

FX » FX Unit Patches

An FX Unit Patch consists of the complete customized parameter settings of a specific FX Unit, which allows for “total recall” of that one effect. It’s useful to build a library of FX Unit Patches that you like, allowing you to use Patches that were…

Part Management

The Footer » Utility Menu » Part Management

These seven menu items perform the same functions in both Multi and Kit Modes. PART OPEN This menu item will open a Patch file on the currently selected Part from your hard drive via the standard “Open” dialog of your operating system. Keep in mind…

Glossary

AAX Avid Audio eXtension – Avid’s proprietary, cross-platform plug-in format for Pro Tools. Audio Unit Apple introduced the Audio Unit (AU) plug-in specification in Mac OS X. Since this plug-in standard is native to OS X and not to any specific host or…