afx2daw

• • Zen Go Synergy Core
• • Zen Q Synergy Core (TB&USB)
• • Zen Tour Synergy Core
• • Discrete 4 Synergy Core
• • Discrete 8 Pro Synergy Core (coming soon)
• • Discrete 8 Synergy Core
• • Orion Studio Synergy Core
• • Orion 32 + Gen 3
• • Zen Tour
• • Discrete 4
• • Discrete 8
• • Orion Studio
• • Orion Studio 2017

• • Ableton Live 10/11 and up
• • AVID Pro Tools 12 / Ultimate
• • Apple Logic Pro X and up
• • Image-Line FL Studio 20
• • Bitwig Studio
• • Cockos Reaper
• • Steinberg Cubase
• • Presonus Studio One

The DAWs listed above are tested by our team and confirmed to be compatible with afx2daw. If you use a different DAW that supports VST, VST3, AU, AAX plugin formats, you can still use afx2daw.

Please, make sure to read the product FAQ page and contact technical support if you have any additional questions related to compatibility.

If you see this message when you open afx2daw bridge in your Daw, this may indicate on of the following events:

• • Your device does not have extra resources for additional afx2daw instances, when you have maxed out the plugin instances available (see table below)
• • You do not have an active license available for afx2daw

Or

• • There is no valid Antelope interface associated with the afx2daw, when you try to open afx2daw with no interface connected.

We do recommend using a buffer size of

• • 256 samples at 44.1/48.0kHz,
• • 512 samples at 88.2/96.0kHz,
• • 1024 samples at 176.4/192.0kHz.

afx2daw can currently be used over USB only with the Zen Go Synergy Core, on macOS and Windows. For all other supported interfaces the plugin works only over Thunderbolt™, on both macOS and Windows.

Not in terms of basic functionality.

However, due to the limited channels available on the portable device in comparison to the multi-channel Synergy Core interfaces, when used with Zen Go Synergy Core, the afx2daw plugin has different channel count allocation.

No. The plugin provides a bridge between the hardware-processed effects of the device and the DAW, and therefore the device must always be connected when afx2daw is being used.

No, the plugin does not work when the Antelope control panel is closed. The control panel will be opened automatically when the plugin is first initialized, and should not be closed while there are active instances of the plugin loaded in the DAW.

No – each license of the plugin can be assigned to only one audio interface at a time.

An afx2daw virtual rack is loaded each time you load a plugin instance in your DAW session. When loaded you can insert up to 8 effects on a single rack. This enables you to load more plugins on 1 channel with 1 instance than loading them on individual insert strips as separate plugins.

afx2daw utilizes your hardware as processor, therefore the number of effects that can be processed simultaneously varies with the processing power of each device.

The amount of afx2daw instances you can load varies by device, and can be found in the table below:

Yes, the Synergy Core effects of your audio interface are available in the AFX tab of the Antelope control panel. When loading effects from there, the effects are “printed” directly on the input channels and can be monitored during tracking in real-time. To use the effects in your DAW without afx2daw, you will need to use the available I/O of the device and route into and out of the interface via hardware inserts.

afx2daw can be used on mono and stereo channels.

No, afx2daw cannot be used with offline render modes in your DAW.

Yes, the plug-in settings are stored within the DAW project data. It is recommended to always save your session from your DAW project to prevent any settings loss.

Yes. However, all possible parameters are displayed at all times.

This is done, because audio plugin standards (vst,au,aax) are not well suited for rack plug-ins.

Therefore, we recommend the use of “latch” mode when mapping parameters.

Yes, the plugin will add the necessary latency for the processing to take place. However, as with every native plugin, this latency will be compensated by the DAW and your interface as much as possible. Adding additional effects in the afx2daw channel strip will only increase the overall latency by just a couple of samples.

macOS Zen Go Synergy Core users might experience a slight variance in the latency, due to limitations of the way USB audio is processed on macOS. Expected deviation is around 10 samples. This does not affect Windows systems and afx2daw over Thunderbolt.

When you load the plugin in your session, the device and the software establish a connection via the Thunderbolt™ port and start to exchange multiple requests between the hardware, the DAW plugin, and the Antelope control panel.

This cycle is repeated and requires time to verify whether the channels are assigned to the correct signal path. This happens in real-time which results in a slightly different load time than a simple VST native plugin. However, this is the best way to secure a stable and non-crashing connection between all the components. The signal path is the following:

AFX2DAW > THUNDERBOLT™ I/O> HARDWARE I/O CHANNEL > SYNERGY CORE FX PROCESSING ENGINE > INSERT FX STRIP > SELECTED FX > ALL PLUG-IN PARAMETERS>

Depending on the device channel count the loading times may be different.

No, afx2daw does not support demo mode at this time.