Glossary

Blocklist : The list of plugins VFxM has automatically flagged as unsafe to auto-instantiate, usually after one crashed the scanner. See Stability and the blocklist.

Favourites board : A named tab of plugins and FX chains you’ve deliberately organized for a task — see Favourites boards.

Listed / Unlisted : Whether a plugin shows up in normal browsing (Listed) or has been hidden to reduce clutter (Unlisted). See Plugin status circles.

MCP : Mixer Control Panel — REAPER’s mixer view. VFxM can insert plugins by drag-and-drop onto a channel strip here.

TCP : Track Control Panel — REAPER’s track header area in the arrange window. VFxM can insert plugins by drag-and-drop onto a track header here.

.RfxChain : REAPER’s native file format for a saved FX chain. VFxM can import these directly into Favourites — see Categories manager.

Working offline : Activation needs the internet once. After that a licensed machine keeps working offline indefinitely, with no time limit. See Working offline.

Seat / activation : One machine’s use of a license key. A key has 2 concurrent activations; deactivating a machine frees its seat for another. See Activate your license.

VFxM : Short for Virtue FX Manager, used throughout this documentation and in the app itself.