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VCV Rack plugins take one of three licensing paths: GPLv3+, free-of-charge under any license, or commercial royalty

Vector PDF output preserves resolution at any scale while raster output has fixed pixel resolution

Velocity layers map different recordings to one pitch so harder playing triggers a different sample, not just a louder one

Verse, chorus, and bridge define the standard sectional song form used in most commercial and pop-derived music

Vertex data passed to WebGPU must live in a JavaScript TypedArray matching the expected GPU numeric format

Vertically separated drivers comb-filter around the crossover, right where hearing is most sensitive

Video feedback — pointing a camera at its own monitor output — generates complex self-similar dynamic imagery that responds to small parameter changes

Video feedback pointing a camera at its own output produces self-similar, fractal-like patterns from simple recursion

Video must be compressed to appropriate codecs before a live performance to enable real-time processing

Visual balance distributes visual weight so symmetric reads as stable and asymmetric as dynamic

Visual effects in live cinema carry culturally established meanings and should be used with intention rather than decoration

Visual phrasing groups change into statement-variation-return arcs so the image has structure rather than uniform churn

Visualizing live voltage and current data directly on a circuit diagram eliminates mental simulation in electronics

Visually equal color gradient steps require geometrically increasing physical differences, not arithmetically equal ones

VJing is embodied: it requires physical gesture and controller movement and cannot occur without an improvising performer

VJing is structurally collaborative because it always visualizes something else — most often a DJ or live music act

VJs release clip libraries under Creative Commons and Public Domain so others can reuse them in mixes

Vocals almost always need compression because singers cannot hold an even level

Voice modulators have per-voice independent paths; scene modulators share one path across all voices

Voronoi cell look varies between distance-to-nearest-point and distance-to-second-nearest — each gives a distinct aesthetic

vowel() applies a formant filter that colours a sound with a spoken-vowel timbre

VPT 8 uses an FFmpeg video engine so it plays virtually any codec without transcoding

VPT splits into interface, preview and output windows, and only the output goes on the projector

VPT's live inputs bring a connected camera in as a source and can record it into a source folder

VPT's prefs.txt text file sets startup behaviour: framerate, screens, source bank and autostart

VU meters track average level (close to perceived loudness); peak meters track instantaneous peaks, 10–25 dB higher

Warm colors advance and cold colors recede, but this depth effect reverses depending on the background

Warm hues advance and feel active; cool hues recede and feel calm

Waveform-to-waveform nn~ models have equal in_ratio and out_ratio and pass audio through uncompressed

Wavetable crossfading morphs timbre over the course of a note by blending between stored waveforms

Wavetable lookup needs interpolation because the fractional read index rarely lands on a stored sample

Wavetable oscillators control pitch by varying the step size through a stored single-cycle waveform

Wavetable synthesis scans across up to 512 single-cycle frames via a Morph parameter to create evolving timbres

Wavetable synths can sound digital and thin, lacking the mid-range warmth of analog oscillators

WebGPU clip space maps the canvas to a fixed [-1, +1] range on both axes regardless of canvas pixel dimensions

WebGPU commands are recorded into a command buffer and submitted to a queue — the GPU does nothing until submit() is called

WebGPU draws or computes via a pipeline that chains shaders to GPU resources through bind groups

WebGPU initialization requires requesting an adapter then a device in two async steps

Weighted random choice picks among options by probability so the common case dominates and surprises stay rare

West Coast systems favour two-stage AD or AR slope generators over four-stage ADSRs

WGSL declares data with var (mutable storage), let (immutable value), and const (compile-time constant)

WGSL structs bundle multiple @location and @builtin annotated fields into a single typed input or output for shader functions

When no clock signal crosses the audio-visual bridge, the performer matches visual phrase length to musical phrases by feel and manual edit timing

White labels and dubplates were critical distribution and status objects in DnB culture before digital distribution

White noise through a modulated bandpass filter is the practical modular hat synthesis patch

White, pink, and brown noise oscillators add different spectral textures for atmospheric layering or percussion

Whodini's 'Magic's Wand' crossed early hip-hop with art-pop production, using Simmons drums and a PPG instead of a TR-808

Whoever controls the pressing plant controls a record's release, credit, and terms

Wiring a sensor to an actuator with a straight or crossed connection produces approach or avoidance behavior

With a zero-release sampler, hi-hat note length becomes a groove control

with_fx wraps code in an audio effect that processes all sounds generated inside the block

WLED Effect DMX mode allows remote control of built-in effects via 15 DMX channels without per-pixel data

WLED offers multiple DMX channel modes ranging from single-color control to per-pixel RGB addressing

WLED Pixel Grouping treats N consecutive physical pixels as one DMX channel to stretch limited universes

WLED supports Art-Net and DDP as E1.31 alternatives, but DDP always uses Multi RGB regardless of DMX mode

WLED's ledmap.json remaps physical LED order to any logical layout

Wookie fused drum and bass's breakbeat sensibility with garage's tempo to create a new sonic direction

Working on a single reference monitor for years creates an anchor that allows reliable mastering decisions

Wrapping array indexes with wrapAt lets SC sequences cycle through parameter arrays of different lengths

Wrapping the input coordinate into a periodic cell tiles one SDF into infinite copies at near-zero cost