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CHAPTER 
 
4
 
Introduction
 
cate the the MIDI Channel, the cur-
rent Program Bank (A to D) as well 
as the number and name of the 
current sound program. Now if you 
play notes you should be able to 
hear this sound and a ≤ note (the 
round dot at the end of the note 
staff is solid black) should appear 
in the display every time you press 
a key and release a key. If you do 
not hear a sound but you see a half 
note (blank note head)  check to 
see if you are sending on the 
wrong MIDI Channel.
Press the VALUE button to call up 
the 128 single programs of Bank A 
in sequence. (The VALUE pot is 
inactive in this operating mode.) In 
order to hear the sound programs 
in banks B, C and D, simply use the 
PARAMETER/BANK buttons to step 
from one program bank to 
another.
You’ll find that some sound pro-
grams are labeled with the abbre-
viations ”INP” or ”VOC”. These use 
the external audio input as a signal 
source for the filter section (INP) or 
vocoder (VOC). This means that 
you won’t hear anything until you 
route an audio signal into the 
external audio inputs.
 
Listening to the Multi Pro-
grams
 
The Virus not only has the capabil-
ity of playing SINGLE PROGAMs, 
but also combinations consisting 
of more than one sound simulta-
neously (MIDI Multi Mode). To call 
up the MULTI PROGRAMs, press 
the MULTI button and select these 
combination programs via the 
VALUE button. The Virus features 
“only” 128 MULTI PROGRAMs, so 
you don’t have to switch back and 
forth between banks they way you 
just did while activating single pro-
grams.
The majority of available MULTI 
PROGRAMs contain sound combi-
nations that are controlled via a 
single MIDI channel. In these 
MULTI PROGRAMs, the sounds 
involved are allocated side-by-side 
(split) or on top of one another