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CHAPTER 

22

The Virus and Sequencers

As an alternative to parameter 
control via controller and polypres-
sure data, you have the conven-
tional system exclusive control 
option available (see ”MIDI Imple-
mentation” in the appendix, “The 
Virus and Sequencers” on 
page 213). This system exclusive 
control option may be activated 
independently for the first two 
Parameter PAGEs (under MIDI in 
the CTRL menu), in which case this 
control mode is the only type of 
remote control option that is 
active – you get exclusively system 
exclusive control, as it were. The 
third parameter PAGE, in turn, lets 
you control the parameters of the 
current MULTI PROGRAM as well as 
global and/or system parameters. 
This third PAGE is addressed solely 
via system exclusive MIDI mes-
sages. The advantage of system 
exclusive control is that you can 
address PARTs individually irre-
spective of what their current MIDI 
channel assignments may be.

You’ll find a list of all controller and 
polypressure assignments in the 
appendix.

If you have configured your MIDI 
system in accordance with the 
instructions in the previous sec-
tion, you may activate the 
sequencer’s recording mode and 
record the knob and button move-
ments as you see fit. Check the 
Event or List editor of your 
sequencer to see if the recording 
operation was successful.

Good-to-know info: Do not record 
knob and button movements to 
the same track that contains the 
notes of any given passage. 
Instead, use a new track that sends 
its data to the same MIDI output 
and channel as the track contain-
ing the notes. Although the 
sequencer merges these two data 
streams internally, separating the 
two tracks makes it easier for you 
distinguish between the informa-
tion that they contain. Besides, 
you’re thus able to edit and copy 
the recording of t knob and button 
movements without affecting the 
actual notes on the other track.