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CHAPTER 

6

Handling

In the Virus, we distinguished 
between two types of parameters. 
On the one hand, it features 
parameters that are essential in 
generating or synthesizing sounds, 
on the other hand it has sound 
parameters and organizational 
parameters that are more of a 
peripheral nature. This distinction 
is apparent in handling and opera-
tion of the Virus: All essential 
sound parameters feature a dedi-
cated knob or button so that you 
can access these directly - espe-
cially while you are playing!. In just 
a few cases (where appropriate or 
where it facilitates better han-
dling), the control features have 
dual functions.

Peripheral parameters, on the 
other hand, are compiled in 
menus. Among these menus are 

above all the EDIT, the CTRL (short 
for ”Control” and the EFFECTS 
menu as well as the four local EDIT 
menus in the individual function 
blocks. The EDIT menus contain 
parameters that you will require 
less frequently, but some of these 
are nonetheless indispensable for 
programming sounds. The local 
EDIT menus are there for a purpose 
– to help you distinguish clearly 
between the various parameters. 
Here you’ll find parameters that 
affect directly the given functional 
section, but are not equipped with 
dedicated control features.

Irrespective of which operating 
mode you may have activated, the 
EDIT menu contains the sound 
parameters of the selected SINGLE 
program (in SINGLE mode and 
MULTI SINGLE mode) or organiza-
tional parameters for MULTI mode. 
In SINGLE mode and MULTI SINGLE 
mode, the CTRL menu contains fur-
ther SINGLE parameters such as 
the arpeggiator, etc. 

In the CTRL menu, you’ll also find – 
irrespective of the given operating 
mode – a number of global param-
eters. These are called MIDI, SYS-