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ACCESS VIRUS OS5

Notes about the vocoder:

 

The vocoder can also be controlled by any part
of the multimode. If more than one part of the
multimode contains an activated vocoder, only
the vocoder of the part with the lowest part
number is active.

The vocoder takes a lot of computing power.
This reduces the maximum number of voices
dependent on the number of vocoder bands
used. A vocoder with 32 bands takes approxi-
mately 4 voices away, although the vocoder on-
ly starts to reduce the number of voices when
there is an audio signal at the vocoder input. 10
seconds after the signal is diminished, the VI-
RUS ”frees” the voices again to get back the
maximum polyphony.

As mentioned before, the whole filter section is
exchanged to the vocoder, parameters, param-
eters like saturation or the filter routing are not
available anymore.

If you would like to use the vocoder as an exter-
nal effect device, choose one external input in
the VOCODER MODE parameter page (modula-
tor signal) and the carrier signal by the INPUT
SELECT page.

A similar task has to be performed to use sever-
al multimode parts to feed the vocoder. Use
OUTPUT SELECT (OutSel) within the desired
multimode patches to route them to the auxilia-
ry sends. Then select these auxiliary sends in
the VOCODER MODE and INPUT page. Isn’t
that easy?

The auxiliary sends of more than one part are
mixed automatically (similar to a mixing desk).
Therefore, a whole drum track (which consists
of several multiparts for several instruments)

can be used at once to drive the vocoder’s in.
Using FILTER BALANCE you can balance the
level of the original signal.

The effect section (chorus, delay) and the out-
put selection can be used in a vocoder patch.

The vocoder is only active when an exter nal
signal is detected and switches itself off 10 sec-
onds after the last input signal has ended. This
assures that the VIRUS has all of its polyphony
available while the vocoder is switched on but
no input signal is applied.