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Introduction

 

To help you find the type of SINGLE sound you
are looking for more quickly, the Virus operating
system lets you define so-called „categories“
and save this information together with each of
your SINGLE sounds. 

Available categories are:

Off, Lead, Bass, Pad, Decay, Pluck, Acid, Clas-
sic, Arpeggiator, Effects, Drums, Percussion, In-
p u t ,   Vo c o d e r,   F a v o u r i t e 1 ,   F a v o u r i t e 2 ,
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Each SINGLE sound can „belong“ to two cate-
gories at the same time. Of course the catego-
ries of all the presets in Banks C to H are fixed,
but for sounds in the RAM Banks (A and B) they
can be defined and saved together with the
program.

To search for sounds in a specific category (in
SINGLE or MULTI-SINGLE mode):

Press and hold the SINGLE button. This causes
the currently selected category to appear in the
display, and it can be changed by stepping up
or down with the Parameter buttons. Having
found the category you want, do not release the
SINGLE button and scroll through the sounds
using the Value buttons. Release the SINGLE
button when you have found what you are loo-
king for. SINGLE sounds which do not belong
to the currently selected category are simply
skipped over.

 

The VIRUS not only has the capability of playing
SINGLE PROGAMs, but also combinations
consisting of more than one sound simultane-
ously (MIDI Multi Mode). To call up the MULTI
PROGRAMs, press the MULTI button and se-

lect 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 programs.

The majority of available MULTI PROGRAMs
contain sound combinations that are controlled
via a single MIDI channel. In these MULTI PRO-
GRAMs, the sounds involved are allocated
side-by-side (split) or on top of one another
(layered) on the keyboard. In other MULTI PRO-
GRAMs, the sounds are divided up over several
MIDI channels to make it easier to work with a
sequencer. If you activate a MULTI PROGRAM
and hear a single sound only, then you can con-
trol this MULTI PROGRAM via several channels.

 

If you have never created or changed a sound
on a synthesizer, we now have the pleasure of
introducing you to this fascinating process.

Select the single program “C127 - START -”.
Press any key on the connected keyboard. You
should hear a sound that, for lack of better de-
scription, is a bit harsh or biting, but above all
completely static. It should start immediately
after you press a key and sustain indefinitely for
as long as you hold the key down. As soon as
you release the key, the sound should end
abruptly. This sound is not designed to be es-
pecially pleasant; it is intended to be as neutral
as possible to give you a basis from which you
can begin creating or shaping your own sound.