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CHAPTER 5
Concept and Operation

ically switches to this level indicator mode when
the selected SINGLE program accesses the ex-
ternal audio inputs. The LEDs will flash rapidly
to indicate that the inputs are being overloaded.
You should dial in the proper level on the device
that is sending the analog signals. The reason
for that you want to feed the highest possible
clean signal level to the analog-to-digital con-
verters of the VIRUS so that they will deliver the
best possible performance.

 

The VIRUS is equipped with several analog out-
puts and inputs. We figured that you might want
to connect an input with an output via a patch
cord so that you can process a part routed to
this output via another part that is addressed by
this input, for example, to have on part filter the
other part.

You can do this if you like, but the good news is
that you don’t have to mess with patch cords
because the VIRUS gives you internal signal
routing options in the form of stereo aux buses
(bus is another term for circuit) that let you con-
figure this type of set-up for two or several of
these PARTs. The two aux buses appear as vir-
tual outputs in the OUTPUT Select menu and as
virtual inputs in the INPUT Select menu. In
MULTI mode, the output signal of a PART (or
several PARTs) may be routed via OUTPUT Se-
lect to one of the two aux buses. In order to
make this signal audible, you must select the
same aux bus for another PART (or several
PARTs) via INPUT Select and set the given SIN-
GLE program to Input mode (Static or Dynam-

ic). You can then process the signal patched in
to this PART via the aux bus exactly the same
way you would process conventional analog
signals routed in via the external input.

There is, however, a simpler option than this rel-
atively involved processed of connecting PARTs
directly to one another: You can also use one of
the aux buses as a ”second output” for the
PART. We’ll look at this function a little later in
the section ”SECOND OUTPUT”.

In MULTI mode, you can choose a mono or
stereo audio output in the OUTPUT Select
menu independently for every PART. The signal
can also be routed to the aux buses that were
discussed earlier.

In addition, you may also define a second mono
or stereo output in the SECOND OUTPUT menu
(under the MAIN EDIT menu). This second out-
put is global, in other words, it applies to all
PARTs. Using the SECOND OUTPUT Balance
parameter, you can set the levels at which the
output signals of the PARTs are routed to this
second output individually.

In conjunction with the conventional output of
the given sound, you end up with a quadra-
phonic signal that is suitable for Surround appli-
cations. Using Panorama (left, right) and the
SECOND OUTPUT Balance (front, back), you
can create a genuine quadraphonic mix in the
VIRUS and automate it via a sequencer.

When you opt to use one of the aux buses as a
second output, the aux bus can also serve as
an FX loop. You can route the aux signal to a
PART and have the PART process this signal
(via filters, effects etc.) further.