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CHAPTER 11
The VIRUS and Sequencers
The VIRUS and Sequencers
the arrangement rather than the actual SIN-
GLEs, the sounds of all active PARTs are sent
separately (for more info on this, see the section
on MULTIMODE). This option is convenient and
fast, but has an inherent drawback: this type of
arrangement dump does not take into account
that your song uses program change messages
to change sounds in the MULTI. Only the eight
sounds to which the MULTI refers in the ar-
rangement are sent, which is to be expected
when you consider that the VIRUS can’t antici-
pate that you intend to change these at some
point during playback.
GLEs, the sounds of all active PARTs are sent
separately (for more info on this, see the section
on MULTIMODE). This option is convenient and
fast, but has an inherent drawback: this type of
arrangement dump does not take into account
that your song uses program change messages
to change sounds in the MULTI. Only the eight
sounds to which the MULTI refers in the ar-
rangement are sent, which is to be expected
when you consider that the VIRUS can’t antici-
pate that you intend to change these at some
point during playback.
Dumping an arrangement is a great option
when you’re able to make do with the sixteen
sounds to which the MULTI refers. If you want
to or are compelled to change sounds, you
should record the entire memory content to the
sequencer. Sending individual MULTIs for the
purpose of archiving sounds is pointless be-
cause they don’t contain the actual sounds.
Sending individual sounds, in turn, is only a via-
ble proposition if you are operating the VIRUS
in SINGLE mode and have opted not to use
program change messages in the song.
when you’re able to make do with the sixteen
sounds to which the MULTI refers. If you want
to or are compelled to change sounds, you
should record the entire memory content to the
sequencer. Sending individual MULTIs for the
purpose of archiving sounds is pointless be-
cause they don’t contain the actual sounds.
Sending individual sounds, in turn, is only a via-
ble proposition if you are operating the VIRUS
in SINGLE mode and have opted not to use
program change messages in the song.
Proceed with extreme caution when you’re
working with SysEx data! If you send anything
other than individual SINGLE sounds or individ-
ual MULTIs from the sequencer to the VIRUS,
the CORRESPONDING DATA IN THE VIRUS
WILL BE IRREVOCABLY OVERWRITTEN! So
before you dump, for example, a bank to the VI-
RUS, you should make a backup of the user
banks stored in the VIRUS (the RAM banks) by
dumping them to the sequencer, provided of
course that you care to preserve the sounds
that they contain. Incidentally, it can’t hurt to
regularly dump all data stored in the VIRUS for
backup purposes.
other than individual SINGLE sounds or individ-
ual MULTIs from the sequencer to the VIRUS,
the CORRESPONDING DATA IN THE VIRUS
WILL BE IRREVOCABLY OVERWRITTEN! So
before you dump, for example, a bank to the VI-
RUS, you should make a backup of the user
banks stored in the VIRUS (the RAM banks) by
dumping them to the sequencer, provided of
course that you care to preserve the sounds
that they contain. Incidentally, it can’t hurt to
regularly dump all data stored in the VIRUS for
backup purposes.
You’ll find a summary of all dump options and
an explanation of these in the comprehensive
overview of parameters, specifically, under the
global parameters.
an explanation of these in the comprehensive
overview of parameters, specifically, under the
global parameters.