Access virus indigo ii Manuale Utente

CHAPTER 5
Concept and Operation

 

In the VIRUS you can select from two basic op-
erating modes, SINGLE MODE and MULTI
MODE. 

In SINGLE MODE, the VIRUS is able to gener-
ate a single sound program only. All 32 voices,
all effects and most importantly, all control fea-
tures (with the exception of the MULTI button)
function in conjunction with this one sound pro-
gram. You might say a SINGLE program is a
combination of all functions and effects that de-
termine the sound of the VIRUS. In other words:
A SINGLE program is a ”sound” of the VIRUS,
that can be stored and recalled. 

The VIRUS provides access to up to 1024 SIN-
GLE sounds. Next to the 256 RAM sounds
(Bank A and Bank B), you have six banks avail-
able with a total of 768 factory sounds. These
banks, C-H, are stored in the FLASH ROM and
can not be overwritten via STORE. The upper
four Banks E-H are not loaded by the Factory;
instead they have to be loaded by the user. By
that procedure, the demosong will be overwrit-
ten.

The MIDI receive channel in SINGLE MODE  is
the Global Channel. You can change the Global
Channel in the SYSTEM menu.

In MULTI MODE, the VIRUS can combine up to
sixteen (SINGLE) sound programs, among
which the maximum available number of 32
voices are allocated dynamically. All simultane-
ously available sounds can be manipulated in
real-time; for this purpose the control panel en-
ables you to switch among the sixteen so-
called PARTS.

In MULTI MODE, the actual sound parameters
are augmented with other functions that deal
with how the involved SINGLE programs are

structured or organized. These include the vol-
ume levels of the single programs, their MIDI
channels, output assignments, etc. 

Activate MULTI SINGLE mode by pressing the
MULTI and SINGLE buttons simultaneously.
The name of the selected MULTI program will
disappear and instead you’ll see the name of
the SINGLE program for the selected PART.
Now you can page or scroll through the 16
PARTs using the PART buttons and select a
SINGLE program for every channel. Now you
can process the currently selected PART. You’ll
always see the number of the selected PART on
the upper left in the display. The PART buttons
don’t actually change sounds, they simply set
the user interface of the VIRUS to the desired
PART. Irrespective of the given setting, all
PARTs can be controlled simultaneously via
MIDI. Consequently, MULTI SINGLE mode,
which makes handling so much easier, is the
ideal choice when you’re working with a con-
nected sequencer.

Please bear in mind that MULTI SINGLE mode
is really just another view of the normal MULTI
mode. MULTI SINGLE mode doesn’t offer a
unique data type for storing sounds, it always
works with the MULTI program currently select-
ed in normal MULTI mode. All of the normal
MULTI mode parameters (keyboard zones, etc.)
remain intact and in force even though you
can’t view or vary them in MULTI SINGLE
mode. You can set the device to normal MULTI
mode at any time by pressing the MULTI but-
ton. To return to the MULTI SINGLE mode view,
simply press the MULTI and SINGLE buttons si-
multaneously.

When you’re working with a sequencer, start
with a MULTI program that features neutral set-
tings for its ”administrative” parameters, for ex-
ample, the MULTI program M0 Sequencer. Here