User manual ACCESS VIRUS OS2

[. . . ] TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 A DETAILED INTRODUCTION FOR NOVICES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Cable Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Listening to the Factory sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] We hope we were able to help you become a bit more familiar with your new synthesizer and gain some confidence in how to handle it. As we mentioned earlier, this is just an introduction and does not cover all the functions and features of the Virus, only the basic components and how they affect the sound of the Virus. You should now be able to come to terms with the in-depth look at the Virus in the following section. 23 VIRUS Owner's Manual COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW This section of the manual deals with the basic operating modes of the Virus: SINGLE MODE and MULTI MODE. Then we'll take a look at the general handling and operation guidelines for the Virus. Finally you will be presented with a comprehensive list of all functions in the Virus with a brief explanation of each function. OPERATING MODES In the Virus you can select from two basic operating modes, SINGLE MODE and MULTI MODE. In SINGLE MODE, the Virus is able to generate a single sound program only. All voices, the Chorus and Delay effects and most importantly, all control features (with the exception of the MULTI button) function in conjunction with this one sound program. You might say a SINGLE program is a combination of all functions and effects that determine the sound of the Virus. In MULTI MODE, the Virus can combine up to sixteen (SINGLE) sound programs, among which the maximum available number of voices (twelve) are allocated dynamically. All simultaneously available sounds can be manipulated in real-time; for this purpose the control panel enables 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 volume levels of the single programs, their MIDI channels, output assignments, etc. Additionally, all currently active sounds access the global Delay effect simultaneously. Consequently, the only parameter you need to determine separately is the effect amount per PART. All SINGLE parameters that apply to the Delay effect are ignored in the MULTI program, in other words, the MULTI program settings have priority. Conversely, the Chorus effect is available four times in the MULTI program. Consequently, you can dial in individual Chorus settings for the first four PARTS in a MULTI program. In other words, for these four parts the SINGLE program settings have priority. Any SINGLE Chorus settings for the remaining twelve SINGLE programs are ignored. Another special feature of the Virus is that the sound programs allocated to a MULTI program can not only be played in parallel - much in the manner of several independent synthesizers, but individual MULTI parts also have the capability of processing external audio signals as well as other MULTI parts. For this purpose, the Virus is equipped with two virtual stereo aux paths called Subgroups. Instead of the oscillators, the external audio inputs or an aux path can be routed through the sound-shaping elements (filters, saturation stage, amplifier and panorama) of every PART of a MULTI program. [. . . ] If the Virus is In MULTI MODE or MULTI SINGLE MODE and you activate a new SINGLE, the Delay parameters of the SINGLE are ignored and the Delay parameters of the current MULTI PROGRAM are valid. EFFECT SEND Controls the level at which the signal is routed through the Delay. EFFECT SEND is equivalent to the "post-fade" effects loop of a mixing console. CLOCK When you set it to OFF, the absolute delay time is determined in milliseconds. If you select a note value, then the delay time is set to the value of this note. [. . . ]