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106 CHAPTER 16
The Parameters
SATURATION CURVE The SATURATION
stage in the filter section offers a selec-
tion of different saturation or distortion
characteristics. You can use these to add
overtones to a sound. The intensity of
the distortion can be varied considerably
via the second half of the OSC VOL con-
trol range. For the distortion curves, this
intensity range is equivalent to a gain
boost of 12 decibels, in the case of the
”Digital” curve as much as 24 decibels. A
special feature of the Virus’ SATURATION
stage is that, despite the fact that its
gain is boosted, the signal level is kept
constant via OSC VOL so that only the
tonal color or timbre of the sound is var-
ied.
The SATURATION stage is always down-
stream of (post) Filter-1 irrespective of
the given filter routing. Consequently, in
serial filter modes, the SATURATION
stage is always located between the two
filters. You can thus filter the oscillator
signal conventionally with the first filter,
distort the signal, and process the dis-
torted signal via the second filter as you
see fit.
Let’s take look at the SATURATION
modes:
OFF
The signal is not processed.
LIGHT, SOFT, MIDDLE, HARD
Different
analog distortion curves with different
characteristics and intensities.
DIGITAL
Digital distortion with hard
clipping.
SHAPER
Sine characteristic curve with
several wave cycles. With the Shaper, you
can drastically warp signals. In some
cases, the results are similar to the spec-
tra of linear frequency modulations.
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VOLUME This knob has two functions:
In the left half of its control range up
to the center position (MIDI value 64),
OSC VOL determines the master volume
of the three oscillators prior to the filter
section input. The Noise Generator and
the Ringmodulator are not affected by
the master volume knob OSC VOL. Their
level is controlled separately in the
OSCILLATOR EDIT menu (see appropriate
section).
In the right half of the control range
from the center position to the far right,
OSC VOL increases the saturation inten-
sity (Gain) for the input of the SATURA-
TION stage (see appropriate section);
however this adjustment is compensated
post-SATURATION stage so that when
you adjust the gain you are not actually
increasing the volume, only manipulat-
ing the tonal spectrum in terms of satu-
ration. The intensity of the remaining
DSP effects available in the SATURATION
Stage is controlled via the OSC VOL
knob.
Summary of Contents for VIRUS C SERIES
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Page 3: ...Table Of Contents ...
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Page 11: ...ACCESS VIRUS RACK 9 ...
Page 15: ...Introduction ...
Page 33: ...ACCESS VIRUS RACK 31 The Second Filter ...
Page 35: ...ACCESS VIRUS RACK 33 Filter Routing Her is the filter routings capabilities of the Virus ...
Page 54: ...52 CHAPTER 4 Introduction ...
Page 55: ...Concept and Operation ...
Page 60: ...58 CHAPTER 5 Concept and Operation ...
Page 61: ...Operation ...
Page 67: ...All About The Memory ...
Page 70: ...68 CHAPTER 7 All About The Memory ...
Page 71: ...Modmatrix And Definables ...
Page 75: ...Master Clock And Midi Clock ...
Page 77: ...The Effects Section ...
Page 79: ...Audio Inputs ...
Page 83: ...Audio Routing ...
Page 85: ...Categories ...
Page 87: ...Random Patch Generator ...
Page 90: ...88 CHAPTER 14 Random Patch Generator ...
Page 91: ...Additional Functions ...
Page 94: ...92 CHAPTER 15 Additional Functions ...
Page 95: ...The Parameters ...
Page 132: ...130 CHAPTER 16 The Parameters ...
Page 163: ...The Vocoder ...
Page 169: ...The Virus and Sequencers ...
Page 173: ...ACCESS VIRUS RACK 171 Organizational Information ...
Page 180: ...178 CHAPTER 18 The Virus and Sequencers ...
Page 181: ...Tips Tricks Words Of Wisdom ...
Page 201: ...ACCESS VIRUS RACK 199 MIDI ...
Page 204: ...202 CHAPTER 19 Tips Tricks Words Of Wisdom ...
Page 205: ...Appendix ...
Page 215: ...ACCESS VIRUS RACK 213 FCC Information U S A ...
Page 217: ...ACCESS VIRUS RACK 215 FCC Information CANADA ...
Page 219: ...ACCESS VIRUS RACK 217 Other Standards Rest of World ...
Page 223: ...ACCESS VIRUS RACK 221 Garantie Bestimmung ...
Page 225: ...ACCESS VIRUS RACK 223 Warranty ...
Page 226: ...224 CHAPTER 20 Appendix ...
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