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Introduction
vibrato effect. Instead, you’ll hear a sound modulation, in some cases, a very drastic one at that.
Choose the pure sine waveshape for Oscillator 2. In conjunction with the sine wave, the frequency
modulation generates very clear, in some cases bell-like, spectra.
In the Virus you have the option of combining the two functions called oscillator synchronization
(SYNC) and frequency modulation (FM AMOUNT, to generate new harmonic spectra. Switch SYNC
on and experiment with the FM AMOUNT. Also try out different SEMITONE settings and the diverse
waveshapes of Oscillator.
The Virus is equipped with a third master oscillator that lets you create further oscillations and spec-
tra. You can access the parameters of this oscillator, which are described in a later chapter, via the
OSCILLATOR EDIT menu.
The Mixer Section
You have already come across two parameters of the MIXER section: OSC BAL determines the mix
ratio between Oscillators 1 and 2; in the left half of its control range, OSC VOL determines the mas-
ter volume of the oscillator mix. In the right half of the control range from the center position to the
far right, OSC VOL increases the saturation intensity when a SATURATION curve has been acti-
vated.
Now we’ll take a closer look at the final control element, the SUB OSC pot: It controls the volume of
the fourth oscillator, the so-called SubOscillator, which always operates an octave below
Oscillator 1.
The SubOscillator is mixed to the Oscillator 1 and 2 master mix signal as determined by the OSC
BAL pot. The master volume of the composite mix is controlled by the OSC VOL pot. The only other
parameter available for the SubOscillator is accessible via the OSCILLATOR EDIT menu where you
have the option of selecting a triangle or pulse waveshape (SUB OSCILLATOR WAVE SQUARE/TRI-
ANGLE).
Another voice-internal signal source of the Virus has no visible control features on the control panel:
the Noise Generator. The dedicated sound parameters are its volume and coloration (NOISE Volume
and Color in the OSCILLATOR EDIT menu). On the middle position of NOISE Color the Noise Gener-
ator produces white noise. Please keep in mind that the level of the Noise Generator is not subject
to the master volume controlled by the OSC VOL pot. In other words, it is audible even when OSC
VOL is set to zero.
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