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Summary of Contents for Virus PowerCore

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Page 4: ...sponsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this book Except as permitted by such license no part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of Access Mu sic GmbH Virus is a trademark of Access Music GmbH All other trad...

Page 5: ...emote Controllers Getting Started An Introduction to Viral Synthesis 27 Oscillators 27 Mixer 28 Filter 28 Amplifier 29 Effects 29 Modulation Matrix 29 Viewing Pages 30 Easy Page Parameters of the Easy Page 34 The Osc Page Osc 1 38 Osc 2 39 Osc 3 42 Sub Noise 43 Velocity Mod 43 Unison Mode 45 Mixer 46 The Filter Env Page Filter 1 52 Filter 2 54 Filter Envelope 56 Amplifier Envelope 57 The LFO Page ...

Page 6: ...er 84 Global 85 Pitch 86 Pitch Wheel 87 Patch Param 88 Keyboard 89 Arpeggiator 90 The ModMatrix Page Assign 1 94 Assign 2 94 Assign 3 95 Categories 96 Customer support Appendix Oscillator and LFO waveforms 99 Appendix System Exclusive Data 103 Parameters Description 105 Classes 112 indigo powercore manual book Page 6 Thursday April 22 2004 12 23 PM ...

Page 7: ... the smooth warm tones associated with traditional analog synthesizers to the most gut wrenching teeth rattling speaker shredding sonic terror is possible The Virus PowerCore also sports a powerful effects section featuring effects such as chorus phaser distortion delay and reverb as well as input ring modulation and a voc oder Furthermore with its flexible audio inputs the Virus becomes an incred...

Page 8: ... commonly used patches will be automat ically stored to the Favourites folder for instant recall NOTE The Virus PowerCore is 100 compatible with the majority of patches available for the Virus series of which there are thousands available for free download at www access music de indigo powercore manual book Page 8 Thursday April 22 2004 12 23 PM ...

Page 9: ...id files you have which contain Virus patch librar ies Check the download section of www access music de for a large selection of freely downloadable patches The Virus PowerCore is compatible with the Virus hardware synthesizers so any existing Virus patches are suitable INSTALLING ON A MAC Run the installer program Virus PowerCore Installer included in the download The installer will copy the Vir...

Page 10: ...e for updates frquently Instancing the VPC in Logic STEP1 Create a new Audio Instrument in the arrange window STEP2 Now select the Virus PowerCore by opening the instrument popup menu within the audio object For maximum flexibility choose Multi Channel which enables you to route the four parts of the Virus to individual outputs and thus treat them individually with additional effects indigo powerc...

Page 11: ...d to create an Aux object for every stereo output you wish to gain access to STEP4 Now select the Virus individual outs from the Aux channel s Input options STEP5 Now open up the environment select the Virus instrument and change the MIDI in channel Cha from 1 to All indigo powercore manual book Page 11 Thursday April 22 2004 12 23 PM ...

Page 12: ...nt STEP1 Select VST Instruments from the Devices menu to show the VST Instru ments window STEP2 In the VST Instruments window find an empty VST Instrument slot Empty VST Instrument slots are labelled no instrument Click on the label no instrument to open the VST Instrument Selection menu and select Virus PowerCore in the Access Music sub menu to create an instance of the Virus Pow erCore After a c...

Page 13: ...ate the VST Mixer parameters of the four stereo outputs of the Virus PowerCore If you are confused by these tracks just click the little symbol to the left of the VST Instruments track to col lapse the whole tree You can ignore these tracks for now but you should read the Cubase SX documentation later to learn what to do with these tracks if you are unsure STEP4 Create a MIDI Track to play the Vir...

Page 14: ...e chn menu in the track inspector to play Part 1 of the Virus PowerCore Now you can play the Virus Powercore via MIDI and record on the created MIDI track You can create further MIDI tracks and assign them to any of the four Parts of the Virus by selecting the respective MIDI channel from the chn menu indigo powercore manual book Page 14 Thursday April 22 2004 12 23 PM ...

Page 15: ...r Virus PowerCore patches If you are running Windows it is located in My Documents Access Music PowerCore If you are running Mac OS it is located in Library Application Support Access Music PowerCore NOTE If you have a large number of banks you may wish to create sub folders within the PowerCore folder these will also be scanned automatically and appear within the heirarchical menu structure Loadi...

Page 16: ...o many entries to display all at once you will see a little arrow at the bottom of the list Click on this arrow to scroll through the rest of the entries RECENTLY USED Patches which have been used in the current session are stored in the Recently Used menu so you needn t go searching through all the banks again to find that great lead sound you had half an hour ago Banks are displayed according to...

Page 17: ...es that new patches stand a chance of being included in the list Clear this list Use this to clear all entries from the Favourites list BROWSING PATCHES At the top right hand corner of the Virus PowerCore window you will see the name of the currently selected patch with two arrows up down along side By clicking on the browsing arrows you can easily audition every patch in the currently selected ba...

Page 18: ...r the new name SAVE To save the current patch click on the Save tab The Save menu will appear see screen shot You can now choose from three options Replace old patchname xxx in xxx Bank The original version of the current patch will be overwritten by the new version Save as new entry new patchname xxx in xxx Bank The newly edited patch will be appended to the currently selected bank Patches Altern...

Page 19: ...c Virus Powercore On a Mac it will be located in Library Application Support Access Music Virus Powercore NOTE It is important to realise that only sounds saved in mid format will be recognised by the Virus PowerCore Only SMF format 0 is supported Next time the you instance the Virus PowerCore you will find the new soundbanks listed in the Patches menu You may wish to organise the banks into folde...

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Page 21: ...purchasing the Extended License The Part DSP box at the top of the plugin window displays the current part and the DSP it is using i e To choose a different part click on the box and select the desired part from the drop down list Each part corresponds to it s equivalent MIDI channel i e Part 1 MIDI channel 1 Part 2 MIDI channel 2 Please refer to your sequencer manual for instructions on how to ad...

Page 22: ...n this case the value range is 64 to 0 to 63 Centre position 12 o clock is zero Rotate the knob in an anti clockwise direction to specify values down to 64 Rotate clockwise to specify values up to 63 ADJUSTING KNOBS Drag the knob either vertically or horizontally Some host software may also allow you to use the mouse wheel to adjust knobs TYPING IN VALUES The majority of parameters also have a tex...

Page 23: ...aning that adjusting certain parameters may or may not have an audible effect depending on the value of another For instance if Filter Balance is set to 64 only filter1 is audible consequently adjustments to filter 2 parameters will be inaudible indigo powercore manual book Page 23 Thursday April 22 2004 12 23 PM ...

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Page 25: ...valent parameter in the Virus PowerCore is updated accord ingly NOTE Please note that in certain sequencer hosts some parameters such as Channel Volume and Panorama will be intercepted by the audio instrument channel In this case you will not be able to adjust these parameters by remote USING A THIRD PARTY DEVICE AS A REMOTE CONTROL Please refer to the instruction manual of the third party device ...

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Page 27: ...irus PowerCore sound An oscillator generates a basic wave form which if left untreated will sound as a continuous tone for as long as a key is held Different waveforms contain different amounts of harmonics it s these that give the waveform it s timbre or tonal character For instance Saw Saw waveforms contain both odd and even harmonics resulting in a very bright and harsh tone Pulse Pulse wavefor...

Page 28: ...reating more complex timbres like bells and electric pianos Mixer This is where the outputs of the oscillators noise and ring modulator are balanced before the resulting mixture is sent to the filter section Filter This is an extremely important stage of any subtractive syn thesizer and the Virus PowerCore is no exception to this with it s dual filters each of which can be assigned to one of 4 dif...

Page 29: ...elease being the time it takes the sound to decay to silence once the key is released The Virus PowerCore actually contains a 5 stage envelope due to the addition of a Sustain Time parameter This is used to create an additional crescendo volume swell or decrescendo once the note has reached the sustain level Note that the filter section also has a dedicated envelope for dynamically controlling the...

Page 30: ...ows for a great deal of movement interest and expression within a single sound So hopefully you now have a general overview of the way the Virus PowerCore works it s time to look in more detail at how to achieve all this sonic naughtiness Viewing Pages To make things easier the controls of the Virus PowerCore have been organised into seven different pages To view a particular page click on the cor...

Page 31: ...r tion Chorus and Delay Reverb effects FX 2 GLOBAL The FX 2 Page contains the controls for the Vocoder Input Envelope Follower and several global settings such as Master Tune Pitch Wheel Unison Mode etc MODMATRIX The Mod Matrix Page contains the controls for assigning all of the modulation sources and destinations and their respective amounts indigo powercore manual book Page 31 Thursday April 22 ...

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Page 33: ... a selection of controls for the most commonly edited parameters in the Virus PowerCore If you just want to tweak an existing patch without getting into it too deeply then this is the page for you indigo powercore manual book Page 33 Thursday April 22 2004 12 23 PM ...

Page 34: ...ignal and the phaser effect SEND Adjusts the balance between the dry signal and the delay reverb effect OSC VOLUME Adjusts the volume of the combined outputs of the 3 oscillators and the sub oscillator Turn ing the knob past 12 o clock position will increase the level of filter 1 saturation if selected This controller has no effect on the volume of the noise generator or the ring modulator both of...

Page 35: ...ach maximum volume At zero the sound has immediate impact at higher values it will fade in gradually AMP DECAY This adjusts the time it takes for the sound to fall from maximum volume to the sustain level see Filters Env Page indigo powercore manual book Page 35 Thursday April 22 2004 12 23 PM ...

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Page 37: ...e Osc Page is the birthplace of any Virus PowerCore patch Here you will find the controls for adjusting the 3 main oscillators the sub oscillator the noise generator ring modulator and FM indigo powercore manual book Page 37 Thursday April 22 2004 12 23 PM ...

Page 38: ...ould like to see a graphical representation of these waveforms see the Appendix PW This determines the width of the pulses in a square wave or the pulse width At a setting of 0 the wave is completely square the pulse has 50 of the wave cycle As you increase the value the pulses become thinner until at a value of 127 they have 0 of the wave cycle resulting in silence SEMITONE This determines the pi...

Page 39: ...ixed in with the saw until at a value of 127 a pure square wave is achieved WAVE SELECT The Wave Select knob allows you to choose from one of 64 waveshapes including sine tri angle and 62 additional spectral waves This parameter has no effect unless the value of osc 2 Shape is between of 0 63 If you just want the pure waveform set osc 1 Shape to 0 PW This determines the width of the pulses in a sq...

Page 40: ...ting of 0 results in every key sounding at the same pitch and minus values will make osc 2 descend in pitch as you play up the keyboard SYNC When switched to On the wave cycle of osc 2 is forced to synchronise to that of osc 1 Depending on the pitch of osc 2 the result can be a cold hard sound with a lot of overtones Try sweeping the pitch Semitone of osc 2 for a dramatic demonstration of this eff...

Page 41: ...cay see Fil ters Env page ENV OSC 2 This determines to what degree osc 2 Pitch is modulated by the filter envelope Experiment with both negative and positive values and different values of filter attack and filter decay for a wide range of pitch curves PHASE INIT This determines the point in the wave cycle at which the oscillators will start when a key is pressed At the default value of 0 the osci...

Page 42: ...es more calculating power and as such will result in a reduction in polyphony when activated SEMITONE This adjusts the pitch of osc 3 within a range of 4 octaves 48 semitones above or below middle C If osc 1 and 2 are both set to Semitone 0 try setting osc 3 Semitone to 7 per fect 5th a technique used in many classic lead sounds DETUNE This offsets the pitch of osc 3 relative to osc 1 and 2 This w...

Page 43: ...werCore can be controlled by velocity In practice this means that these parameters can be set to respond to how hard you press the keys Think of a traditional piano as you hit the keys progressively harder the notes become not only louder but also brighter more overtones and even very slightly sharper in pitch If you want to program sounds that respond in a really musical way to the nuances of you...

Page 44: ...s applied to Osc 1 Shape as you play harder therefore Osc 1 Shape needs to be set to something considerably higher than 0 for you to notice any effect here OSC 2 This determines to what degree Osc2 Shape is affected by velocity See Osc 1 for more details PW This determines to what degree the pulse width of oscillators 1 and 2 are affected by velocity At least one of these oscillators need to be se...

Page 45: ...ery key played depending on the chosen value The voices are then detuned and spread across the stereo field resulting in a much fuller sound than is otherwise possible Be aware that Unison mode will reduce the available polyphony by a factor equal to the number of unison voices For instance a sound that uses Unison Mode Twin will have a maximum polyphony of 8 voices MODE Use this to switch Unison ...

Page 46: ...his adjusts the balance between osc1 and osc 2 At 64 you will hear only osc 1 and at 63 only osc 2 At 0 default both oscillators are equally balanced OSC 3 VOL This adjusts the volume of oscillator 3 At a setting of 0 osc 3 will be inaudible but still active so if you don t intend to hear it at all better switch it off and free up some polyphony To bal ance it evenly with osc 1 and 2 try setting O...

Page 47: ...ther percussive sounds but can also be used to create wind and surf fx or add extra warmth to the oscillators PAN This adjusts the position of the sound in the stereo field Virus PowerCore must be enabled as a stereo insert for this to have any effect PATCH VOL This adjusts the overall volume of the patch sound RING VOL This adjusts the volume of the ring modulator which multiplies the output of o...

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Page 49: ...e is different for every synthesizer which is one reason why they all have such a distinctive character The Virus PowerCore is endowed with two filters with a flexible routing system and sev eral modes of saturation making it possible to achieve all manner of filtering effects The controls in this section determine the way in which the signal is routed through the filters Series Parallel or Split ...

Page 50: ...tor From 0 to 63 this increases the level of saturation applied to filter 1 If Saturation is set to Off then values above 0 will have no effect FILTER ROUTING Determines the way in which the output of the mixer section is routed through the filters NOTE The more poles a filter has the more severe the filtering effect Serial 4 The output of the mixer section is routed through filter 1 saturation in...

Page 51: ...g is 12 o clock 0 In Serial 4 and Serial 6 modes this means that the output of filter1 is routed through filter2 and then to the amplifier section If filter balance is set to a negative value then some of the signal from filter1 saturation bypasses filter2 and the ouput of filter2 is also reduced With filter balance set to 64 only the output of filter1 saturation is audible When positive values ar...

Page 52: ...ll come into effect For instance in a Low Pass filter frequencies below this point are allowed to pass and those above are removed according to the slope of the filter LINK CUTOFF Synchronises the cutoff frequencies of both filters When switched to ON filter 2 cutoff tracks filter 1 cutoff The offset between the two determined by the Filter 2 Cutoff controller RESONANCE In Low Pass or High Pass mo...

Page 53: ...sible will result in the filter envelope having no effect on the cutoff frequency of filter 1 As you play harder the filter envelope has an increasingly noticeable effect until at maximum velocity the effect is equivalent to Filter 1 Env Amt 127 again If Env Vel is set to 64 and filter 1 Env Amt is set to 127 then playing as gently as possible will result in the filter envelope having maximum effe...

Page 54: ...rrow band of frequencies through Resonance determines the width of the band in this case Band Stop The opposite of Band Pass this filter removes a narrow band of frequencies Often referred to as a notch filter as it effectively cuts a notch in the tonal spectrum Res onance determines the width of the notch CUTOFF This determines the frequency above or below which filter 2 will come into effect For...

Page 55: ...d if you understand that then you re doing very well indeed I think a practical example is in order Set Env Vel to 63 and Filter 2 Env Amt to 127 At this setting playing as gently as possible will result in the filter envelope having no effect on the cutoff frequency of filter 2 As you play harder the filter envelope has an increasingly noticeable effect until at maximum velocity the effect is equ...

Page 56: ...he envelope to reach its peak DECAY This determines how long it takes for the envelope to decay from its peak to the sustain level SUSTAIN This determines the level at which the envelope will sustain SUSTAIN TIME This determines how long the envelope will remain at the sustain level At 0 the sustain level will be maintained as long as the key is held At positive values the envelope will rise back ...

Page 57: ... to the sus tain volume SUSTAIN This determines the volume at which the sound will sustain as long as the key is held SUSTAIN TIME At 0 the sound will remain at the sustain level so long as the key is held At positive values the volume will rise to maximum the higher the value the quicker the rise At negative val ues the volume will fall to silence the lower the value the quicker the fall RELEASE ...

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Page 59: ...requency Oscillator Basically these generate wave forms that oscillate so slowly that they are only useful as a modulation source for other parameters such as pitch cutoff panorama etc The Virus PowerCore has 3 LFOs indigo powercore manual book Page 59 Thursday April 22 2004 12 23 PM ...

Page 60: ...his determines the waveform of LFO 1 different waves can result in very different modula tion effects Choose between the following options Sine A smooth up down cyclic wave Triangle Similar to sine wave but with sharper peaks and a linear curve Sawtooth This will cause the sound to rise fall then jump back suddenly to rise fall again Square Use this to jump back and forth between two values Sample...

Page 61: ...h the waveform once This effectively turns the LFO into an additional envelope which is shaped according to the currently selected wave form KEY FOLLOW This determines to what extent LFO rate is affected by MIDI note number When set to Off the LFO will oscillate at the same frequency regardless of which key is played When set to 127 the frequency will increase the higher you play up the keyboard L...

Page 62: ...quare wave for this parameter to have an effect RESO 1 2 Determines the amount of modulation applied to the resonance of filters 1 and 2 ASSIGN AMT Determines the amount of modulation applied to the parameter selected in the Assign Desti nation window ASSIGN DESTINATION Select virtually any parameter in the Virus PowerCore to be modulated by LFO 1 FILTER GAIN Determines the amount of modulation ap...

Page 63: ...ng of 4 1 will cause it to sync to cycle of 4 bars SHAPE This determines the waveform of LFO 2 different waves can result in very different modula tion effects Choose between the following options Sine A smooth up down cyclic wave Triangle Similar to sine wave but with sharper peaks and a linear curve Sawtooth This will cause the sound to rise fall then jump back suddenly to rise fall again Square...

Page 64: ...egative values will zoom into the wave Positive values will have no effect on the spectral waveforms LFO MODE When set to Mono LFO 2 is applied to each voice note in sync When set to Poly each voice is modulated independently Note there will only be a difference between these two modes as long as Key Trig is set to Off and LFO 2 is not in Clock Mode KEY FOLLOW This determines to what extent LFO 2 ...

Page 65: ...ANORAMA Determines the amount of modulation applied to the stereo pan position ASSIGN AMOUNT Determines the amount of modulation applied to the parameter selected in the Assign Desti nation window ASSIGN DESTINATION Select virtually any parameter in the Virus PowerCore to be modulated by LFO 2 FM AMT Determines the amount of modulation applied to osc 2 FM amount indigo powercore manual book Page 6...

Page 66: ... overrides Rate and forces LFO 3 to sync its wave cycle to the clock control The frac tions are relative to a whole note or semibreve which in turn are equivalent to a whole bar measure in 4 4 time So by choosing a clock rate of 1 4 LFO 3 will sync to a quarter note crotchet cycle whereas a setting of 4 1 will cause it to sync to cycle of 4 bars SHAPE This determines the waveform of LFO 3 differen...

Page 67: ...y introduces vibrato on longer notes LFO MODE When set to Mono LFO 3 is applied to each voice note in sync When set to Poly each voice is modulated independently Note there will only be a difference between these two modes as long as Key Trig is set to Off and LFO 3 is not in Clock Mode KEY FOLLOW This determines to what extent LFO Rate is affected by MIDI note number When set to Off the LFO will ...

Page 68: ...ate the pulse width of oscillator 1 and oscillator 2 Osc2 PulseWidth LFO 3 will modulate the pulse width of oscillator 2 Osc2 SyncPhase LFO 3 will modulate the phase position of oscillator2 when it is synced to oscillator1 via the sync function Osc Page This will only have an audible effect if the relevant oscillators are set to generate a pulse wave Osc Page indigo powercore manual book Page 68 T...

Page 69: ...e Here you will find the controls for the Analog Boost Input Ring Modulator Phaser Patch Distortion Chorus and Delay Reverb effects as well as the output selection for the cur rent part indigo powercore manual book Page 69 Thursday April 22 2004 12 23 PM ...

Page 70: ... sine wave for both oscillator 1 and 2 and experiment with different pitches for each MIX This determines the balance between the oscillators ring mod and audio input signals At 0 the effect is Off and only the output of the oscillators can be heard As the value increases from 1 to 64 the level of the ring mod is increased until at 64 only the ring modulation is audi ble As the value increases fro...

Page 71: ...he higher the value the greater the intensity of the phasing effect FREQUENCY Determines the center frequency about which the phaser will sweep STAGES Determines the number of filter stages used to create the phasing effect The higher the number the more complex the effect becomes SPREAD Determines the bandwidth of the phaser s filters FEEDBACK Determines the amount of signal to be fed back into t...

Page 72: ... from Off Light Soft Middle Hard Digital Shaper Bit Reducer Rate Reducer Low Pass and HighPass Chorus Use the renowned Virus chorus effect to add depth and movement to the sound The chorus works by adding a delayed copy to the original signal and modulating the delay time with an LFO to create a detuned effect Like the phaser this will also convert a mono sound into stereo MIX Determines the balan...

Page 73: ...the amount of signal to be fed back into the chorus At extreme values this can create an intense howling effect which can easily overload your equipment and your ears so approach with caution SHAPE Determines the wave shape of the chorus LFO Triangle is the default but you might want to experiment with the other options for more exotic effects Output The Virus PowerCore has 4 pairs of stereo outpu...

Page 74: ...ring the same DSP will use the delay reverb settings from the Part selected here The delay reverb controls will be greyed out in the other three Parts NOTE Remember that although there is only one Global Delay Reverb per DSP each Part still has it s own individual Send parameter MODE Select the type of effect to be used Options include Delay Reverb Reverb Feedback and several Groove delays which c...

Page 75: ...o bounce back and forth between the speakers like a ping pong ball The different ratios refer to the relationship between the left and right signals i e 2 1 means that the left delay time is twice the length of the right delay time Pattern X Y These Pattern delays are also ping pong delays but instead of referring to the delay time or clock parameters they refer instead to the global tempo The two...

Page 76: ...re repetitions you will hear COLORATION Determines the character of the delay by applying a filter to the delayed signal At 0 the character is unchanged Negative values apply a lowpass filter resulting in a duller warmer sound Positive values apply a highpass filter resulting in a much thinner brighter sound RATE Determines the rate of modulation applied to the delay time by the delay LFO DEPTH De...

Page 77: ...around a room the high frequencies get gradually attenuated especially by soft furnishings carpets etc As the value increases the more quickly the high frequencies are damped in the reverb tail COLORATION Determines the character of the reverb tail This behaves exactly like Delay Coloration by applying a lowpass filter negative control range or highpass filter positive control range to the reverb ...

Page 78: ...s can be synchronised in the same way as in the delay See Delay Clock for further explanation FEEDBACK This parameter is only functional in the Reverb Feedback modes It determines the amount of signal to be fed back into the reverb Higher values result in more repeats of the early reflections To emphasise this effect try using short reverb times and a long pre delay indigo powercore manual book Pa...

Page 79: ... The FX2 Global Page On this page you will find the controls for the Vocoder Envelope Follower External Audio Input Arpeggiator as well as Global Tuning Key Mode Pitch Wheel etc indigo powercore manual book Page 79 Thursday April 22 2004 12 23 PM ...

Page 80: ... uses the resulting signal to modulate the equivalent fre quencies in the carrier signal Widely different results can be achieved depending on the number of bands used the sensitivity of the envelope followers and the frequency content of each signal NOTE The vocoder is the most complex of the Virus PowerCore s effects and takes a lot of DSP calculating power therefore the filter section becomes d...

Page 81: ...tor bank relative to the carrier bank MOD Q Determines the width of the gap between the bandpass filters in the modulator bank This is unlikely to have more than a very subtle effect on the sound MOD SPREAD Determines the spread of the bandpass filters in the modulator bank Lower values mean a narrower spectrum of the modulator signal is applied to the carrier signal A value of 63 means that the w...

Page 82: ...of speech The more filter bands there are the more calculating power is required so polyphony might vary depending on the num ber of active filter bands ATTACK Determines the response time of the vocoder s envelope followers With longer attack times the response of the vocoder will become slower reducing the intelligibility of speech RELEASE Determines the release time of the vocoder s envelope fo...

Page 83: ...ment so that the input plugin has something to connect to Now in the audio track you wish to process select Virus Input from the PowerCore folder in the VST menu Now click on the Destination window and choose the Virus instance from the menu The out put of the audio track will now be routed into the Virus plugin NOTE If your host software provides side chaining capabilities or allows audio to be r...

Page 84: ...tinu ously monitored and the peaks and troughs in the signal are translated into data which can be used to control the levels of other parameters A typical application of this would be to use a drum loop to modulate the filter cutoff frequency of a pad sound NOTE See the chapter Using the Audio Inputs for instructions on how to route an audio signal into the Virus PowerCore MODE Enables the envelo...

Page 85: ...lues result in a smoother sound which still contains a rhythmic element Global The following parameters are global i e they affect each part channel of the current instance in the same way TUNE Determines the tuning of all parts within the current instance Default is 0 A 440Hz TEMPO Determines the tempo of the Virus PowerCore s internal clock which is used to control the rate of all the clock sync...

Page 86: ...ines the pitch offset in semitone increments for the current patch You can transpose a patch down to 64 semitones lower or up to 63 semitones higher All oscillators keep their rel ative intervals between each other OCTAVE Use the Octave buttons to transpose the pitch in octave increments up to 4 octaves higher or lower DETUNE Determines the overall detuning of the patch This is a subtle effect whi...

Page 87: ...and the musical context of the patch Linear This affects a consistent change in pitch as you move the controller towards either extreme Exponential This affects a gradual change in pitch as you first move the controller but as you move towards either extreme the change becomes much more pronounced BEND UP Determines the degree of pitch bend at the upper extreme of the pitch controller The value is...

Page 88: ...meters Auto Smoothing is applied to parameters whose value is changed slowly but sudden jumps are not smoothed Note Smoothing is applied within a note s duration but is disabled at Note Off i e param eter changes affected by MIDI note number or Note On will not be smoothed HOLD PEDAL Enables or disables the response to a sustain pedal which keyboard players often use to hold notes even after the k...

Page 89: ...eyboard HIGH KEY Determines the highest MIDI note number to which the current patch will respond Any notes played above this key will be ignored There are two ways to set the High Key either 1 Click the mouse pointer on the High Key box and type the MIDI note number or 2 Click the High Key button and press a key on either your MIDI keyboard controller or the on screen keyboard MODE Determines whet...

Page 90: ...ter the keys are released As soon as you press a key any held voices will be replaced by the new voice s PORTAMENTO Determines the rate at which the pitch of one note will glide towards the next A value of 0 means that Portamento is off The higher the value the longer it takes for the pitch of the first note to glide towards the next Arpeggiator The arpeggiator is a powerful creative tool that tak...

Page 91: ...ing some of the Velocity Mod parameters see Osc Page NOTE LENGTH Determines an offset in the length of each note in the current arpeggiator pattern Positive values lengthen each note in the pattern whilst negative values shorten each note SWING Similar to the quantization presets available in many of today s sequencers this delays the up beats by up to 75 This parameter only affects patterns 2 64 ...

Page 92: ...erns 2 64 are designed to be used with a clock value of 1 8 but can of course be used with any of the available values HOLD When enabled the arpeggiator will continue to arpeggiate the most recently played notes even after the keys have been released indigo powercore manual book Page 92 Thursday April 22 2004 12 23 PM ...

Page 93: ...mplex movement within a sound Practically any parameter in the Virus Powercore can be modulated by any one of 27 control sources The most common application of the ModMatrix is to assign the modwheel to add vibrato or to open the filters A little imagination can go a long way though see Howard Scarr s excellent tutorial Programming Analog Synths for some ideas in this area indigo powercore manual ...

Page 94: ... Select the control source for Mod Slot 2 AMOUNT 1 Detemines the degree of modulation for Destination 1 DESTINATION 1 Select the first parameter to be modulated by Assign Source 2 AMOUNT 2 Determines the degree of modulation for Destination 2 DESTINATION 2 Select the second parameter to be modulated by Assign Source 2 indigo powercore manual book Page 94 Thursday April 22 2004 12 23 PM ...

Page 95: ...MOUNT 2 Determines the degree of modulation for Destination 2 DESTINATION 2 Select the second parameter to be modulated by Assign Source 3 AMOUNT 3 Determines the degree of modulation for Destination 3 DESTINATION 3 Select the third parameter to be modulated by Assign Source 3 NOTE For a full list of available modulation sources and destinations please refer to the Appendix indigo powercore manual...

Page 96: ... patch If you choose to use two different categories then the patch will appear in both lists in the categories option in the Load menu Click on the relavant pane to select the appropriate category for your patch indigo powercore manual book Page 96 Thursday April 22 2004 12 23 PM ...

Page 97: ...or Virus PowerCore synthesis related questions please contact http www access music de go support Addiotional patches can be downloaded here http www access music de The latest PowerCore driver version and TCAU TC Audio Unit wrapper can be down loaded here http www tcelectronics com indigo powercore manual book Page 97 Thursday April 22 2004 12 23 PM ...

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Page 103: ...ingle Program thus a Single Program contains 256 Bytes Page A LowPage contains Single parameters that are usefull for MIDI automation The parame ters of this page are additionally controllable by MIDI Control Change The remaining Single parameters in Page B HiPage are additionally controllable by MIDI Poly phonic Pressure Page C contains Multi parameters and Global parameters These parameters are ...

Page 104: ...ame MIDI channel the Sound Param eter is receiced only by the Multi Part with the lowest part number Example B0 21 40 Set oscillator balance 21 hex 33 dec on MIDI channel 1 to the middle position 40 hex 64 dec POLYPHONIC PRESSURE MESSAGE ONLY PAGE B Example A2 07 25 Control LFO3 Rate on MIDI channel 3 Byte Meaning Remark Bc Status byte c MIDI channel nn Parameter Number 0 127 see parameter list Pa...

Page 105: ... 15 A 16 p Contr 16 A 17 a Osc1 Shape 0 127 64 0 63 Wave Saw Pulse A 18 a Osc1 Pulsewidth 0 127 A 19 a Osc1 Wave Select 0 64 Sine Triangle Wave 3 64 A 20 a Osc1 Semitone 0 127 64 63 A 21 a Osc1 Keyfollow 0 127 64 63 Default 32 A 22 a Osc2 Shape 0 127 64 0 63 Wave Saw Pulse A 23 a Osc2 Pulsewidth 0 127 A 24 a Osc2 Wave Select 0 64 Sine Triangle Wave 3 64 A 25 a Osc2 Semitone 0 127 64 63 A 26 a Osc2...

Page 106: ...er2 Keyfollow 0 127 64 63 A 48 a Filter Balance 0 127 64 63 A 49 a Saturation Curve 0 6 0 Off 1 Light 2 Soft 3 Middle 4 Hard 5 Digital A 51 a Filter1 Mode 0 3 0 LP 1 HP 2 BP 3 BS A 52 a Filter2 Mode 0 3 0 LP 1 HP 2 BP 3 BS A 53 a Filter Routing 0 3 0 Ser4 1 Ser6 2 Par4 3 Split A 54 a Filter Env Attack 0 127 A 55 a Filter Env Decay 0 127 A 56 a Filter Env Sustain 0 127 A 57 a Filter Env Sustain Tim...

Page 107: ... 127 64 63 A 79 a Lfo2 Rate 0 127 A 80 a Lfo2 Shape 0 5 0 Sine 1 Tri 2 Saw 3 Square 4 S H 5 S G A 81 a Lfo2 Env Mode 0 1 0 Off 1 On A 82 a Lfo2 Mode 0 1 0 Poly 1 Mono A 83 a Lfo2 Symmetry 0 127 64 63 A 84 a Lfo2 Keyfollow 0 127 A 85 a Lfo2 Keytrigger 0 127 0 Off 1 127 Keytrigger Phase A 86 a OscShape Lfo2 Amount 0 127 64 63 A 87 a FmAmount Lfo2 Amount 0 127 64 63 A 88 a Cutoff1 Lfo2 Amount 0 127 6...

Page 108: ...re 4 S H 5 S G A112 a Delay Reverb Mode 0 1 0 Off 1 Delay 2 Reverb 3 Rev Feedb1 A113 a ms Effect Send 0 127 A114 a ms np Delay Time 0 127 A115 a ms np Delay Feedback 0 127 A116 a ms np Delay Rate 0 127 Reverb Decay Time 0 127 A117 a ms np Delay Depth 0 127 Reverb Room Size 0 3 0 Ambience 1 SmallRoom 2 LargeRoom 3 Hall A118 a ms np Delay Lfo Shape 0 5 0 Sine 1 Tri 2 Saw 3 Square 4 S H 5 S G Reverb ...

Page 109: ...6 b Clock Tempo 0 127 63 190 BPM B 17 b Arp Clock 1 17 1 64 1 1 B 18 b Lfo1 Clock 0 19 Off 1 64 4 1 B 19 b Lfo2 Clock 0 19 Off 1 64 4 1 B 20 b ms np Delay Clock 0 16 Off 1 64 3 4 B 21 b Lfo3 Clock 0 19 Off 1 64 4 1 B 25 b Control Smooth Mode 0 3 0 Off 1 On 2 Auto 3 Note B 26 b Bender Range Up 0 127 64 63 B 27 b Bender Range Down 0 127 64 63 B 28 b Bender Scale 0 1 0 Linear 1 Exponential B 30 b Fil...

Page 110: ...b Resonance2 Velocity 0 127 64 63 B 60 b Amp Velocity 0 127 64 63 B 61 b Panorama Velocity 0 127 64 63 B 62 b Soft Knob1 Single see Soft Knob List B 63 b Soft Knob2 Single see Soft Knob List B 64 b Assign1 Source see Assign Sources List B 65 b Assign1 Destination see Assign Destinations List B 66 b Assign1 Amount 0 127 64 63 B 67 b Assign2 Source see Assign Sources List B 68 b Assign2 Destination1...

Page 111: ...6 0 Off 1 6 Phaser Stages B 85 b Vb Phaser Mix 0 127 B 86 b Vb Phaser Rate 0 127 B 87 b Vb Phaser Depth 0 127 B 88 b Vb Phaser Frequency 0 127 B 89 b Vb Phaser Feedback 0 127 64 63 B 90 b Vb Phaser Spread 0 127 B 97 b Vb Analog Boost Intensity 0 127 B 98 b Vb Analog Boost Tune 0 127 B 99 b Vb Input Ringmodulator 0 127 0 Off 1 127 Direct Ringmod ulator Input B100 b Vb Distortion Curve 0 6 0 Off 1 L...

Page 112: ...UND PARAMETER OF BANK B Accessible by MIDI Polyphonic Pressure SysEx Parameterchange and Single Dump The Sound Parameters are stored with a Single Sound When received as Polyphonic Pressure the Sound Param eter is received only by the Multi Part with the lowest part number if more than one Multi Part is set to the same MIDI channel When received as SysEx Parameterchange or Single Dump the part is ...

Page 113: ...nk number similar to the regular Program Change Part number 40 will address the Single buffer in Single Mode On non part sensitive parameters the part number is ignored but must still be sent as any value Remarks for editor librarian programs Not all 256 bytes of a Single or Multi Dump are defined as a parameter Some of them are defined for internal use or reserved for future applications In a bul...

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Page 115: ...Bank as new entry new patchname xxx in xxx Bank Patches How To Install Your Own Patches 19 Parts and DSPs 21 Global Effects Adjusting Parameters 22 Adjusting knobs Typing in Values typing a value into a text box Using a Virus synthesizer as a remote con trol device Using a third party device as a remote control Using your sequencer to automate the vi rus powercore An Introduction to Viral Synthesi...

Page 116: ...mount FM Mode PosTri Tri Wave Noise Input Env FM Env Osc 2 Phase Init Osc 3 42 Osc Mode Semitone Detune Sub Noise 43 Sub Shape Noise Color Middle 0 Negative 64 Positive 63 Velocity Mod 43 Osc 1 Osc 2 PW FM Vol Pan Punch Intensity Unison Mode 45 Mode Detune Pan Spread LFO Phase Mixer 46 Osc 1 2 Bal Osc 3 Vol Sub Vol Osc Vol Noise Vol Pan Patch Vol Ring Vol FX Send Saturation Osc Vol indigo powercor...

Page 117: ...ss Band Pass Band Stop Cutoff Resonance Env AMT Key Follow Reso Vel Env Vel Env Polarity Filter Envelope 56 Attack Decay Sustain Sustain Time Release Amplifier Envelope 57 Attack Decay Sustain Sustain Time Release LFO 1 60 Rate Clock Shape Sine Triangle Sawtooth Square Sample and Hold Random Sample and Glide Oscillator Waveform Contour Env Mode Key Follow Key Trig LFO Mode Osc 1 Osc 2 Link Osc1 Os...

Page 118: ...Square Sample and Hold Random Sample and Glide Oscillator Waveform Fade In LFO Mode Key Follow Assign Amount Assign Destination Osc1 Pitch Osc1 2 Pitch Osc2 Pitch Osc1 PulseWidth Osc1 2 PulseWidth Osc2 PulseWidth Osc2 SyncPhase Analog Boost 70 Intensity Tune Ring Mod 70 Mix Phaser 70 Mix Rate Depth Frequency Stages Spread Feedback Patch Distortion 72 Intensity Curve Chorus 72 Mix Rate Depth Delay ...

Page 119: ... delay Clock Feedback Vocoder 80 About the Vocoder Mode Off Osc Osc Hold Noise Input Center Freq Mod Offset Mod Q Mod Spread Carr Q Link Carr Spread Spectral Bal Bands Attack Release Source Bal Using the Audio Inputs 83 using the Side chain plugin Mode Off Dynamic Static To Effects Envelope Follower 84 Mode Level Attack Release Global 85 Tune Tempo Sync Extern Intern Pitch 86 Transpose Octave Detu...

Page 120: ...Down Up Down As Played Random Chord Pattern Note Length Swing Oct Range Clock Hold Assign 1 94 Source Amount Destination Assign 2 94 Source Amount 1 Destination 1 Amount 2 Destination 2 Assign 3 95 Source Amount 1 Destination 1 Amount 2 Destination 2 Amount 3 Destination 3 Categories 96 Oscillator and LFO waveforms 99 System Exclusive Data 103 Control Change message only Page A Polyphonic Pressure...

Page 121: ... Classes 112 p Performance Controller a Sound Parameter of Bank A b Sound Parameter of Bank B ms Multi Single Parameter np Non part sensitive Sound Parameter bpc Bank Program Change Parameter Bank Select indigo powercore manual book Page 121 Thursday April 22 2004 12 23 PM ...

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Page 124: ...CCESS MUSIC ELECTRONICS GMBH KÖNIGSWALL 6 45657 RECKLINGHAUSEN GERMANY WWW ACCESS MUSIC DE Printed in Germany IPEMU 03 04 Revision A indigo powercore manual book Page 124 Thursday April 22 2004 12 23 PM ...

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