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VOLUME CONTROL
Next to the Oscillator Volume parameter, the Vi-
rus features four other volume stages for every
SINGLE or PART:
PATCH VOLUME
Volume level of the sound program. Use Patch
Volume to balance out the fundamental differ-
ences in levels between the different sound pro-
grams. The Patch Volume is stored along with
the sound program. The unit value is 100.
PART VOLUME
Volume level of the MULTI-PART. Use Part Vol-
ume to balance out the different levels within a
MULTI program. Part Volume is stored along
with the MULTI program. The unit value is zero
since Part Volume is a bipolar, relative parame-
ter.
CHANNEL VOLUME
and ExpressionThese two performance control-
lers (Ctr. #7 and #11) can be used in order to
make temporary changes in signal level via a
sequencer or volume pedal. Like all perform-
ance controllers, these are not stored with the
sound program. The unit value is 127. A dou-
ble-click on the POWER and STORE buttons
together (Panic function) resets Channel Vol-
ume and Expression to this unit value.
ASSIGN AND THE SOFT
KNOBS
The ASSIGN section in the EDIT menu lets you
control up to six freely selectable parameters
via up to three modulation sources. The modu-
lation sources can be MIDI controllers such as
the modulation wheel as well as internal, voice-
related modulation sources such as envelopes
and LFOs. In addition, LFO 1 and LFO 2 each
offer a further, freely selectable modulation des-
tination when they’re set to the ASSIGN posi-
t i o n ( u s e t h e A M O U N T b u t t o n s f o r t h i s
purpose).
The obvious thing to do would be to use one of
the Soft-Knob as a modulation source for one
or several ASSIGN units. However, we deliber-
ately chose not to create a direct, fixed link be-
tween the Soft Knob and the ASSIGN units
since, by definition, neither the output of the
Soft Knob nor the inputs of the ASSIGN units
have a fixed controller number.
Instead, you are free to select one of the possi-
ble controllers as an ASSIGN source (e.g. the
modulation wheel or Controller #12). All you
have to do is enter this controller as the param-
eter for the Soft Knob. This configuration is
identical to that of a conventional parameter
that has a dedicated controller number and
knob. The knob movements are sent to the se-
lected MIDI Out via the selected controller and
on to the sequencer where they can be record-
ed and sent back to the Virus. Reasonably
enough, you should set the controller number
for the Soft Knob under Soft Knob Single be-
cause this setting (like the ASSIGN settings) is
stored with the SINGLE program and doesn’t
apply to all SINGLEs (as is the case with the
Soft Knob Global setting).
Summary of Contents for Virus Rack XL
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Page 15: ...Introduction ...
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Page 39: ...Concept and Operation ...
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