Access Virus Rack XL, User Manual

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CHAPTER 9
The Global Parameters
LED MODE
Here you can chose between two operating
modes for the RATE LEDs of LFO 1 and 2:
- LFO The LEDs indicate the oscillations of the
LFOs.
- INPUT The LEDs serve as level indicators for
the two external audio inputs (RATE 1 = Input
L; RATE 2 = Input R). The brightness of the
LEDs indicates the current input level; signal
saturation is indicated by rapidly flashing
LEDs.
To achieve maximum sound quality for the sy-
stem, you should set the input signal to a le-
v e l t h a t i s a s c l o s e a s p o s s i b l e t o t h e
saturation threshold. However you should
avoid setting the level beyond the saturation
threshold, otherwise you will hear undesirable
distortion in the signal. You can also use the
level indicators to see if an input signal is ac-
tually patched in.
- AUTO When you activate AUTO, the LFO
Rate LEDs will automatically indicate the in-
put level when you switch to a SINGLE or
PART that accesses an external audio out-
puts.
- OUTPUT1
- OUTPUT2
- OUTPUT3
- AUX1
- AUX2 Much like when the setting «ExtIn» is
enabled, you can have the two LFO Rate
LED’s indicate the signal levels of five further
signal buses. This lets you check visually if a
signal is being routed via a given bus and
spot overloaded circuits. When you activate
this option, the LFO1 LED indicates the left
channel and the LFO2 LED indicates the right
channel of the selected signal bus. The LEDs
will flash rapidly to indicated an overloaded
bus.
- STEAL The ”Steal” setting indicates if a
voice is cut off in the interest of providing the
voices required to render a new note whenev-
er the polyphony that VIRUS has been ex-
hausted. If the device is forced to cut a note
off, it will select the voice whose signal level
has dropped furthest. Considering that a
voice fades out over a range of 0 to -144 dec-
ibels, but – depending on the sonic context –
the signal fades into the background at -32 to
-48 decibels, this process of cutting off fading
notes is largely inaudible. The brightness of
the LFO Rate LED will fluctuate to indicate
the volume envelope’s current level for the
note that the VIRUS is cutting off.
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