Access Virus TI, User Manual

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In the signal flow, the saturation stage comes immediately after
Filter 1. Therefore if you have added a lot of overtones, you can
still filter them out using filter 2 (assuming the routing is serial -
see above).
Access have kept the term “Saturation”, but greatly expanded
on the idea – several different Saturation types can be selected
(via SHIFT + OSC VOLUME). Here are a few experiments to get
you started:
Hold down the SHIFT button and turn the OSC VOLUME knob
to see the various SATURATION TYPEs. Select one of the
more drastic types e.g. “Digital”, release the SHIFT button and
experiment with OSC VOLUME (i.e. without using SHIFT). You
might like to filter the results now!
Now let’s try out some of the other saturation types. Turn the
SHAPE knob down to minimum and try out the Wave Shaper
and Rectifier types in turn. Again, you should experiment with
OSC VOLUME because this parameter affects the tone.
The Bit Reducer, Rate Reducer and Rate+Follow types can be
used to emulate the tonal characteristics of early digital syn-
thesizers and samplers. You may not like these at first, but
they can certainly add “grit” to a sound.
Finally, you should try out the four additional saturation types
(which are actually additional filters). High+Follow is especially
useful for thinning out a sound without using filter 1 for this
purpose.