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Type
Accessible from the panel via the TYPE/MIX knob
> Off: Distortion is disabled.
> Light, Soft, Medium, Hard: Four analog-style distortion
curves with differing characteristics.
> Digital: Digital clipping. Can even turn a Saw wave into a
square wave.
> Wave Shaper: A sinusoidal waveshaper, the effect of which
is often similar to linear FM. Note that the results of the
Shaper are highly dependant upon the signal level (see
“OSC VOLUME” on page 137 and INTENSITY below).
> Rectifier: Full wave rectification with subsequent DC-com-
pensation. See glossary.
> Bit Reducer: Variable reduction of bit-depth. For generating
the digital quantization effects typical of early samplers and
digital synthesizers.
> Rate Reducer: Variable reduction of sampling rate. For gen-
erating the aliasing effects typical of early samplers and dig-
ital synthesizers.
> Low Pass: Single pole low pass filter for variable reduction
of high frequencies. This effect is only included to ensure
compatibility with older programs (early Virus models did not
feature a dedicated EQ section).
> High Pass: Single pole high pass filter for variable reduction
of low frequencies. Also included for compatibility reasons.
Intensity
Accessible from the panel via the INTENSITY knob.
> 0 to 127: Generally determines the amount of effect. In the
two filter models (see “Low Pass” and “High Pass” above),
this is the cutoff frequency.
Modulation destination “Distortion Intensity“.
Analog Boost
Analog Boost can be used to emulate the frequency response
of various real analogue synthesizers. Note that boosting bass
frequencies will reduce the proportion of high frequencies in
the resulting signal.