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that you switched the devices on. Be sure to
keep on eye on the signal level indicators of
your mixing console.
LISTENING TO THE FACTORY
SOUNDS
The program memory of the Virus was loaded
with sound programs (SINGLE PROGRAMs)
and sound combinations (MULTI PROGRAMs)
before it left the factory. To hear the SINGLE
PROGRAMs (and gain an initial impression of
the possibilities your new instrument has to of-
fer in terms of sounds), first make sure your
MIDI source is sending on MIDI Channel 1.
Press the SINGLE button. A number, a letter,
number and name appear in the display. These
indicate the the MIDI Channel, the current Pro-
gram Bank (A to H) as well as the number and
name of the current sound program.
Now if you play notes you should be able to
hear this sound and a quarter note (the round
dot at the end of the note staff is solid black)
should appear in the display every time you
press a key and release a key. If you do not hear
a sound but you see a half note (blank note
head) check to see if you are sending on the
wrong MIDI Channel.
Press the VALUE button to call up the 128 sin-
gle programs of Bank A in sequence. (The VAL-
UE encoder is inactive in this operating mode.)
In order to hear the sound programs in banks B
to H, simply use the PARAMETER/BANK but-
tons to step from one program bank to another.
You'll find that some sound programs are la-
beled with the abbreviations "INP" or "VOC".
These use the external audio input as a signal
source for the filter section (INP) or vocoder
(VOC). This means that you won't hear anything
until you route an audio signal into the external
audio inputs.
LISTENING TO THE MULTI PRO-
GRAMS
The Virus not only has the capability of playing
SINGLE PROGAMs, but also combinations
consisting of more than one sound simultane-
ously (MIDI Multi Mode). To call up the MULTI
PROGRAMs, press the MULTI button and se-
lect these combination programs via the VALUE
button. The Virus features "only" 128 MULTI
PROGRAMs, so you don't have to switch back
and forth between banks they way you just did
while activating single programs.
The majority of available MULTI PROGRAMs
contain sound combinations that are controlled
via a single MIDI channel. In these MULTI PRO-
GRAMs, the sounds involved are allocated
side-by-side (split) or on top of one another
(layered) on the keyboard. In other MULTI PRO-
GRAMs, the sounds are divided up over several
MIDI channels to make it easier to work with a
sequencer. If you activate a MULTI PROGRAM
and hear a single sound only, then you can con-
trol this MULTI PROGRAM via several channels.
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