More To Come - Access Virus Rack XL User Manual

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CHAPTER 5
Introduction
rename them etc. etc. These are the kinds of
jobs which are handled much more comfortably
on a computer screen than in the (naturally
smaller) Virus menus.
SoundDiver's library functions let you build up
sound libraries of any size for the Virus, and
store these on your computer's hard disk. You
can sort some or all the sounds in a library ac-
cording to several criteria, you can search for
sounds, audition them and send several library
sounds at the same time to the Virus (via drag
and drop) etc. etc. It is even possible to connect
several Virii to SoundDiver and feed them with
sounds from a single, central library. Selectively
swapping sounds between two Virii could hard-
ly be more comfortable.
Double-clicking on a sound in SoundDiver's
Memory Manager loads the sound into an edit-
able graphic display of all parameters and val-
ues. Although there is nothing in this editor you
cannot do on the Virus itself, the attractive on-
screen graphics give you an instant and com-
plete overview of all parameters and their val-
ues, so this is a practical alternative to the Virus
user interface – especially when your unit is not
very accessible (e.g. when built into a 19" rack).
SoundDiver communicates via MIDI with the Vi-
rus and requires two-way connections i.e. both
the MIDI INs and OUTs must be connected be-
tween the Virus and the computer running the
software. SoundDiver has an integrated Help
system, which includes extensive information
about the program itself as well as about the Vi-
rus parameters.
For further information about the full version of
SoundDiver, as well as any questions you may
have about the program, please contact Emag-
ic (www.emagic.de).
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MORE TO COME

We have come to the end of these detailed in-
structions for novices. We hope we were able to
help you become a bit more familiar with your
new synthesizer and gain some confidence in
how to handle it. As we mentioned earlier, this is
just an introduction and does not cover all the
functions and features of the Virus, only the ba-
sic components and how they affect the sound
of the Virus. You should now be able to come to
terms with the in-depth look at the Virus in the
following section.