Handling Midi Parameter Control - Access Virus Rack User Manual

172 CHAPTER 18
The Virus and Sequencers

HANDLING MIDI PARAMETER CONTROL

If you have configured your MIDI system
in accordance with the instructions in
the previous section, you may activate
the sequencer's recording mode and
record the knob and button movements
as you see fit. Check the Event or List edi-
tor of your sequencer to see if the
recording operation was successful.
Good-to-know info: Do not record knob
and button movements to the same
track that contains the notes of any
given passage. Instead, use a new track
that sends its data to the same MIDI out-
put and channel as the track containing
the notes. Although the sequencer
merges these two data streams inter-
nally, separating the two tracks makes it
easier for you distinguish between the
information that they contain. Besides,
you're thus able to edit and copy the
recording of t knob and button move-
ments without affecting the actual notes
on the other track.
If you wanted to take this an extreme,
you could record the movements of
every knob and button to a separate
track. Although this sounds like a classic
case of overkill, it can facilitate the pro-
cess of editing the recorded sequences:
Bear in mind that the sequencer doesn't
indicate the parameters addressed via
the control features of the Virus by their
names; instead, it indicates merely the
controller and/or polypressure numbers.
If you split up these control features by
recording them to different tracks and
giving these tracks names that give you
an idea of what they contain, you'll find
it much easier to work with these tracks.