Dump - The Sound In The Song - Access Virus Rack User Manual

176 CHAPTER 18
The Virus and Sequencers

DUMP - THE SOUND IN THE SONG

Archiving all of the sounds used in a
song is not only a good idea to prevent
potential problems that may occur when
parameters are controlled in real time. It
also makes it easy for you to recall your
work at some later point. Assuming that
you've connected the MIDI Out of the
Virus with a MIDI In of the computer, you
can, for example, at any time send an
individual sound or the content of the
entire memory via MIDI in the form of
something called a bulk dump to the
sequencer and record this data there.
This has an distinct advantage: all sound
data can be stored together with the
song and the status of the Virus required
for this song can be restored at any time
by simply sending the recorded data to
the device. You'll find the menu for
SysEx dumps by going to the CTRL menu
and then MIDI DUMP TX.
When you opt to record a bulk dump to
a sequencer, you can proceed in the
same manner as you would when you
record tracks consisting of notes. For
example, you can move a bulk dump to
any position in the arrangement. To
assure that the Virus plays the song back
using the right sounds, we recommend
that you position stored data prior to the
song. Move all components of the actual
song back so that you're left with
enough room to accommodate the
dump prior to the song's start position.
Then when you start the sequencer on
the first bar, sound-related data is sent
to the Virus before the actual song
begins. An individual sound dump is very
short; a dump comprising a complete
memory bank will extend over several
bars.
. During a bulk dump, the Virus sends
MIDI SysEx data to the computer. If you
encounter problems while recording a
bulk dump, please check if your
sequencer refuses to accept SysEx data
due to one-sided filtering. You can check
whether or not anything was recorded
by taking a look at the Event or List edi-
tor of your sequencer. In this editor, MIDI
data is displayed numerically instead of
graphically; in a normal Note editor (Key
Edit, Matrix Edit or the like) SysEx data is
NOT visible. Once you've successfully
recorded a dump, look for entries in the
list that are labeled "SysEx".
The Virus lets you to send the entire
memory content or just parts thereof to
the sequencer. The most reliable solution
is to transfer the entire memory (MIDI
DUMP TX: Total). There is, however, a
catch: Since a great deal of data is being
transmitted ("Total", after all, means all
SINGLE programs, all MULTIs, and so
forth), the dump is very extensive and