Listening To The Factory Sounds - Access Virus Rack User Manual

16 CHAPTER 4
Introduction
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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
offer in terms of sounds), first make sure
your MIDI source is sending on MIDI
Channel 1.
Press the SINGLE button. A number, a let-
ter, number and name appear in the dis-
play. These indicate the the MIDI
Channel, the current Program Bank (A to
D) 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 single programs of Bank A in
sequence. (The VALUE encoder is inac-
tive in this operating mode.) In order to
hear the sound programs in banks B, C
and D, simply use the PARAMETER/BANK
buttons to step from one program bank
to another.
You'll find that some sound programs
are labeled with the abbreviations "INP"
or "VOC". These use the external audio
input as a signal source for the filter sec-
tion (INP) or vocoder (VOC). This means
that you won't hear anything until you
route an audio signal into the external
audio inputs.