Assign And The Definable Knobs - Access Virus Rack User Manual

194 CHAPTER 19
Tips, Tricks& Words Of Wisdom

ASSIGN AND THE DEFINABLE KNOBS

The ASSIGN section in the EDIT menu lets
you control up to six freely selectable
parameters via up to three modulation
sources. The modulation sources can be
MIDI controllers such as the modulation
wheel as well as internal, voice-related
modulation sources such as envelopes
and LFOs. In addition, LFO 1 and LFO 2
each offer a further, freely selectable
modulation destination when they're set
to the ASSIGN position (use the
AMOUNT buttons for this purpose).
The obvious thing to do would be to use
one of the DEFINABLE knob as a modula-
tion source for one or several ASSIGN
units. However, we deliberately chose
not to create a direct, fixed link between
the DEFINABLE knobs and the ASSIGN
units since, by definition, neither the
output of the DEFINABLE knobs nor the
inputs of the ASSIGN units have a fixed
controller number.
Instead, you are free to select one of the
possible controllers as an ASSIGN source
(e.g. the modulation wheel or Controller
#12). All you have to do is enter this con-
troller as the parameter for the DEFIN-
ABLE knob. This configuration is
identical to that of a conventional
parameter that has a dedicated control-
ler number and knob. The knob move-
ments are sent to the selected MIDI Out
via the selected controller and on to the
sequencer where they can be recorded
and sent back to the Virus. Reasonably
enough, you should set the controller
number for the DEFINABLE knob under
DEFINABLE Single because this setting
(like the ASSIGN settings) is stored with
the SINGLE program and doesn't apply
to all SINGLEs (as is the case with the
DEFINABLE Global setting).