Operating Modes - Access Virus Rack User Manual

54 CHAPTER 5
Concept and Operation

OPERATING MODES

In the Virus you can select from two
ba5sic operating modes, SINGLE MODE
and MULTI MODE.
In SINGLE MODE, the Virus is able to
generate a single sound program only.
All 16 voices, all effects and all control
features (with the exception of the
MULTI button) function in conjunction
with this one sound program. You might
say a SINGLE program is a combination
of all functions and effects that deter-
mine the sound of the Virus. In other
words: A SINGLE program is a "sound" of
the Virus, that can be stored and
recalled.
The Virus provides access to 512 SINGLE
sounds. Next to the 256 RAM sounds
(Bank A and Bank B), you have two
banks available with a total of 256 fac-
tory sounds. These banks, C and D, are
stored in the FLASH ROM and can not be
overwritten via STORE.
The MIDI receive channel in SINGLE
MODE is the Global Channel. You can
change the Global Channel in the CTRL
menu.
In MULTI MODE, the Virus can combine
up to sixteen (SINGLE) sound programs,
among which the maximum available
number of 16 voices are allocated
dynamically. All simultaneously avail-
able sounds can be manipulated in real-
time; for this purpose the control panel
enables you to switch among the sixteen
so-called PARTS.
In MULTI MODE, the actual sound
parameters are augmented with other
functions that deal with how the
involved SINGLE programs are structured
or organized. These include the volume
levels of the single programs, their MIDI
channels, output assignments, etc.