The Multi-Single Mode - Access Virus Rack User Manual

THE MULTI-SINGLE MODE

While being in MULTI Mode, you're
unable to change the SINGLE programs
directly, which would admittedly be a
handy option when you're working with
a sequencer. This is why the Virus fea-
tures MULTI SINGLE mode, which, strictly
speaking, is more an alternative view of
MULTI mode rather than a further mode
in its own right.
Activate MULTI SINGLE mode by pressing
the MULTI and SINGLE buttons simulta-
neously. The name of the selected MULTI
program will disappear and instead
you'll see the name of the SINGLE pro-
gram for the selected PART. Now you can
page or scroll through the 16 PARTs
using the PART buttons and select a SIN-
GLE program for every channel. You can
process the currently selected PART or,
more accurately, edit its sound, using the
control features. The menus let you
access the usual SINGLE parameters.
You'll always see the number of the
selected PART on the upper left in the
display. The PART buttons don't actually
change sounds, they simply set the user
interface of the Virus to the desired
PART. Irrespective of the given setting,
all PARTs can be controlled simulta-
neously via MIDI. Consequently, MULTI
SINGLE mode, which makes handling so
much easier, is the ideal choice when
you're working with a connected
sequencer.
Please bear in mind that MULTI SINGLE
mode is really just another view of the
normal MULTI mode. MULTI SINGLE
mode doesn't offer a unique data type
for storing sounds, it always works with
the MULTI program currently selected in
normal MULTI mode. All of the normal
MULTI mode parameters (keyboard
zones, etc.) remain intact and in force
even though you can't view or vary them
in MULTI SINGLE mode. You can set the
device to normal MULTI mode at any
time by pressing the MULTI button. To
return to the MULTI SINGLE mode view,
simply press the MULTI and SINGLE but-
tons simultaneously.
When you're working with a sequencer,
start with a MULTI program that features
neutral settings for its "administrative"
parameters, for example, the MULTI pro-
gram M0 Sequencer. Here the PART num-
bers are identical to the MIDI channels of
the PARTs. Now when you work in MULTI
SINGLE mode, the Virus responds as if it
were in SINGLE mode, except that you
have 16 sounds available simultaneously
on 16 MIDI channels. Use the PART but-
tons to select these sounds.
You only need to exit MULTI SINGLE
mode when you want to store the MULTI
program, for example, to save the cur-
rent global delay/reverb setting. In
MULTI mode, these settings are not
stored along with SINGLE sounds.
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The Multi-Single Mode