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Osc Volume and Input

When one of the two INPUT modes is activated, the OSC VOL knob rather than the oscillators con-
trols the level of the INPUT signal in front of the Filter section and of course also the gain of the SAT-
URATION stage. In INPUT Dynamic mode, the level increases quite rapidly when you play several
voices polyphonically. The reason for this is that – in contrast to when you're dealing with several
oscillator signals – the voices are correlated because they are receiving an identical input signal. In
the event that the Virus generates distortion when you're dealing with this type of signal routing set-
up, be sure to back off the input level a tad via the OSC VOL knob.

Input Level Indicator

Alternatively, the RATE LEDs of LFO 1 and 2 can also serve as level indicators for the left and right
external audio inputs. The Virus automatically switches to this level indicator mode when the
selected SINGLE program accesses the external audio inputs. The LEDs will flash rapidly to indi-
cate that the inputs are being overloaded. You should dial in the proper level on the device that is
sending the analog signals. The reason for that you want to feed the highest possible clean signal
level to the analog-to-digital converters of the Virus so that they will deliver the best possible per-
formance.
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