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Quickstart manual 5 manual de iniciación rápida 49 schnellstart anleitung 93 guide de démarrage rapide 137 virus ti series.
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Quickstart manual.
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Tableofcontents table of contents 11 introduction welcome health and safety maintenance where do i find ... How to get customer support? 15 basic operation power on/off connect it to your other equipment audio i/o 17 choose your weapon virus control vs midi? What is total integration? Host software ...
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Quickstartmanual 8 effect section effects in upper row effects in lower row 35 utility buttons shift search store random patch generator undo edit config exit tap transpose 39 about virus control center backup and restore burn to flash update os 41 about polyphony level 1 level 3 level 5 maximising ...
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Introduction introduction welcome the virus ti is the most powerful synthesizer access have ever built. The dual dsp architecture is capable of delivering loads of voices over 16-part multi-timbral parts each with the full arsenal of effects to its disposal. The user-interface comprises 32 knobs and...
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Quickstartmanual 12 health and safety please read the following carefully. Some of this advice concerns your health as well as that of your instru- ment! · avoid exposing your virus to moisture, dust or dirt. Do not place open liquids anywhere near the unit. If any substances get into the virus hous...
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Introduction repair • never open the virus yourself - there are no user-servicable parts inside. If your virus ever needs repairing, please contact access support. Where do i find ... This quick start manual takes references to the following, additional resources: information location patchparameter...
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Quickstartmanual 14 how to get customer support? First of all, please don’t hesitate to ask for customer support. We like to help and improve your experience with our instruments. We prefer to be contacted my e-mail. Simply because it is easier to gather all information in writing than on the phone....
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Basicoperation basic operation the following is intended as a walkthrough guide to show you how simple it is to use the virus ti. Please read through it carefully, with the virus in front of you. Power on/off plug the supplied power adaptor into the mains, and connect it to the power socket on the r...
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Quickstartmanual 16 midi • for those of you who simply cannot wait even a couple of minutes to hear your new baby make its first sounds (don’t worry - we sympathise completely), then you can simply connect the out port of any midi compatible keyboard to the in port of the virus ti and start playing....
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Chooseyourweapon choose your weapon virus control vs midi? There are three main ways you can work with the virus ti: · as we’ve already mentioned, you can simply plug a midi controller keyboard into the midi in port and start playing. · you can use a software sequencer host to route up to 16 differe...
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Quickstartmanual 18 host software at this stage, it’s worth mentioning that to make full use of the virus ti, it is recommended that you have one of the compatible software sequencers installed on your computer, a list of which can be found at www. Access-music.De. Whilst it is still perfectly possi...
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Modesofoperation modes of operation mode / exit button there are 3 ways or ‘modes’ to play your virus ti. The mode select buttons are located to the right of the lcd display. Single mode • this is the default mode, in which the virus will only play one sound at a time across the whole length of your...
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Quickstartmanual 20 tap tempo / panic button tap tempo • tap this button repeatedly to set the tempo. This will set the rate of the clock to which any ‘clocked’ param- eters will sync, for instance the lfos (in clock mode), the arpeggiator, the delay (clock mode) etc. Please bear in mind that only o...
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Modesofoperation to select which single preset you want to assign to a particular part, you need to press edit followed by multi, and then select the preset using the bank and program parameters. Making your own sounds so, you didn’t buy a synthesizer as powerful as the virus ti to just play the pre...
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Parameteroverview parameter overview oscillator section ‘oscillator’ is the name given to a device that generates a continuous, cyclic waveform. Different waveforms produce tones with different characteristics or ‘timbre’ - from the pure simplicity of a sine wave to the harsh buzz of a saw wave. The...
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Quickstartmanual 24 mode meaning wavetable..Formant complex sweepsthroughtheindexofthecurrentwavetable wave select / pw • the function of the wave select/ pw knob varies depending on the oscillator mode and the current value of shape. Starting with patch rom b-120 ‘tutorial 1’, please take some time...
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Parameteroverview mode meaning classic/wavetable/grain/ formant determinesbyhowmuchthefrequencyofosc2ismodulatedbyosc1 hypersaw controlsthepitchofthehypersaw’sinternalsyncoscillator.Sweepingthis parameterisgreatforcreatingscreamingleadandbasssounds. *to hear the effects of fm, you must have osc bala...
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Quickstartmanual 26 mixer section the mixer section is where you can combine the output of the oscillator section with some additional signal sources, and adjust the overall balance between them. From here, the combined signal is sent to the filter section. Oscillator balance • use the osc balance k...
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Parameteroverview noise volume • controls the volume of the noise generator, which can be useful for adding hiss and making certain types of sound fx. Filter section we use filters in synthesizers for changing and shaping the timbre of a sound by removing certain frequen- cies. The virus ti has two ...
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Quickstartmanual 28 (filter) edit • press the edit button to enter the filter edit menu. This menu contains all of the parameters relevant to the filter section, including filter routing and both the filter and amplifier envelopes. Use the parameter but- tons to move through the pages - if you want ...
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Parameteroverview envelopes the term ‘envelope’ is used to describe the parts of a synthesizer we use to shape the timbre and volume of a sound over time. The virus ti has two envelopes, one for the filter section and one for the amplifier. They both behave in exactly the same way, and are therefore...
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Quickstartmanual 30 modulators section ‘modulation’ is the term used to describe a function which changes the value of another parameter over time. Specifically for this purpose, the virus has 3 lfos or ‘low frequency oscillators’. These are different from the oscillators used to generate the sound,...
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Parameteroverview rate • the rate knob affects the rate or speed of the selected lfo. You can adjust the rate continuously from 0-127, or you can use it to select clock divisions by first enabling clock mode in the edit menu. Please select patch rom b-123 ‘tutorial 4’ before continuing matrix sectio...
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Quickstartmanual 32 arp section the arpeggiator is used to create automatic arpeggios (broken chords) out of any notes you hold together. You can select from any one of 64 pre-defined rhythmic patterns, or even make one of your own (user) us- ing the pattern editor in virus control. Arp on • switche...
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Parameteroverview effect meaning mideq attenuatesorbooststheamountofmidfrequencycontentinthesoundbyupto +/-16db.Useeqgaintosetthedesiredlevelandeqfreqtosetthefrequency abovewhichthegainisapplied.Qdeterminestheslopeofthepeak/cut. Higheq attenuatesorbooststheamountofhighfrequency(treble)contentintheso...
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Quickstartmanual 34 effect meaning (others)vocoder thevocoderisusedtomodulatethesoundoftheoscillatorswithaband- filteredaudiosignal-usuallytomakeitsoundasthoughthenotesyouplayare speaking.Pleaserefertothevocoderchapterinthereferencemanualfordetails. (others)inputfollower allowsyoutomodulatethecutoff...
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Utilitybuttons utility buttons to the left of the display you will see 4 rows of buttons, most of which are used for administration purposes. Let’s take a quick look at them, starting with the bottom row: shift press and hold the shift button to switch the focus of the knobs and buttons to their sec...
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Quickstartmanual 36 random patch generator press shift+store if you wish to trigger the random patch generator. Undo press undo to undo the last edit you made. Press again to redo it. If you haven’t made any edits to the currently selected patch, pressing undo will revert to the previously selected ...
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Utilitybuttons transpose to the left of the shift button are the transpose buttons. Use these to adjust the pitch up or down by up to 2 octaves..
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Aboutviruscontrolcenter about virus control center virus control center helps you handle virus ti data backups and allows you to overwrite the content of the rom preset banks. It can also update your virus ti to the latest os version, although the virus ti software suite installer usually takes care...
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Quickstartmanual 40 update os in most situations you will never need to manually install an os update. The software suite installer auto- matically takes care of it. In the unlikely case that the firmware update wasn’t successfully transferred you can use the virus control center to manually install...
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Aboutpolyphony about polyphony so, how many voices (notes) can you expect from the virus ti at a time? The answer is that since the virus ti sound engine is highly dynamic, the voice count can vary dramatically from one sound to the next, de- pending on which features are being used. To help give yo...
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Quickstartmanual 42 maximising polyphony the virus ti has several features which are considerably more demanding of the available dsp power than others, and this can become apparent much more quickly in multi mode. If you find you are running out voices too quickly, you could take a closer look at t...
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Aboutpolyphony it is also advisable to switch off any redundant mod slots, i.E. Don’t just turn them down to zero, switch the source and/or destination parameters to off. Finally, remember that every single feature you can turn on and off can have an effect on the polyphony, even if it’s only by a s...