Beiträge von MarPabl

  • Portamento?

    If you're using the easy menus, maybe the Portamento isn't showing on the Oscillator editing pages. Press the Shift button and the Oscillator button (once you're on edit mode) in order to get the complete menus.

  • Part feedback

    AFAIK Saturation will do something similar on a single Part. Its available both at the Filter and Osc. If you don't like the resulting effect, or you must see by all means the signal coming back, then you create a Multi, send one Part to Output 2/3, connect the output back to the Input, configure another Part to process the signal and apply filters again. The feedback signal will be available on Output 1

  • SIngle-cycle modulation with LFO or Mod Matrix?

    If you enabled Env Mode for LFO2 (double check that), the effect must be applied just once. However, certain Shapes will trigger it twice like Sine or Triangle where you find ascending and descending ranges on a single cycle. By maintaining Filter Envelope Amount at zero you're disabling the effect that the Filter Envelope has over the cutoff of the filter.

  • Pitch Wheel doesn't work with some Presets

    Ah you want to automate, by using a DAW, external sequencer or the like, the pitch of the oscillators. With MIDI you use RPN parameters to control Master Fine Tunning (RPN 0, 1) and even Caorse Tunning (RPN 0, 2) Of course you can also do this individually for each oscillator. Here you go:
    - OSC1 semi tune: MIDI CC 20 from 0-127
    - OSC1 detune: MIDI CC 26 from 0-127
    - OSC2 semi tune: MIDI CC 25 from 0-127
    - OSC2 detune: MISI CC 23 from 0-127
    - For OSC3 you use Sysex.


    Anyway, record the pitch bend on the DAW to confirm the special MIDI messages used and copy those to your liking.

  • SIngle-cycle modulation with LFO or Mod Matrix?

    Is there any reason explaining why didn't you use the Filter Envelope to do this? Anyway, LFO 2 has direct mapping for Filter Cutoff 1 & 2 in envelope mode. IMHO the best Shape to use is a Triangle. Take the following considerations:
    1. You can begin with filter totally open and apply negative amount to the LFO modulation. This way, the sound will "fade in" with the filter sweep.. If you begin with the filter fully closed, apply positive modulation, but the effect won't be that much noticeable and the sound will "fade out".
    2. The rate of the LFO must be low. Begin with 40 for example.
    3. Enable Env Mode for LFO 2
    4. Set the Filter Envelope Amount to 0 (for both filters) in order to stop it modulating the filters.

  • How to Put FX on Virus' MIDI Out Track

    You won't be able to do such thing :huh: just as it happens on the physical hardware (1 main output and 2 additional outputs), the USB connection gives you 3 outputs at most.


    If you want to put additional effects, you'll have to do after actually recording the sound (not MIDI) of the Virus.

  • Hold Pedal

    That pedal won't work with the Virus. I think this is because that pedal supports half dampering and the Virus doesn't. After trying that pedal, I used the Roland DP-1 which also supports half dampering but this one has a switch to choose between continuous function or switched function. While this pedal works, it is reversed, meaning that you have to press the pedal to stop the sustain.


    Based on that, it's better for you to get a simple switch sustain pedal which offers the possibility to reverse the polarity.

  • Syncing Arp to Audio tempo detection

    For using Atomizer alongside with other Program playing an Arpeggio, you'll need to create a Multi. Hopefully, the master clock will be set by the Atomizer. If you don't want to hear the audio input, you can set the volume to -64 for that Part or even you can send it to an unused output.

  • Considering an Access Virus...

    - Avoid the Roland Gaia. IMHO you'll be limited in no time.
    - If you don't mind about having a multitimbral synth and money is a concern, Novation Ultranova is a great option with a powerful synth engine.
    - If you need basic multitimbral synth (4 parts) with good polyphony, the Virus TI Snow is a great choice, but you'll also need a keyboard controller to get some keys to play.
    - If you need the full power of Virus and you don't mind using an external keyboard controller, the Virus TI2 Desktop is for you.
    - If you want everything :) go for the Virus TI2 Polar or Keyboard.

  • Hypersaw

    Hypersaw oscillators are detuned by the Spread parameter. Make sure to enable the intern Sync (uses an internal oscillator) and use the Sync Frequency to set that frequency.

  • LFO problem

    Maybe you're hearing Pulse With Modulation depending on the Velocity. Reduce that parameter found on OSC tab, and on the Common section, the Parameter is called Vel-PW which goes from -64...63 try sending it to the lowest value.