Specifications

PARAMETER REFERENCE MANUAL86
COMMON
Common
The ‘Common’ parameters are those which determine the performance of the overall patch, for example
how the pitch bender will affect the pitch, how MIDI velocity will affect certain parameters, how the Soft
Knobs function etc.
In here you nd all paramters which do not belong to a specic section of sound engine.
¦ Tempo
63 bpm to 190 bpm: The Virus has an internal clock to which the LFOs, arpeggiator and delay/reverb can
be synchronized. The clock automatically slaves to any received MIDI clock signal, otherwise it adopts this
value.
¦ Patch Volume
0 to 127: Overall volume of a program, particularly useful for balancing levels between different programs
(or Parts when in Multi or Sequencer modes). Note that you may have to keep this value well below 127 to
avoid unwanted distortion, especially when playing many notes at the same time - 100 is a good starting
point. Patch Volume reacts to MIDI CC#7 (Channel Volume) as well as CC#11 (Expression).
Modulation destination “Patch Volume“.
¦ Panorama
-64 to +63: The position of the signal across the stereo outputs. Reacts to MIDI CC#10 (Panorama).
Modulation destination “Panorama“.
¦ Transpose
-64 to +63 semitones: Transposes the pitch of the entire program in semitones.
Modulation destination “Transpose“.
¦ Smooth Mode
Right from the very beginning, we have been applying a technique called “Adaptive Control Smoothing”
(ACS) in all their synthesizer models, thus avoiding the zipper noise that rapid changes (knob movements,
modulation) would otherwise cause.
Tip: To achieve a nice, stereo tremolo effect, use values only slightly above or below +0. With Mix set to 64
and Phase set to either 0 or 127. This effect can be further enhanced by setting Shape L and Shape R to
opposite extremes.
¦ Phase
Use the Stereo Phase parameter to offset the phase of the sine wave for the left and right channels, thereby
widening the stereo image.
¦ Shape L/ Shape R
Use the Left/Right Shape parameters to mix the sum and difference frequencies. At the maximum value of
+63 (default) you will only hear the sum frequencies on the respective channel, and at the minimum value of
-64 you will only hear the difference frequencies. If you set both channels to +0, the effect will be analogous
to the Ring Modulator, so if at any time you nd this is the effect you prefer, then it is advisable to switch to
the dedicated Ring Modulator, which takes less calculation power.