User Guide

214 CHAPTER 22
The Virus and Sequencers
PARAMETER CONTROL
VIA MIDI
Virtually all parameters of the
Virus are accessible via MIDI so
that, for example, you can manipu-
late knobs and buttons and record
these movements to a sequencer.
You may then route these com-
mands back to the Virus, which
will respond to these automated
instructions automatically. MIDI
controllers have proven effective
for this external control option
since these commands – in con-
trast to system exclusive data – are
transported very swiftly. Beyond
that, they’re easy to edit graphi-
cally in all standard sequencer pro-
grams.
ORGANIZATIONAL
INFORMATION
In order to be able to record the
movements of knobs and status
changes of buttons on the Virus to
a sequencer, you must connect the
MIDI Out of the Virus to the MIDI
In of the computer or sequencer.
You also have to enable reception
of MIDI controllers and MIDI poly-
pressure commands in the
sequencer so that this data is not
subject to one-sided filtering.
Whenever appropriate, you also
have to enable reception of this
automation data on the Virus. To
this end, go to the Cntrl menu and
take a look at the MIDI parameters.
You’ll find a parameter called Panel
that offers the options Internal,
Internal+Midi and MIDI. This is
where you determine the destina-
tion to which the knobs and but-
tons send their data. Internal
means that the knobs and buttons
send data exclusively to the sound
generator and not to MIDI. There-
fore, select Internal+Midi or MIDI
so that data is sent to the
sequencer via MIDI. Note that the
MIDI option disconnects the knobs
and buttons from the Virus’ inter-