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ACCESS VIRUS OS4 11
Prologue
Dear Virus Owner,
Congratulations on your choice,
the new Virus. You have purchased
a cutting-edge synthesizer that
comes fully loaded with several
revolutionary features. Here are
just a few of the highlights:
The Virus delivers the sound characteristics
and tone of traditional
analog synthesizers - for instance
the Prophet 5 or Memorymoog to
name just two popular examples
of the species - in a previously
unparalleled level of quality and
handling ease. We’re not kidding,
the Virus actual delivers the
authentic response of an analog
synth via a digital signal processor
chip, although the sound shaping
and voicing options out-perform
those of it historical predecessors
by a considerable margin.
The Virus comes with 512 slots for
storing SINGLE sounds. These are
organized in four banks. The first
two banks (A and B) are located in
the RAM, so you can overwrite
them with new sounds. The other
two banks are ”hard-wired”, i.e.
they’re programmed into the
FLASH ROM.
The Virus offers a maximum of 24
voices. In Multi Mode, these are
allocated dynamically to sixteen
simultaneously available sounds.
You have no less than three audio
oscillators plus one suboscillator, a
noise generator, a ring modulator,
two Multi Mode filters, two envelopes,
a stereo VCA, three LFOs and
a saturation stage (SATURATOR) for
cascade filtering, tube and distortion
effects.
The Virus offers a veritable arsenal
of effects. You have seven powerful
sound-sculpting functions, including
chorus, phaser and distortion,
at your disposal, with each effect
available separately for every
sound. Thus, in 16-way MULTI
mode, the Virus offers 80 effects,
no less!. You also get a global
reverb/delay unit that lets you create
high-quality reverb effects and
rhythmic delay taps. Delay time
can be synced up to MIDI clock.