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60 CHAPTER 6
Handling
PARAMETER SELEC-
TION AND DATA ENTRY
In the Virus, we distinguished
between two types of parameters.
On the one hand, it features
parameters that are essential in
generating or synthesizing sounds,
on the other hand it has sound
parameters and organizational
parameters that are more of a
peripheral nature. This distinction
is apparent in handling and operation
of the Virus: All essential
sound parameters feature a dedicated
knob or button so that you
can access these directly - especially
while you are playing!. In just
a few cases (where appropriate or
where it facilitates better handling),
the control features have
dual functions.
Peripheral parameters, on the
other hand, are compiled in
menus. Among these menus are
above all the EDIT, the CTRL (short
for ”Control” and the EFFECTS
menu as well as the four local EDIT
menus in the individual function
blocks. The EDIT menus contain
parameters that you will require
less frequently, but some of these
are nonetheless indispensable for
programming sounds. The local
EDIT menus are there for a purpose
– to help you distinguish clearly
between the various parameters.
Here you’ll find parameters that
affect directly the given functional
section, but are not equipped with
dedicated control features.
Irrespective of which operating
mode you may have activated, the
EDIT menu contains the sound
parameters of the selected SINGLE
program (in SINGLE mode and
MULTI SINGLE mode) or organizational
parameters for MULTI mode.
In SINGLE mode and MULTI SINGLE
mode, the CTRL menu contains further
SINGLE parameters such as
the arpeggiator, etc.
In the CTRL menu, you’ll also find –
irrespective of the given operating
mode – a number of global parameters.
These are called MIDI, SYS-