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The Multi-Single Mode
In MULTI mode, the EDIT and CONFIG menus are responsible for administering the 16 PARTs. Con-
sequently, you can’t access SINGLE program parameters directly here. Beyond that, you’re unable
to change the SINGLE programs directly here, which would admittedly be a handy option when
you’re working with a sequencer. This is why the Virus features MULTI SINGLE mode, which, strictly
speaking, is more an alternative view of MULTI mode rather than a further mode in its own right.
Activate MULTI SINGLE mode by pressing the MULTI and SINGLE buttons simultaneously. The
name of the selected MULTI program will disappear and instead you’ll see the name of the SINGLE
program for the selected PART. Now you can page or scroll through the 16 PARTs using the PART
buttons and select a SINGLE program for every channel. You can process the currently selected
PART or, more accurately, edit its sound, using the control features. The CONFIG and EDIT menus
let you access the usual SINGLE parameters. In this operating mode, you’ll find that the CONFIG
menu has been expanded to include some organizational parameters, for instance, the PART’s vol-
ume level, panorama and output assignments. You’ll always see the number of the selected PART
on the upper left in the display. The PART buttons don’t actually change sounds, they simply set the
user interface of the Virus to the desired PART. Irrespective of the given setting, all PARTs can be
controlled simultaneously via MIDI. Consequently, MULTI SINGLE mode, which makes handling so
much easier, is the ideal choice when you’re working with a connected sequencer.
Please bear in mind that MULTI SINGLE mode is really just another view of the normal MULTI mode.
MULTI SINGLE mode doesn’t offer a unique data type for storing sounds, it always works with the
MULTI program currently selected in normal MULTI mode. All of the normal MULTI mode parame-
ters (keyboard zones, etc.) remain intact and in force even though you can’t view or vary them in
MULTI SINGLE mode. You can set the device to normal MULTI mode at any time by pressing the
MULTI button. To return to the MULTI SINGLE mode view, simply press the MULTI and SINGLE but-
tons simultaneously.
When you’re working with a sequencer, start with a MULTI program that features neutral settings for
its ”administrative” parameters, for example, the MULTI program M0 Sequencer. Here the PART
numbers are identical to the MIDI channels of the PARTs. Now when you work in MULTI SINGLE
mode, the Virus responds as if it were in SINGLE mode, except that you have 16 sounds available
simultaneously on 16 MIDI channels. Use the PART buttons to select these sounds.
You only need to exit MULTI SINGLE mode when you want to store the MULTI program, for exam-
ple, to save the current global delay/reverb setting. In MULTI mode, these settings are not stored
along with SINGLE sounds.
In addition, you can activate another complete MULTI program in MULTI mode only.
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