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ACCESS VIRUS RACK XL OS5 51The Effects SectionPDF VERSION - RESTRICTIONS APPLY When the Virus is receiving MIDI Clock data.If you’re sure you do NOT want the device to besynchronized automatically to MIDI clock, setMIDI CLOCK RX to Off (in the CTRL menu).) Toavoid confusion, please keep in mind that MIDIClock is not the same thing as MIDI Time Code.The latter doesn’t deal with tempo at all but withtime-related information structured in hours,minutes, seconds, etc. which is of no benefit toyou in this context. THE EFFECTS SECTIONFor every SINGLE program and every PART,you can access two stereo effects individually.You’ll find these effects – analog boost andchorus – in the aptly named EFFECTS menu.The vocoder and the delay/reverb section areeach available just once, but you can addressthem individually via the PARTs’ Effect Send pa-rameter. In the signal path, all effects are con-nected in series in accordance with theirsequence in the Effects menu.Each SINGLE program contains its own set-tings for the delay/reverb section. In MULTImode, the sound programs involved share thesame delay/reverb section. For this reason, theparameter values are determined by the set-tings of the currently active MULTI program.[“The Multi Mode Parameters” on page 113]. AUDIO INPUTSYou can also opt to use external audio signalsin place of the on-board oscillators for thesound programs or MULTI PARTs. The Virus isequipped with two inputs for external signals.You can route these to its sound generatingcomponents (the filters, the saturation stage aswell as the volume and panorama stage) orpatch them directly to the effects section of theVirus. External audio signals may also be usedas carrier or modulator signals for the vocoder.Any PART that you use to process an externalaudio signal in MULTI mode can, like every oth-er PART, be routed freely to one or two of thefour audio outputs.The Virus rack XL is equipped with two audioinputs on the back panel. Additionally the leftinput is accessible on the front panel. When youplug a cord into the front input, the rear left in-put is disabled.As a rule, when you’re processing external au-dio signals, you need to distinguish betweenthe following two operating modes:- DYNAMIC To make external signals audiblein this operating mode, the volume envelopemust be triggered via a note. This option, forexample, lets you create typical gater effects.INPUT Dynamic mode is also polyphonic. Ifyou set the KEYFOLLOW value for the filtersto 100%, the resonant frequencies of the fil-ters and oscillators can be played in a tem-pered manner via the INPUT signal. This letsyou play entire chords as well as arpeggiatorlines using the filters. The noise generator isalso active in INPUT mode.- STATIC In Input Static mode, the externalaudio signals are audible via the output with-out having to trigger a note. Bear in mind thatthe oscillators as well as all functions thathave to do with trigger and pitch are disabled