I'm having trouble setting up a multi-mode patch...

[Onkel Dunkel]

Originally Posted by AlexHall74

OK, Here is my biggest problem; I cannot figure out how to properly setup a Multi-Mode, period. The manual is way too brief in my opinion. I am able to toggle between different MIDI channels with the PART buttons, and able to assign different patches to each channel, but:

HOW DO I LAYER MULTIPLE PATCHES TO ONE MIDI CHANNEL? Did I totally miss this in the manual?

> Select multi-mode
> Press "system/multi edit"
> Press "parameter" until the display says "midichannel" and a number
> Select the part (by pressing"part") you want to assign a midi-channel for
> Select the midi-channel you want to use for this part

(1) How do I save a Multi once I have set it up? Do I just hit the STORE button? Somehow this did not work last night...

When multi-mode selected; press "store"

(2) This might seem like a dumb question, but, what is the point of creating a Multi where each sound is on a different channel if only one can be heard at a time? This seems to limit the whole concept of multi-timbrality...

No no, not at all. I use it when using a sequenser. Then i can play up to 16 different sounds simultaniusly on 16 different channels.

(3) Does the virus KC save over patches in banks A and B as other Viruses do (I have read this in other posts)?

Yes, you can owerwrite patches in bank A and B. Bank C-H can be owerwritten too but only a whole bank at the time.

(4) Is there a book other than the user manual that gives some step by step instructions and more detail than the manual?

Don?t know. I found great use of the user-manual. It can be a little cryptic sometimes but in big terms it explains the funtions of the virus. Theres also the sound programming tutorial that came with the Virus (programming analouge synth - virus tutorial by howard scarr) witch can be helpfull. I belive all the questions you ask here is answared in the user-manual. If you don?t find the answer in the manuals it?s no shame to ask