Access Music Virus IndigoVersion 8.0
Access Music Virus Indigo Plug-in Guide6You have to authorize your plug-in online with the Activation Code included with your pur-chase.To authorize V
Chapter 2: Installation 7Configuring MIDITo play Virus Indigo using a MIDI keyboard con-troller, or to adjust its controls using a MIDI con-trol surfa
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Chapter 3: Virus Indigo Controls 9chapter 3Virus Indigo ControlsVirus Indigo has over 180 different controls for generating and modifying sounds. This
Access Music Virus Indigo Plug-in Guide10Viewing PagesVirus Indigo controls are grouped by function onto seven different pages:Easy Has controls for s
Chapter 3: Virus Indigo Controls 11Keyboard Shortcuts For finer adjustments, Command-drag (Mac) or Control-drag (Windows) the control. To return a c
Access Music Virus Indigo Plug-in Guide12The Easy PageThe Easy page gives you quick access to the most commonly edited synthesizer parameters, in-clud
Chapter 3: Virus Indigo Controls 13Shape Modifies the waveshape selected with the Wave Select control. At a Shape setting of 0, the oscillator produce
Access Music Virus Indigo Plug-in Guide14FM Mode Selects the modulator for oscillator 2. Choices are: • PosTri: frequency modulates oscillator 2 with
Chapter 3: Virus Indigo Controls 15Velocity ModUse the controls in the Velocity Mod section to add touch-sensitive control over the timbre of a Virus
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Access Music Virus Indigo Plug-in Guide16LFO Phase Shifts the phase of the LFOs applied to unison voices. This greatly enlivens modula-tion effects. A
Chapter 3: Virus Indigo Controls 17The two Virus Indigo filters can be used: In series, where sound is processed first by fil-ter 1, then by filter 2
Access Music Virus Indigo Plug-in Guide18Filter 1Use the controls in the filter 1 section to select the filter type and other characteristics of filte
Chapter 3: Virus Indigo Controls 19Filter 2Use the controls in the filter 2 section to select the type and other characteristics of filter 2.Mode See
Access Music Virus Indigo Plug-in Guide20The LFO PageThe LFO page has controls for the 3 low fre-quency oscillators. These are typically used to modul
Chapter 3: Virus Indigo Controls 21Osc 1 Controls how much the LFO affects the pitch of oscillator 1. Negative values invert the LFO waveform’s effect
Access Music Virus Indigo Plug-in Guide22LFO 3Use the controls in the LFO 3 section to select the waveshape, rate, characteristics, and routing of LFO
Chapter 3: Virus Indigo Controls 23Ring ModRing Mod provides a second ring modulator (in addition to the ring modulator on the Osc page) that you can
Access Music Virus Indigo Plug-in Guide24Feedback Controls feedback amount. Higher feedback settings produce more intense chorus-ing.Shape Selects the
Chapter 3: Virus Indigo Controls 25DelayTime Controls the delay time in milliseconds.Clock Selects a beat-based delay time. Choices range from 1/64 to
Contents iiicontentsChapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Access Music Virus Indigo Plug-in Guide26The FX-2/Global PageThis page has controls for the vocoder, arpeggia-tor, external audio input, envelope foll
Chapter 3: Virus Indigo Controls 27Car Spread Controls the spread of the band-pass filters for the carrier signal. This affects the intel-ligibility o
Access Music Virus Indigo Plug-in Guide28Mode When selected, enables the envelope fol-lower. This mode requires that audio be routed through the Virus
Chapter 3: Virus Indigo Controls 29Patch ParamCtrl Smooth Selects the type of smoothing ap-plied to Virus Indigo controls when they are ad-justed in r
Access Music Virus Indigo Plug-in Guide30ArpeggiatorThe Arpeggiator plays the notes of a musical chord in succession, across a selected octave range,
Chapter 3: Virus Indigo Controls 31Assign 1Source Selects the modulation control source.Amount Sets the modulation amount.Destination Selects the modu
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Chapter 4: Automating Virus Indigo 33chapter 4Automating Virus IndigoYou can automate changes to Virus Indigo pa-rameters in two ways:• Using Pro Tool
Access Music Virus Indigo Plug-in Guide344 Click OK to close the Plug-in Automation dia-log.. To record automation:1 In the Automation Enable window
Chapter 4: Automating Virus Indigo 35The parameter’s MIDI Controller number or Poly Pressure note number is indicated in paren-theses. For example: “
Access Music Virus Indigo Plug-in GuideivChapter 4. Automating Virus Indigo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Access Music Virus Indigo Plug-in Guide36Using Virus Hardware as a Control SurfaceIf you own Access Music’s hardware version of Virus Indigo, you can
Chapter 5: Virus Indigo Tutorials 37chapter 5Virus Indigo TutorialsOne of the greatest pleasures of owning a pro-grammable synthesizer is making sound
Access Music Virus Indigo Plug-in Guide383 At the upper left of the Virus Indigo plug-in, click Osc to show the oscillator page.4 Play a note.This i
Chapter 5: Virus Indigo Tutorials 39Changing Square Wave Pulse WidthYou can modify a square wave’s shape and sound character by changing its pulse wid
Access Music Virus Indigo Plug-in Guide403 During playback, watch the Semitone control and listen to how the sound character changes.When playback st
Chapter 5: Virus Indigo Tutorials 41Timbral character varies according to the wave-shape of oscillator 2, its semitone interval, and the type and amou
Access Music Virus Indigo Plug-in Guide42BS (band-stop) Lets all of the frequencies of a signal pass, except for a narrow frequency band or notch arou
Chapter 5: Virus Indigo Tutorials 436 Change the filter mode and repeat the previ-ous step.7 Try also varying the settings of the Filter Enve-lope.
Access Music Virus Indigo Plug-in Guide44When playback stops, experiment with the Fil-ter Routing, Filter Balance, Cutoff, Resonance and Mode controls
Chapter 5: Virus Indigo Tutorials 452 During playback, watch the Sustain control and listen to how the sound character changes.The next stage of the
Chapter 1: Introduction 1chapter 1IntroductionThank you for purchasing Access Music Virus In-digo, a real-time TDM plug-in version of Access Music’s h
Access Music Virus Indigo Plug-in Guide46To hear the filter envelope:1 Click memory location 8, “Filter Envelope” and press the Spacebar to begin pla
Chapter 5: Virus Indigo Tutorials 474 Click memory location 1, “LFO Waveforms” and press the Spacebar to begin playback.In this example, LFO 1 modula
Access Music Virus Indigo Plug-in Guide48To synchronize the Virus Indigo clock to MIDI Beat Clock:1 In Pro Tools, choose Setup > MIDI > MIDI Be
Chapter 5: Virus Indigo Tutorials 49By varying the range, clock speed and playback mode of the Arpeggiator, you can create a vari-ety of effects.To he
Access Music Virus Indigo Plug-in Guide50To hear the various Vocoder parameters:1 Click memory location 3, “Vocoder Balance.” 2 During playback, wat
Chapter 5: Virus Indigo Tutorials 51Using Virus Indigo as a FilterYou can pass an external or existing audio signal through Virus Indigo and process i
Access Music Virus Indigo Plug-in Guide52Sharing a Single Delay Among Multiple Plug-insAll Virus Indigo plug-ins sharing the same DSP also share a sin
Appendix A: DSP Requirements 53appendix aDSP RequirementsThe number of TDM plug-ins you can use at one time depends on how much DSP power is avail-abl
Access Music Virus Indigo Plug-in Guide54Using Multi-Mono Plug-ins on Greater-Than-Stereo TracksPlug-ins used in multi-mono format on greater-than-ste
Appendix A: DSP Requirements 55Virus Indigo DSP RequirementsThe Virus Indigo plug-in has the following DSP requirements:HD Accel CardHD Core and Proce
Access Music Virus Indigo Plug-in Guide2Virus Indigo and Virus IndigoV40Access Music Virus Indigo is available in two modules, the standard Virus Indi
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Appendix B: DSP Delays Incurred by TDM Plug-ins 57appendix bDSP Delays Incurred by TDM Plug-insVirtually all TDM plug-ins incur some amount of signal
Access Music Virus Indigo Plug-in Guide58Virus Indigo DSP Delay≈Table 3. Samples of delay incurred by each TDM plug-in on Pro Tools|HD, cardsPlug-in
Appendix C: Virus Indigo Oscillator Waveforms 59appendix cVirus Indigo Oscillator WaveformsThe Wave Select knob on the Osc page selects among 64 prese
Access Music Virus Indigo Plug-in Guide60Figure 2. Virus Indigo oscillator waveshapes
Appendix D: Virus Indigo Patches 61appendix dVirus Indigo PatchesVirus Indigo comes with a library of over 1000 patches. These patches are: Init Sound
Access Music Virus Indigo Plug-in Guide62Dancio RpDB-Goer HSDonkey JSDr What HSDSP Sequence RPDublyoo HSE-Cord RPEaster1 HSEighties RPEnforcerer DMEng
Appendix D: Virus Indigo Patches 63Wextex RPWheek RpWheelPadArp RPX Mean RPZorch HSZyntar M@Bass101 Bass RP101 Sub RPAccyBass RPAlfBass RPAutobend BCA
Access Music Virus Indigo Plug-in Guide64ClassicAtlas JBellthingBigSweep JSBrass-1 RPBrass-2 RPBrass-8 RPChoir2 HSE.Rigby HSFarfisa ADFlute RPHowner R
Appendix D: Virus Indigo Patches 65LepY2 zsLepY3 zsLite JSLowMaja JSMo Tjo RPMoloko K9Monolith JSMoon Pad JSMorsSpec JSNecro MNo Tjo RPNoizToys JSOff
Chapter 1: Introduction 3Registering Your Plug-inIf you purchased a download version of a plug-in from the DigiStore (www.digidesign.com), you were au
Access Music Virus Indigo Plug-in Guide66Kick Punch Short SVKick Punch SVKick XOX RPRide Bell BCRide Rim BCRim Gated HSRimSHot BCSim Synth HSSnare 1 B
Appendix D: Virus Indigo Patches 67VideoG4 zsVoyager JSWailing JSWalkaArp JSWalker JSWaoload zsWarlord HSWater RPWeeehh HSWhales JSWind RPWishBon HSIn
Access Music Virus Indigo Plug-in Guide68Orange HSOverload HSOZ-Load RPP-Lead RPPataFiz HSPatsGR M@PenicillinPhlute JSPickup HSPopCorn HSProdigy JSRed
Appendix D: Virus Indigo Patches 69Cloud City M@Creamery BCCrossQ BCCrunchy JSDawn JSDeciDATA4 zsDeeper JSDHR Ambience BCDirtron JSDmode Pad MSDnB Gen
Access Music Virus Indigo Plug-in Guide70Sunbeams JSSwellAd RPSwellPad NHTec-String RPTensionTheramos M@Thustra HSV-550V-Pad 1 KV-Pad 2 KV-Pad 3 KV-Pa
Appendix D: Virus Indigo Patches 71No Age JSPercussion Chord ADPercVoxPickGtr RPPlayCool SVPluckMe BCPlugged JSPulsar SVPulsic JVRmBack zsSacralizerSi
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Index 73AActivation Code (authorization) 6Add/Remove Controller command 35adjusting plug-in parameterscomputer keyboard 11keyboard shortcuts 11mouse 1
Access Music Virus Indigo Plug-in Guide74Contour 20control smoothing 29, 34Ctrl Smooth 29Curve 23DDamping 25Decay 19, 44Decay Time 25Delay 24Delay Clo
Index 75filters 9band-pass 18band-stop 18cutoff 12, 18envelope 18, 19, 45filter 1 18, 19high-pass 18Link button 18low-pass 18mode 18modulating 42opera
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Access Music Virus Indigo Plug-in Guide76LLFO 9Clock 20LFO 1 20LFO 2 21LFO 3 22LFO Amount 21LFO Dest 22Mode 20Phase 16rate 20, 47Synchronization to MI
Index 77Pan Vel 15Par4 17, 43Patch 29Patch Distortion 23Patch Volume 16patchescreating 37pattern 24pattern delay 24Phase Init 14phase sync 13, 40Phase
Access Music Virus Indigo Plug-in Guide78Sub Osc 14Sub Osc (sub oscillator) 16, 40Sub Shape 14Sub Vol 16Sub Volume 12subtractive synthesis 9Sustain 19
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Chapter 2: Installation 5chapter 2InstallationInstalling Virus IndigoTo install the Virus Indigo plug-in:1 Do one of the following:• Download the ins
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