Dump: The Sound In The Song - Access virus classic Handbuch

ters to their original stored values. What if, however, you change or replace the sound in the Virus at
some point? The program change message in the song would call up the wrong sound. The more
reliable and certainly more elegant solution would be to store the sound(s) in the song. The Virus
then receives all settings for sounds at the beginning the song, and you'd prevent hiccups such as
the wrong sounds, "stuck" values and jumps from the get-go. In the next section, you'll find out just
how you can do this.

DUMP: The Sound in the Song

Archiving all of the sounds used in a song is not only a good idea to prevent potential problems that
may occur when parameters are controlled in real time. It also makes it easy for you to recall your
work at some later point. Assuming that you've connected the MIDI Out of the Virus with a MIDI In
of the computer, you can, for example, at any time send an individual sound or the content of the
entire memory via MIDI in the form of something called a bulk dump to the sequencer and record
this data there. This has an distinct advantage: all sound data can be stored together with the song
and the status of the Virus required for this song can be restored at any time by simply sending the
recorded data to the device. You'll find the menu for SysEx dumps by going to the CONFIG menu
and then MIDI DUMP TX.
When you opt to record a bulk dump to a sequencer, you can proceed in the same manner as you
would when you record tracks consisting of notes. For example, you can move a bulk dump to any
position in the arrangement. To assure that the Virus plays the song back using the right sounds, we
recommend that you position stored data prior to the song. Move all components of the actual song
back so that you're left with enough room to accommodate the dump prior to the song's start posi-
tion. Then when you start the sequencer on the first bar, sound-related data is sent to the Virus
before the actual song begins. An individual sound dump is very short; a dump comprising a com-
plete memory bank will extend over several bars.
During a bulk dump, the Virus sends MIDI SysEx data to the computer. If you encounter problems
while recording a bulk dump, please check if your sequencer refuses to accept SysEx data due to
one-sided filtering. You can check whether or not anything was recorded by taking a look at the
Event or List editor of your sequencer. In this editor, MIDI data is displayed numerically instead of
graphically; in a normal Note editor (Key Edit, Matrix Edit or the like) SysEx data is NOT visible. Once
you've successfully recorded a dump, look for entries in the list that are labeled "SysEx".
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