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6 Change the filter mode and repeat the previ-
ous step.
7 Try also varying the settings of the Filter Enve-
lope.
Using just these few controls you can create a
variety of dramatic effects.
Using Key Follow
Key Follow controls how filter cutoff frequency
is affected by MIDI note number.
In general, the high-frequency content of natu-
ral instruments increases as their note pitch in-
creases. Use Key Follow to mimic this behavior
or to suppress it.
Memory Location 3 demonstrates the effect of
Key Follow.
To hear the effect of key follow:
1 Reset the patch to its original state by choos-
ing Tutorial Sounds > Tutorial 3 Sound from the
Librarian menu.
2 Click memory location 3, “Filter Key Follow”
and press the Spacebar to begin playback.
3 During playback, watch the filter 1 KeyFollow
controls and listen to how the sound character
changes.
Notice that with positive Key Follow settings
higher notes are clearer than lower ones. This is
because the filter opens wider with higher MIDI
notes.
Conversely, with negative Key Follow settings,
higher notes are more muffled. This is because
the higher the MIDI note, the more the filter
closes.
Changing Filter Routing
Audio can be routed to the two Virus Indigo fil-
ters so that they operate in series (one after an-
other) or in parallel (independent of each
other).
The routing that you select influences the char-
acter of the filters and the sound that is pro-
cessed—especially when Saturation is used.
The filter routing options are:
Ser4 The filters operate in series with two poles
each, for a total of four poles and a 24 dB per oc-
tave slope.
Ser6 The filters operate in series. Filter 1 has
four poles and filter 2 has two poles, for a total of
six poles and a 36 dB per octave slope.
Par4 The filters operate in parallel with two
poles each for a total of four poles.
Split The filters operate in parallel with two
poles each. They receive independent input sig-
nals whose stereo spread can be specified with
the Pan Spread control.
Memory Location 5 demonstrates the effect of
filter routing.
To hear the effect of filter routing:
1 Reset the patch to its original state by choos-
ing Tutorial Sounds > Tutorial 3 Sound from the
Librarian menu.
2 Click memory location 4, “Filter Routing” and
press the Spacebar to begin playback.
3 During playback, watch the Filter Routing
controls and listen to how the sound character
changes.
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