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By varying the range, clock speed and playback
mode of the Arpeggiator, you can create a vari-
ety of effects.
To hear the arpeggiator:
1 Click memory location 2, “Arpeggiator” and
press the Spacebar to begin playback.
2 At the upper left of the Virus Indigo plug-in,
click FX-1 to show the effects page.
3 During playback, watch the Mode, Clock, and
Oct Range controls and listen to how the arpeg-
giation changes.
Experiment with different Mode, Clock, and Oct
Range settings while playing your MIDI key-
board controller.
Select the Hold control and note how the arpeg-
giator continues to play the most recently held
notes even after you release the keys.
Arpeggiation is more dramatic with high-im-
pact, percussive sounds. Memory Location 3
demonstrates this.
To hear another example of arpeggiation:
1 Click memory location 3, “Arpeggiator.”
2 Change the patch by choosing Tutorial Sound >
Tutorial 6 Arpeggiate from the Librarian menu.
3 Press the Spacebar to begin playback.
This patch uses Unison mode to add weight to
the patch and give it a wide stereo spread.
Using the Vocoder
Vocoders are commonly used to make sounds
“talk” by filtering a waveform or other audio
source (the carrier signal) according to the ampli-
tude characteristics of a human voice (the mod-
ulator signal).
By merging the frequencies of the two different
audio signals together, the carrier takes on the
texture of the modulator.
The Vocoder Demo session demonstrates this
type of vocoding.
To open the Vocoder demo session:
1 Locate and open the “Vocoder Demo” session.
2 Record enable the Instrument track so that
you can play Virus Indigo using a MIDI key-
board controller.
3 At the upper left of the Virus Indigo plug-in,
click FX-2/Global to show the vocoder.
4 Click memory location 1, “Full Vocoder” and
press the Spacebar to begin playback.
Memory Location 2 demonstrates how the
Source Balance control determines the balance
of modulator and carrier signals.
To hear the carrier and modulator signals:
1 Click memory location 2, “Vocoder Balance”
and press the Spacebar to begin playback.
2 During playback, watch the Source Balance
and listen to the carrier and modulator signals.
Memory Location 3 demonstrates the various
Vocoder parameters and how they affect the
timbre and quality of vocoding.
The Arpeggiator can be synchronized to
MIDI Beat Clock. See “Synchronizing LFO
Clock to MIDI Beat Clock” on page 47.
To hear more examples of arpeggiation,
load one of the Arpeggiator presets with the
Librarian.
For best results, use the Vocoder on harmon-
ically rich material.
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