Misc Virus TI Sound Design Notes
Virus Sound Design video by LFOstore
LFOstore Virus Sound Design video
1 Granular and Formant Synthesis
- Virus has sets of internal waves
- These can be used in Grain Simple, Grain Complex, Forman Simple, and Formant Complex.
- Granular Synthesis breaks sounds into small chunks
- Formant affects freq spectrum like vowels
- Wave Index modulation via e.g. modwheel or LFO
- F Spread and F Shift
2 Split Filter
- Send 1st osc to first filter,
second osc to second filter.
- Select split routing
3 Noise Modulation
- Noise colour.
- Useful for effects like sea and wind.
- Noise can be filtered.
4 Velocity and ADSR
- Velocity to e.g. filter
- ADSR controlling filter like e.g. pluck or pad
- Can make attack shorter for higher velocity
5 FX Section
- Phaser: modulate freq with modwh or lfo
- We can modulate the mix level with phaser and chorus
- Delay: types like tape delay
6 Pitch Modulation by Internal Sequencer
- Arp mode: matrix
- Filter: split
- Matrix: Arp → Osc 1 pitch
- LFO1+LFO → Osc 2 pitch
7 OSC3 and Subosc
- Osc3 and sub vol can be modulated
8 LFO Waveforms
- Square waveform gives on/off gating