Vir2 Instruments Apollo Quick Start Guide - Manual (Page 2)

the same key again to disengage the looping sound. With this feature, you can trigger as many sounds as
possible within the six groups (click the icon (
​ i ​ ) located on the bottom right­hand side for deeper
explanation, or click anywhere on image to return to the main controls). Click the colored tab above each
group to load the unique sample groups. Click EDIT to bring up the mixer page which gives deeper mixing
control for each triggered sound. The triggered keys in that particular group will be illuminated by an
indicator light on that channel. On the mixer page, the user can click the REV button to reverse the sound of
each channel. Use each channel’s fade and pan controls for further customization. Click BACK to return to
the main Ambient Designer page.
­ Refer to the official PDF manual for further details on Ambient Designer.
The
​ PHRASE BUILDER ​ category is a simple approach to providing a user with pre­recorded,
tempo­synced phrases with the ability to create custom performances. The benefit of this approach is to
give a composer or producer the freedom and confidence of creating a loop­style performance, without be
confined by the limits of a predefined loop. Load a patch from the category, trigger a group on the keyboard,
and each triggered sample in the group will transition melodically. A unique performance can be created by
altering the order of the samples triggered within a group. As the user plays the different groups mapped on
the keyboard, the text in the tab above the fader and Pan/Tune knobs will change. When engaged, MIDI
SELECT automatically switches between groups mapped on the keyboard, indicated by the changing of the
text in the yellow tab of the group controls. When MIDI SELECT is engaged, the group which is being
triggered is the group that all edit controls will affect. GLOBAL FX, when switched on, allows for FX to be
added to all of the groups. Switching GLOBAL FX off will allow FX to only be added to the selected group,
displayed in the tab to the right.
­ Refer to the official PDF manual for further details on Phrase Builder.
The
​ INSTRUMENTS ​ category consists of basic, multi­sampled instruments intended for simplified use.
Each instrument includes up to three velocity layers and five round­robins for the creation of simple
lead­based phrases and arpeggiation.
­ Refer to the official PDF manual for further details on Instruments.
*ADSR and LFO for Swells and Pads:
When displayed, basic ADSR controls apply to the four knobs on the left­hand side of the GUI.
Control the attack of each swell with the SWELL SPEED knob. When the LFO is engaged, specify
the waveform by clicking the yellow tab above the switch (or back button). Click the PAN/VOLUME
button to choose your desired modulation pattern. There are two options for controlling the
frequency of modulation with the FREQ knob: click the TEMPO SYNC button to engage
tempo­synced modulation (yellow), or frequency­based modulation (blue). When in tempo­sync
mode, the FREQ knob affects the frequency based on 16th notes. At “1.0 16th”, the sound is
modulating in 16th notes, at “2.0 16th”, the sound is modulating in 8th notes, “3.0 16th” dotted 8th
notes, “4.0 16th” quarter notes, and so on.