Vir2 Instruments MOJO User Manual

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The S Detune Knob allows you to increase a random amount that
players will be detuned from each other. Higher values will make
the players play less in tune with each other.

The S Human(ize) Knob allows you to increase a random amount
of velocity randomization.

Each of the knobs in the Section page have been preset to all-
purpose values that work well for most situations.

Instrument. The Instrument page gives you several controls over
the overall sound and behavior of the instrument.

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The menu that defaults to Alternate A/B specifies how the engine
uses or orders the alternate samples. Almost every sample in
MOJO has been recorded with multiple takes (A and B) which are
an integral part of its realism. Using this menu, samples can alter-
nate between A and B takes, or reverse (B and A), or only A, or
only B. In general, the greatest realism is achieved with A/B or B/A.

The Character Menu gives seven choices between a standard
character, and different shades of aggressive or mellow playing.

The Punch Knob adds additional attack to the beginning of each
sample. More rhythmic playing may benefit from added punch,
and attacks will sound crisper if this knob is turned up.

The Humanize Button governs an advanced series of behaviors
that prevent the engine from using the same sample twice in a row,
thus eliminating the infamous “machine gun” effect so common
to older methods. The engine often uses adjacent samples as well
as alternate takes and velocity layers to render as realistic a per-
formance as possible. It can be defeated by disabling this button.

The H Range Knob dictates how widely the Humanize engine
may pull an adjacent sample from, and can be set from 1-4.
Setting this knob higher will result in more randomness but a
greater risk for an odd-sounding sample that might be pitch-
stretched from too far an interval.

The H Seed Knob gives the Humanize engine a virtually random
start value, from 1000 to 5000.

Legato. MOJO includes an extremely advanced legato engine de-
signed to facilitate realistic smooth legato playing. By default,
MOJO is configured with parameters that result in an all-purpose
optimum legato right out of the box, and is used anytime the
Mode knob is set to Legato. These settings are normally enough
for most legato applications.

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For users who wish to manipulate the legato behavior in greater
depth, we will explain the design here.

MOJO’s legato is actually three different legato modes which are

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