This page contains utilities for various computer platforms and host applications, contributed by Virus Users from around the net.



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Note about the Utilities: if you encounter any problems or have any suggestions, please always contact the author. Don't post modified versions of the utilities unless you have contacted the author before you do. Use these at your own risk.
UTILITIES Other resources of interest for Virus owners:
Random sounds: you don't like the way SoundDiver randomizes sounds? You crave those random sounds and need them now? You are using Logic Audio? try this easy-to-use Environment, a freeware by Canine, keeper of this site. Canine Virus Randomize 1.1
Cubase mixermaps for midichannel 2,3,4 and 5 Made by: Michel Kant <midioot@wxs.nl (Netherlands).
Mixermap for Cubase
the necessary documentation in MSWord (.DOC) format
This is an Excel spreadsheet designed to be printed out with the names of your patches and comments for each of them to keep at hand at a gig or in the studio. It also contains s quickguide to the Virus. It was made by Oliver Graubohm, so please contact him with any questions or suggestions you might have.
Virus Spreadsheet
This Logic environment can be used to program the Virus. Note there is a new version (Aug 07 1998). Please download the right version for your platform. It was written by Raymund Beyer <brainray@real-net.de>. Make sure to check out Raymund's page at: http://listen.to/ray. Logic Environment for the Mac
Logic Environment for the PC
Now you can use your Virus to control your Microwave I. This environment for Emagic Logic converts the Knobs of the Virus to the necessary Sysex commands for the Microwave. Sell your Microwave programmer and buy another Virus...;). Should work for Mac and PC. Written by your host canine. Virus to Microwave 1.0
Doeker wrote a Cubase mixermap for the Virus that he kindly agreed to share with other interested users. For comments and bugs, improvements and cheers write to him at: DOEKER@GMX.DE Cubase Mixermap
Cubase studio module version 2.0 (28.05.1999), written by Philipp Mott. best described in his own words: "Anyway, I'd like to hear about your experience and suggestions about the driver. And thankful praisings, of course.
The zipfile contains the driver, the source plus an english and german readme.
Now go and make the best music people ever have heard, will ye."
Cubase Studio Module version 2.0
Sascha Kujawa, Raymund Bayer and an anonymous contributor all worked hard to bring you adaptations for SoundDiver, Emagic's universal sound editor/librarian for the Mac and Windows (the Atari version is no longer supported). The Virus adaptaion is now part of the adaptation pack which you may download free of charge, from Emagic's website (look under updates): http://www.emagic.de
The Virus Galaxy Module by Guenther Albrecht has been released in an updated version. To make sure you are absolutely up to date, you might want to check Guenther's site (clicking this link will open a new window): Virus Galaxy Module
An instrument-defintion file for Cakewalk for the Virus OS 2.02. Contains the controller numbers and more, everything up to the vocoder version of the OS. Contributed by Jens Wegerhoff (Groove303@t-online.de) virus201.ins
A driver for the Access Virus (for what else) for MidiQuest 6.0 for Windows. Contributed by crawfish@teleweb.at mq_virus.zip
SUBMIT If you want to share sounds, infos, anything about the virus use this mailto and attach the sounds as a .mid or .zip or .sit/.hqx file to the mail: canine@muenster.de