I use OT & Virus Ti2 desktop, strictly in Multimode. I constantly switching parts I want to edit in real time while others are running. Then simply clicking Shift+Store. Saves all my edits.
1st group of 8 voices are usually drum sounds, second group synth/noise/whatever.
Its definitely my fav combo to fire up.
In multi mode, the Virus TI can play up to 16 parts simultaneusly. By default each part is connected to its own MIDI channel, so out of the gate, connecting from the OT needs no additional setup.
Quote from Virus TI Quickstart, p. 19
The Virus TI has 128 slots for storing your Multi set-ups. The first 16 (0-15) of these are ‘embedded’ Multis, by which we mean that they store all the data for the patches they use, so any edits you make to the sounds are automatically preserved when you store the Multi, so you need never worry about breaking a preset. Multis numbered 16 and upwards do not store the individual patch data, but instead refer to patches stored in the Single RAM/ROM banks.
Quote from another user:
“I haven’t used sequencer mode yet that I recall, but it seems like a null-multi mode. Instead of having a named / savable multi program, you just get 16 slots that you can point at various patches”
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