Hidden Fine Tune Pitch Modulation Trick For The Access Virus TI

If you’re anything like us, you like to make your patches sound as natural and organic as possible. And pitch modulations are an easy way to do that. We like the subtle pitch decay trick, for making patches behave like acoustic instruments, and for synths like the Nord Lead 3, JP-8080, Mininova, and Blofeld, that’s not too hard to do.

The Virus TI2 however, has been a thorn in our side for a decade on this one. Setting up a basic pitch modulation routing for say, a Mod Source of Env 3 or the Filter Env, and the destination as the oscillators, ends in squeaky disaster. The Osc Pitches are all Coarse by default, and if you mess with those even a little, it sends the tuning to hell in a ham sandwich. Unless you use LFO 3 to modulate the fine pitch for vibrato effects.

But if you want more flexibility in your pitch modulations, check out this technique we just learned!

Set up the routings like this (any mod Slot will work, but I chose 1 and 2 for simplicity’s sake), using any Envelope or LFO for the first slot, with the amounts all set to 0. Then set up 1% or 10% constant as the source on the next slot page, and experiment with the Slot 2 Amount numbers to dial it in and get the exactly amount of pitch change you want.

You can use the 1% constant instead of 10%, if you want even more granular control over the pitch.

It’s a little complicated, but it opens up the Virus sonically sooo much more to be able to add subtle pitch changes.

Happy sound designing!

News For Access Virus Users!

Hey Virus C, B, and A users! We have news!

One of our MIDI pack creators is partnering with us to work on an extensive project to port our current and future Virus TI Series soundsets over to the older Virus models! They’re focusing on the sounds the older synths are actually capable of, so some of the crazier wavetable and HyperSaw leads won’t survive the conversion, but a lot of other sounds will, and Ascension is mostly complete, for the Virus C!

After that they’ll start porting sounds over to the B and A, and sometime early next year, you’ll start seeing fresh banks for the entire Access Virus synth family up in our store!

So if you’ve been waiting for us to get off our keister and start making sounds for you, get ready! Because one of our vendors is making it happen! Stay tuned!

📢 Important Update: Price Adjustment Incoming January 1st + Your Exclusive Loyalty Pre-Sale!

Hey everyone, all of us at Kulshan Studios wanted to announce an important update!

Effective January 1st, 2026, our sound bank prices will be adjusted across our entire catalog. This change reflects the increased effort involved in the growing complexity, cross-compatibility, and sheer volume of world-class patches we deliver every month. It’s a lot of work for us to maintain the high standards you’ve come to expect!

Most of our products, particularly the flagship synths like the Sequential Prophet Rev2 and Access Virus TI, and classics like the Nord Lead 3, JP-8080 and Nord Lead 2X, as well as multi-format banks for the boutique JD-08, will officially move to their new tiered pricing then. These changes reflect the synths’ pedigrees, the additional instruments that can load their presets, and the growing number of software plugins (like OsTIrus) that can run their patches.

The Loyalty Pre-Sale: Your Last Chance to Save Big!

As a thank you for your ongoing support, we are offering an exclusive opportunity to purchase any pack at the current, low price, with an added discount.

This Loyalty Pre-Sale runs from now through January 1st, 2026! And here is the best part: All current sales discounts still apply!

This is your absolute last chance to save before the new, permanent price structure takes effect.

So don't wait until the New Year! Secure your sound banks now and write your hits at the best possible price.