Just thought i would share this info with people struggling with a DAW that works with Virus.
I have only had my Virus about 8 weeks, and struggled getting VC and my DAW to work together as they should.
I use Sony ACID Pro 7 (latest version) and sometimes Cubase LE4 but prefer Acid for its DXi plugin support... however, i could not get either to communicate properly via USB without timing problems, glitches, etc.. and sometimes voices would sound on the virus channels, sometimes not... the usual things people complaining about. So... i decided to look at other DAW alternatives, i tried Sonar X1 (trial version) with no luck! wouldnt even see my sound card (Edirol UA-1000) inputs!.. strange as its a Roland product lol... anyway, i loved the GUI on Sonar, but no use if it doesnt work for me...
So.. i read some forums, surfed around and found a DAW called "Reaper" very cheap and user customisable interface too..£40 for a license, and their developers have a fresh approach to music software development, i thought hmmmm... interesting.. free download of trial version, no restrictions, etc... so downloaded it, and within 1 hour was creating 16 track midi song on Reaper. It works well and is the first DAW that i have ever managed to get working with Virus Control Plugin to a degree im satisfied with.
I did alot of searching for how to set up Virus and Reaper and came accross this thread on Reapers web site....
http://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=23866
...And here is the template to load into Reaper For Virus Setup...
http://forum.cockos.com/attach…hmentid=8312&d=1277071484
The guy who posted this saved me a lot of time and hassle (Thanks by the way).. and it just works!... (all credit to him)
For your information, i use my Virus TI2 Keyboard And Reaper with the following...
Virus Control is set for Analogue Output on all channels (worked on USB ASIO too)
Select "Live mode" in VC (bottom left of plugin)
If you set up reaper as per the above link, and record each assigned midi channel with midi monitoring on each channel enabled (tis turns local on/off on the Virus i believe)... then it works great!...
I wish Access would officialy support Reaper, as it is a great DAW and does everything and more that other DAWs do... Its almost the same as ACID to me and very intuitive and quick to learn, support is great, price is fantastic, i think i will be purchasing a license if all goes well after my trial period.
Hope this helps anyone who was struggling like me.... Happy Recording now i can get creative at last!
By the way... i am running the latest Public Beta Realease Firmware for Virus...