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Zitat von eugenebalt

Also keep in mind you won't be able to use some of the nice, latest Patches/Presets for the Virus that require the TI.

I use a lot of commercial presets, so that would be a big limitation for me.

Yep, the Virus B wont have the Hyper Saw oscillator, nor the various forms of the waveform oscillators. The TI has more options in regards to effects, including EQ(which only became available in the Virus C), analogue emulated filtering (virus C onwards also) and various others. Like I said previously, the Virus B is a pretty decent synth in it's own right, especially for the price you can get them for, but the TI has loads more features and you will be limited on what up to date Virus patches will translate well onto your Virus B. You can still load new patches into a Virus B but they may well sound different..

Depends what you want really, I'd suggest doing a lot of googling and reading to try come up with your own conclusions, the Ti might be more advanced but it's also much more expensive...

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The Virus B doesn't have a VST which you can use to integrate it with. It's one of the earlyish hardware VAs so you'll only be able to control it via MIDI cables. There is a very old application called SoundDiver which you can use to control it but you'd still have to use MIDI cables and it is very old, you'll need something as old as Windows XP to run it.

To get sound from the Virus B into your DAW you will need to take audio cabled from the Virus B's out into your DAWs recording interface.

I've still got my Virus B and I really enjoyed using it but I've got to admit I've not used it since I bought my TI ...

Zitat von isaacanthony

I don't know how you got a Virus for free, but I paid $3k U.S. for mine about 4 years back.

If it worked rock-solid every time, I wouldn't have a problem, but there are still wicked-bad glitches in the O.S.

So bugger off if you think it's perfectly reasonable to pay that much for a synth and not expect them to fix shit in a reasonable time-frame.

I don't even really care that much about all the fancy upgrades, I just want the damn thing to work proper with whatever OS/DAW I choose to use.

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I didn't suggest I gotten a Virus for free, I also paid a lot of money for mine. Although I did point out that the upgrade is free, not many other synthesiser manufacturers would hand out so many free software upgrades.

It very often works great for me, and when I do come across issues they're mainly down to my computer system. Have you tried your Virus stand alone? Do you still get the same issues? You're still using the same OS. OS 4.5 is a very stable OS and any issues you're experiencing now I doubt will be resolved with an OS upgrade. I suggest you contact Access support about any issues you're experiencing, they're very helpful.

How dare they make you wait for a free upgrade, isaacanthony! How dare they!

Are you aware of the Virus's Multi mode?

I just googled Mac OS 10.5 and it tells that was Leopard, I've heard a lot of negativity about Lion and even though I've recently upgraded to Lion and I'm not having many issues myself personally I know I had to part with £130 to upgrade Logic from 8 to 9 so it would work. I was a bit upset that that latest Mac OS didn't support Logic 8 as I bought that with my Mac 3 years ago..

So even though I'm happy using Lion, I think there's a few that would still prefer to use Snow Leopard..

+1 to both of the comments above, I'm fed up of hearing people being so negative towards Access

Zitat von Marc

you can use multiple Tis on one computer. each virus ti can be controlled by a dedicated instance of virus control.
marc

Would there be any easy way of telling which instance of VC is controlling which TI? Will there be two access menus in the VST/AU menus? Will the VC's have slightly different names in our Daw? This is a general question which has had me pondering for some time, especially as I've started to use my Virus live more and more and with my Virus still being my go to synth for a lot of sounds, I can see myself buying more virus TI's in the future when finances allow. Sorry to overwhelm you with a list of questions. I'd really love to see this in action!

My first guess would be yes, although I figure the tricky part would be knowing which VC plugin app is controlling which TI. I'd be interested to hear some feedback from someone that's tried this themselves also.

I suggest you guys talk to Access Support, I get next to no issues what so ever when using my Virus in Logic, and when I do they're 'caused by settings in Logic or the fact my Protools hardware doesn't like OS Lion. I think OS 4.5 is amazing and although I can't wait to get stuck into the new features announced to be part of OS 5 there's plenty more for me to learn about sound designing on the Virus with what I have already.

Jesus some people have no patience at all, aren't you pre occupied enough playing around with what's already a brilliant instrument?!

Zitat von dantyrant

Guys, get a grip. It'll be ready when it's ready. Go make music!

None of my other VA synths have had substantial new OS upgrades in years. When OS5 arrives, it'll be like an unexpected gift. Until then, I'm sure I can find enough to keep me busy with OS 4.5.

+1 to this

Access support also recommended to me the Yamaha FC-7 pedal so it looks like that's the one to go for!

I don't know if you can, that would be a nice feature though

haha some people have no patience

Zitat von sacredgeometry

Better? Well thats subjective, personally i think its at least as good as my TI2 ... it is however one thing for sure... different and that if anything else is the best reason to use it in conjunction with the virus.

You may just have sold Massive to me

Glad to have been able to help

I had no issues getting it off Access Support about a year ago, only thing was they at first said no cause I'd need an old OS, once I told them I have a spare PC still running Windows XP they handed it over though, try emailing them and explain your situations.

Don't rush them, you want it to be done correctly, right?