Posts by Sacguy71

To be honest, most synth companies have poor support especially Roland and Korg so Access Kemper is not alone in bad customer service and lack of support. But at least Roland keeps their hardware updated with new software OS versions on Mac and PC Windows.

Hi all,

Can you record each part of the Virus Ti2 in multi-timbral mode to separate audio and MIDI tracks in a DAW such as Logic X and Ableton Live 11? If so, how would I set this up? I'd love to record drum and bass tracks from Virus TI2 to individual tracks in my DAW. So let us say I have the following

Part 1- kick

Part 2- clap

part 3- snare

part 4- hi hat

part 5- bass

part 6- pad

I have multi-timbral mode working on the Virus TI2 and want to record these individual tracks out to Logic X and have the Aura MI plugin software working fine in Logic X and audio levels on Virus.

BUT when I record in Logic X, all 16 parts of the Virus TI2 are recorded to the audio tracks! How do I solve this? If there is a template example or video how to split the parts on the Virus to individual audio and MIDI tracks that would be greatly appreciated.

yeah try using either the Virus TI plugin software or the Aura MI software since the more complex envelope settings are hidden deep in the mod matrix and tough to find using just the hardware menus.

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That's why I try every single time over and over. I gave up and am now using VirusHE.

same here and even though I got the TI2 plugin working on Windows 10 and old Macos version it was too slow and buggy to be useful to me and I need the new DAW features in Logic X and Ableton Live 11 so ditched that and used Aura MI.

It works fine with the Aura Plugin software. I recorded some tracks today from my Virus TI2 to Ableton Live 11 and Logic X over USB using Aura MI software without issues and used the awesome Macbook Pro speakers to monitor. Worked like a charm no crash and very little latency. Plus frees up MIDI to use Hapax for sequence drums on Virus but the arpeggiator works amazing like a sequencer. Kemper should hire the Aura guys to develop next gen Virus!

power off and unplug the cables then try again.

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I totally agree with all of the points made above, especially "C". As a guitar player, I can't believe some guitarists are using this low-quality amp simulator. It's way too expensive and it sounds like crap. I recently attended a live show and was so shocked at how poor the guitar sounded... that is, until I noticed the Kemper amp on stage. They actually give them away to YouTube influencers in order to boost sales.

Exactly and as a guitar player myself, I have both tube amps and hardware modelers like Helix. Even with decent FRFR powered cabs the modelers like Kemper still do not sound as good as real tube amps like my Bogner. They get half way there that’s about it.

Cool will check those out. I just need to add gated reverb to my snare drums for darkwave drum and have good drum samples for kick and high hats. Darkwave is simple, a good bass line with distortion, crunchy industrial drums and 1-2 melodic lines woven into the pads.

do you have any darkwave and synthwave patches for the Virus? That’s really what I need as well as goa psy trance stuff.

indeed and for EDM, trance, synthwave, darkwave and more there are not many synths that can do what the Virus provides.

Try the Virus TI plugin on Windows if you like it before buy the Aura software. I prefer the Aura software but the TI has cool features when it works.

You either need to run an older version of Mac OS X before Catalina or WIndows 10 PC or get the Mystery Islands Aura software to get Virus to work with DAW software.

These head aches led me to use the Aura Mystery Islands software that works better for me. Even when I got the virus software working on windows and older Mac OS, it was buggy and slow AF to use.

do you have any good synthwave and darkwave patches for the virus? That’s what I’m really looking for right now.

thanks sharing this useful tip. I am really enjoying my virus as the brain do all synth in my studio. The drums and bass sound fantastic.

I think that the reason why nothing is done to support new technology from Access Kemper Music and I blame Kemper and would tell him that to his face too is the following:

a. Kemper does not give a fuck about Virus owners

b. Kemper is short of technical resources to update drivers and software for Virus hardware

c. Kemper is making more money on the stupid lame Kemper amp hardware.

d. Access Music is low on cash and resources to invest in software updates and future hardware design

Waldorf and other companies went broke and pulled the same horse shit on synth owners in the past before venture capital bought them and put cash and resources to new software and hardware updates. I like my Virus TI2 that I bought last year and will use mostly as stand alone hardware to record the audio without the plugin in spite of the crude interface. It is still better than my Moog Sub 37 that has less features and cruder user interface. Hell for fucks sake the Kemper Access Music people do not even support this forum as it has been invaded by spammers posting sports better horse shit all over it.

can you run a tool to check if midi is working between your computer and the virus? Midi does not transmit audio so you have two different issues. Also the virus control software only works on older macos versions prior to Catalina or windows 10.

email support ask them why and when

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Sacguy71 it’s true the Iridium and Quantum are incredible synths with a great touchscreen UI, but they still don’t have the level of polyphony or the multitimbral power of the Virus. That’s not to mention the 6 assignable outputs we’ve got on our TI’s and TI2’s.

Even so, it’s time for a new MacOS driver.

ah good to know! Considering that my new virus ti2 cost 2k plus less than these Waldorf synths, I’m glad to have the multi-timbral polyphony. Yeah we need new macos driver support no doubt! I wish Kemper would show us virus owners and users some love here.

indeed it still keeps up with the newer expensive 5k Waldorf synths except for the outdated user screen.