Beiträge von NicoSenkov

Ridicule followed by help is welcome. I took apart my Virus TI 2 because something was rattling around in there. Thankfully I put it back together and it works just fine.

I have taken photos of the two spare parts. They look like metallic brackets for support:

1) Does anyone know exactly where they belong?

2) Does anyone have a schematic of the interior of the virus?

Attached photos of the parts.

TI2.jpgTI1.jpg

Possibly related: The black keys around the middle of the keyboard now have a clacking sound, as if they are colliding with bare metal on down-press. It does not affect dynamics or after-touch, but it may be related to these pieces? Or it is related to not fully screwing in the screws on the back which secure the key-bed in place. Comment or suggestion on this is welcome, if you may have an idea.

I've cared for this TI for 8 years now, and it has survived many live performances. So I am not mistreating my prized instrument. However please feel free to shake your head and laugh at this.

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Zitat von oliAtBass

How many projects are you talking about?

25 or so in various stages of completion. A few were bangers for sure. But again, recreating them won't be too difficult. Just a chore. I even have them all bounced to audio so I have a reference to listen to. Lessons learned, should have just named my DAW tracks corresponding to my Virus patches.

Zitat von oliAtBass

Are you sure the VST2 is not included in the standard installer for the latest Virus TI version 5.1.7.00? Maybe it was just installed in a location unkown to Ableton Live?

However, what I know from Cubase is that the plugin for MacOS and Windows are not named identically. Therefore the plugin cannot be loaded when a project is moved between platforms. There is a Cubase Cross Platform Converter provided on the Virus website as a workaround. Maybe there’s something similar for Ableton Live.

I would expect that you have to go back to your old Mac, load your Live Projects there and save your sounds as presets into TI library files for each Project. It’s a bit of a PITA but it allows to load all your sounds even if you have to load a fresh instance of the TI plugin.

If I had access to the old Mac, I wouldn't have bothered you guys with this question. Unfortunately, it is gone and so are my backup drives.

Good inclination about the VST2 being installed somewhere, but I installed latest Virus TI resources, and VST2 is nowhere to be found on my Windows system.

I suppose I'll just re-invent these old tracks (not too bad of a project). I'll keep the old tracks in case I ever get another refurbished Macbook that happens to run the Virus TI VST2. That would be a nice surprise. Anyway, cheers.

Edit: I switched from Mac to Windows. All of my old projects used Virus TI VST2. Now when I open the project file, the Virus TI Ableton device is unavailable because it is specified as VST2. Is there a Virus TI VST 2 available for Windows 10? I believe it would accomplish what I am seeking.

Edited OP for unnecessary information. Essentially, my old ableton projects use Virus TI VST2. Now on Windows 10, I only have Virus TI VST3. This means that the VST2 ableton device is unavailable, and thus I lost patch definitions for Virus Control in those projects. Because I can no longer open Virus TI in a VST2 context. Unsurprisingly, if I use the VST3 plugin, all patches are INIT. I still have the midi data in the Virus midi tracks but I lost all the good sounds I made specific to these tracks.

Is there any way to find these old patch definitions? Is there any way to use a VST2 Virus Ti for Windows 10? Anyone have a download link for Virus TI.vst2 ?

Here is what Access Support send to me:

"This sounds like the "knob target" parameter in the units' CONFIG Menu is set to "midi" and not to "internal" or "internal + midi". Please check this on the device."

Hope you resolve your issue.

Issue was caused due to 'Off' value in Config > Knob Behavior > Response.

The knobs and pots on my Virus TI2 ceased to produce any effect when turned. Master Volume control still works. All buttons are fully functional, and all sub-menus are browsable. How can I fix this? If I use factory reset, will my firmware for Virus Control be removed (do NOT want to re-install that).

I'm a new Virus owner. Everything was working smoothly with hardware as well as Virus Control through Ableton Live 9 (OSx 10).

I've been messing around with sending other instruments through the input, clicking around in the config menus, and generally messing about in the Virus controls and parameters. Perhaps I somehow disabled knob (pot) functionality?

Very odd occurrence, could not find anything similar via 'Search'.

Please advise