Posts by Sacguy71

yeah if I get 5-10 years out of my Virus all good then buy a new Waldorf Quantum MK2 to replace it.

That said Kemper should just declare Virus dead and not manufacture anymore hardware then. Why are places still selling new Virus hardware? I think that Access Kemper has actually ceased production of new hardware synths because my new Virus TI2 that I bought late last year had a 2022 mid year production date and may be end of stock perhaps?

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I can confirm from Aura that the plugin does not allow flashing of the ROMs, and wont ever as there is a high chance of damaging the unit. I guess Ill need to track down an older computer to do a one time ROM overwrite, which isnt the end of the world...

good to know this! I bought a refurbished MacBook Air for $200 and re-imaged it with El Capitan to use tge Virus Control software and TI2 plugin for this reason and my Windows PC. Such a critical tool should run on newer macos hardware.

Kemper probably thinks hardware synths are dead since Howard Scarr and top sound designers jumped ship to U-He to focus on soft synths like Hive and Zebra. But yea it sucks these companies gave up on loyal customers. I’m done buying synths for a long time. Anything missing is at my fingertips in a soft synth and I’m not playing live in clubs anyways.

I’m going to try a few options and I have a 12 channel Zoom L12 mixer recorder that can also be an audio interface. I tried with USB and Aura plugin but that didn’t work out well. Ideally would like to use the Aura plugin with an audio interface to get best results. Worst case, I can record parts separately. I’m using Ableton Live 11 as my DAW so it’s pretty easy to do one at a time.

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.