seriously? it is SO much easier navigating to presets on the vst. You can see any 2 full banks of 127 presets on the screen at the same time and load any one of them by double clicking it.interface does not match: In the vst interface, you have to drag and drop preset names every time you want to change presets. On the hardware you click one time back and fourth.
How is that terrible and unusable for performance? If you mean live performance why would you be mousing around on screen for functions you can grab hold of with your hands at any time on the unit? When I'm creating a patch I find it most useful to use the vst interface and hw interface simultaneously and it works a charm.On the hardware you get access to most of the paramters on one page. On the vst interface every section is on different pages.
On the vst interface, all the lfos are displayed on the same page. On the hardware interface, they are put in different pages. This is simply terrible and unusable for performance! solution could be to use a midi controller? Nope. Because the 3rd lfo is not midi mappable!
You would rather the vst interface be stuck with the same limitations as the hardware interface? I LOVE the fact that the vst interface is laid out a bit differently and has the diff sections organized under tabbed groups. It's a lot more functional than trying to squish everything onto one huge vst interface. When you are making a patch and want to program one area (fx) it's nice to have a page dedicated to that. Between the vst and the unit's interface you have the choice to do anything however you prefer. Tweak what you prefer on the hw and what you prefer to do on the vst.
you can rename any loaded preset as easily as double clicking the name, typing it in, and then saving it.Want to rename a preset in the vst interface? Cant do it. Gotta use the hardware interface..
Man.. I think everything except the sound and the presets is fucked up! I rarely create presets with the virus Ti. Its to time consuming.
as for it being too time consuming, you have the flexibility of using the vst and hw interface at the same time.. you also have section locking which I have never seen on any other synth, vst or hw, which allows you to lock the fx or any other sections and surf thru presetsto find other osc patches to use, or lock your osc section and surf thru presets trying on diff fx. It sounds like you just need to spend some more time with yours so you guys can get along nicer
The Ti seems like a good choice for a live instrument if your a single note synth player, 37 keys is too little. The Poly evolver is far from 80's sounding, it's by far the most modern synth of the bunch you mentioned.
lfos are as important to play as the filter to me. How would you like if they hide the filter in menus? This does not bug most people, but it annoys me to the degree that it gets used a lot less then I want to. Working with vsts like massive and surge, its falling behind in comparison. If I need a spesific sound, i create it with surge, fast as lightning. If im not in a creative hurry, or if im not working with others, I might pull it out and flick through a page or two with presets. Pick out 3 that goes well together, tweek em a bit, and give them each a channel in live. 3 stereo signals over usb seems to be the maximum it can handle. I sold the polar and got the snow. No need for 16 parts and a gazillion polyphonys, when I can only get 3 stereo signals from it, so I can use lives and other vst effects with it. I travel a lot, the snow is easier to bring. I wish they did a tiny Ti, like an express card or something. And a light weight dedicated controler.
If Access released an iLok Virus plugin I'd buy it. And I am openly vocal against iLok/dongles.