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access virus

Post by geek » Sun Dec 03, 2006 8:58 pm

howdy.
8O im thinking of buying an access virus synth. i have seen all the demos i can find. has anybody had their hands on one? does anybody know how well the controller side of it works with ableton.
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Post by jackmazzotti » Sun Dec 03, 2006 10:01 pm

i am selling mine

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... &rd=1&rd=1

i cannot attest to virus control though
i have never tried it

its am awesome board but I need a macbook pro more than this

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Re: access virus

Post by Casual Beats » Sun Dec 03, 2006 10:32 pm

Hi geek,

I am using the Virus TI with Live 6 and it runs great (just make sure you are using the latest firmware/os version from Access)
geek wrote:howdy.
8O im thinking of buying an access virus synth. i have seen all the demos i can find. has anybody had their hands on one? does anybody know how well the controller side of it works with ableton.

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Post by nebulae » Sun Dec 03, 2006 10:50 pm

I have a Virus C, which means no total integration, and also no integration problems. If you can live with the midi slop, it's a great sounding synth, and a total bargain on Ebay.

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Post by Silentmusic » Mon Dec 04, 2006 12:56 am

I have the Virus KC and can't live without it. Can generate some very 'organic' sounds with a little tweaking.....

On a different note, does anyone know the name of the company that made a plugin to integrate the Virus hardware as a plugin ?
Somebody posted a link to it sometime back but they hadn't completed the plugin yet and I haven't been able to find the link since......

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Post by Tarekith » Mon Dec 04, 2006 1:00 am

Ditto what doc said. I have set up a template to work with live 6 in automap mode, which really works great. The envelope knobs are mapped to the 8 macros available in each device/rack. Same layout and everything :) Should be getting distributed in an OS update soon.

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Post by Casual Beats » Mon Dec 04, 2006 1:04 am

very cool Tarekith. Looking forward to this!
Tarekith wrote:I have set up a template to work with live 6 in automap mode . . . the envelope knobs are mapped to the 8 macros available in each device/rack. Should be getting distributed in an OS update soon.

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Post by GaryTracks » Mon Dec 04, 2006 2:43 am

i have the access virus indigo 1. the transpose buttons (octave up and down) do not transmit midi information. bummer. great sounding synth, i love it.

having a fuck of a time waiting for a shipment of a new LCD screen. they put shit ones in and are problematic. i hope their new T1's are built with higher quality.
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Post by Tarekith » Mon Dec 04, 2006 12:12 pm

GaryTracks wrote:the transpose buttons (octave up and down) do not transmit midi information. bummer. great sounding synth, i love it.
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Just a note for those interested, the buttons on the TI do not currently transmit midi data either in Remote Control mode. Just a heads up, pretty much only the knobs and mod wheels can transmit midi data.

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Post by pev » Mon Dec 04, 2006 1:56 pm

Don't be scared of the older modules. A virus B still cuts it superbly and can be bought for very little second hand these days...

~Pev

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Post by Burj » Mon Dec 04, 2006 2:11 pm

I have a Virus Classic, wouldn't dream of selling it, a timeless creation! :)
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Post by geek » Mon Dec 04, 2006 6:27 pm

:) Thanks for your replys! Bummer about the buttons though. All the virus's look and sound dope but i need the 5 octave keyboard. Can you sythersize drum and hat sounds on the TI like an fm synth?
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Post by Tarekith » Mon Dec 04, 2006 6:31 pm

The Virus is an UBER-drum synth, very powerful for this.

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Post by geek » Mon Dec 04, 2006 6:45 pm

EXCELENT. Very excited to try one. Just listned to one of the tracks on your link site. sounded quality. didn't know DUBSTEP was big in chicago.
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Post by Tarekith » Mon Dec 04, 2006 6:47 pm

Thanks man, pretty much all of those synth sounds are from the Virus in my tunes.

No idea what this dubstep is....

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