Then, using the Find command, you can search for patches within these classes. Unfortunately, you can't define your own category names, so the facility is of annoyingly limited use. I first encountered the original Virus back in , and I was very impressed with its sound.
The Indigo does nothing to change my view, and I would challenge anyone to spot its digital heritage in a mix, unless I was intentionally creating sounds of a digital nature. Sadly, the factory sounds do nothing to demonstrate the breadth of the Indigo's capabilities. I found little that stepped beyond dreamy, ethereal pads or the limited, and limiting, sounds of hardcore techno, industrial and trance. There are also several areas in which the Viruses themselves could be improved.
Sure, all filters need a small kick to get them going, but it should not be necessary to have a permanent input driving them. I would also love to see more waveshapes on board. I've long been a fan of the PPG Wave, and sweeping through the Virus's existing 64 waves can be very gratifying. The Waldorf Q does this, albeit in limited fashion. On the functional side, the Virus could still do with a handful of tweaks.
Furthermore, it's all very well having 32 modulation sources and 97 destinations, but you need more than three source and six destination slots in the onboard modulation matrix if you're going to take full advantage of this. I also want another manual. Not to augment this one, but to replace it. It tries to be clear and instructive, but with no index, no block diagrams, and no specifications, it's more trouble than it's worth. But now for the biggie Given the number and importance of the software upgrades to the Virus' OS over the past two years, I think that Access should have taken the opportunity to redesign the Indigo's front panel in a much more significant fashion.
I'm not complaining about the clearer graphics and the improved panel hardware, but why not find room to give the third oscillator and arpeggiator their own controls they're still buried in a menu , and bring some of the effects to the front?
Sure, you would need a bigger panel, but I'm not a fan of the Indigo's size, anyway. Virus Pro, anybody? Some people may bemoan the lack of a step sequencer, but I'm not one of them. I'm pleased that Access have concentrated on producing an excellent OS with so few bugs. So let's accept that you're unlikely to see Vladimir Ashkenazy, Oscar Petersen, or even Tony Banks playing one, and admit that there are many other ways that synths are used in But despite trying to maintain these positive thoughts, I soon found myself treating the Indigo like the Nord Modular Keyboard.
Because the Indigo sounds great, and it deserves to be played across a much wider range than its own hardware permits. Furthermore, the Trinity's ribbon controller offers many possibilities that the Indigo can't provide. Of course, using the Indigo in this way demotes it to the role of a sound module, so you may be tempted to ignore it altogether and wait for the forthcoming Virus Rack.
Unfortunately, it is already clear from Access' advance publicity that the sound engine in the Rack is significantly inferior to that in the Indigo see the 'Other Modules' box elsewhere in this article. This supports Virus OS v4. On 15 January , Virus OS v4 reached v4. You can download it from the Access web site, and it should be compatible with any Virus b, Virus kb, or Indigo.
OK, so this requires a 3. Note that the original Virus a cannot use OS v4 in any of its forms. However, in March , Access announced what they claim will be the final revision of the operating system for the Virus a.
This is OS v2. The new version will include the Indigo's Analogue Boost effect, the improved arpeggiator, sound categories, and the random patch generator. In a curious and possibly unprecedented move, Access' CEO, Christoph Kemper, has apologised on the Access web site for the late delivery of the Indigo.
He attributes this, in part, to a level of demand that, he says, is far greater than expected. It appears that Access thought that the Indigo would be a Special Edition, whereas the public has taken it to its heart and made it a mainstream product.
This must be frustrating for Access, because there's a lot of extra cost and work in those side panels and the improved hardware. The Virus Rack should be with us soon. It also loses the Indigo's third oscillator and several of its effects, including the phaser, distortion, and surround capabilties. The good news is that Access have undertaken to develop a hardware upgrade to allow the Rack to run v4.
Why the company would announce this before releasing a hamstrung version is beyond me. This too offers just 16 voices per DSP chip in your Pro Tools system, although you can use multiple chips to run more voices.
Furthermore, it does not appear that there will ever be an upgrade to OS v4, so if you want the new operating system, you'll still have to buy one of the physical versions of the synth. The v4 Virus in all its forms is almost a classic synth. The Indigo is an interesting new slant on the style and form of powerful modern synthesis — sure to appeal to some players, but unsuitable for others. OS V4. Multitimbrality: 16 parts. Spectral waveforms: Filters per voice: Two.
Filter routings: Four. LFOs per voice: Three. LFO waveforms: Mod matrix sources: Mod matrix destinations: Envelopes per voice: Two. Maximum simultaneous 'insert effects': five per voice but see text for restrictions. ROM preset programs: RAM program memories: Multis: Analogue signal outputs: Six. Sampling rate: Not specified.
This effectively turns the oscillator into a filterbank on steroids comprising up to resonant bandpass filter poles, whereby the cutoff of each virtual pole is determined by the harmonics in the current Wavetable index. There is no longer any need to be cautious of editing single sounds that might be used by multi mode patches. Sounds can be tweaked and tailored to build stacks or to compliment each other without the risk of overwriting a patch which may be used in another song or Multi Mode preset.
In contrast to the new Multi Mode, it references the patches in single mode, so you could say that it makes the Virus TI Series feel like a synthesizer with 16 true single modes. In addition to the award winning Virus oscillators the Virus TI series introduces Wavetable oscillators. These sophisticated new oscillators put a completely new array of sounds at your disposal.
From gritty, screaming, somewhat LoFi sounding textures to silky-smooth wave cascades - the sky is the limit. A mixture between Virus oscillators and WaveTable oscillators is also possible. The Virus also allows PWM-style modulation and the degree of interpolation between the individual waves can be altered.
As a result a Wavetable can morph from smooth to coarse to stepped which makes it sound similar to a wave sequence. It's like turning a nice ambient patch into a dark, gritty sonic monster by only changing one continuously variable parameter.
A new technology enabling the TI to lock specific aspects of a sound from changing. For instance locking everything but the arpeggiator. Now when browsing through the library the sound character will remain unchanged, but the arpeggiator pattern will alter depending on the settings of the selected new patch. Forget about random patch generators. This is so much more fun. It's practically like having a completely new and intuitive sound design tool to your disposal.
All you need to do is to choose what you dislike about a patch and find something better within the huge TI library which counts thousands of onboard patches. A highly effective local bus in between the processors boosts performance even further. The Virus produces one of the hottest signals in the industry. Live keyboards can leave their DI boxes at home and plug the symmetrical outputs right into the stage box special cable required.
Which can show graphics in x32 pixels. The display shows up to 4 rows of text and graphics. In most cases three parameters are being displayed at the same time.
The 3 soft knobs can also act as programmable and nameable knobs for every individual patch. Rack mounting kit is optional. There is a dedicated Tap tempo button. The logo pulsates in standby mode, and can be statically on during normal operation or pulsate to the tempo like the tempo LED which is especially nice for those drummers used to playing to a visual tempo source. Height: 8 cm 3.
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Technical Specifications. Hardware Dual DSP system which dynamically allocates its resources. HyperSaw oscillators HyperSaw is a multi-sawtooth oscillator. Graintable oscillators The Graintable oscillators applies techniques as those used in granular sampling and pitch-shifting algorithms to synthesizer Wavetables.
Wavetable oscillators In addition to the award winning Virus oscillators the Virus TI series introduces Wavetable oscillators. Section Locking A new technology enabling the TI to lock specific aspects of a sound from changing.
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