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Originally posted by alanzo Nice to know I've been a bit missed.

F'shizzle

You were my first TA crush

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Originally posted by alanzo if it helps: http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...1&forumid=48&s= I need to update this and bump it eventually...

Thanks, a good read

I have a couple of questions for you if you dont mind........

1) How did you get so good at programming/playing synths?

Did you/do you spend of lot of time recreating the sounds from other tracks (i presume so as i recoignise a few melodies etc)? i have spent time recreating sounds form sample cds but not actual tracks yet (just did this for the first time yesterday)

2) When you say the virus is a bit of a jack of all trades but master at none what do you mean? i find that its good at quite a wide range of sounds pads/leads basses etc or do you mean in the sense that it tries to have too many features eg FM, wavetable/granular/analog filter etc?

I really love this synth but dont like the fm implementation and havent used the wavetable or granular very much tbh.

Cheers

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Last edited by chris marsh on May-30-2012 at 12:02

the myth that the virus is a generic synth is really the backlash of everyone having one which makes it not cool. There are no cons in having a virus. They keep their value, they don't fuck around with stupid products risking company future, they make one product, and they do it well.

THe idea of a master synth is kinda stupid.

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Originally posted by Looney4Clooney THe idea of a master synth is kinda stupid.

Right, and that's where the Virus gets most of its flack from me. Not sure if this is Access' intention, but lots of people take that idea to heart. It's like the Bud Light of synthesizers. Bland and unsatisfying.

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How did you get so good at programming/playing synths?

Many years of dicking around. I think what helped start me off was finding a synth that was really easy to program, like the Nord Lead series. A simple VSTi like V-Station would also help, but it sounds like shit.

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When you say the virus is a bit of a jack of all trades but master at none what do you mean? i find that its good at quite a wide range of sounds pads/leads basses etc or do you mean in the sense that it tries to have too many features eg FM, wavetable/granular/analog filter etc?

The virus is an amazing instrument and can certainly headline a track, and it has headlined probably thousands of tracks. It sounds great, fits in a mix amazingly well, and in many ways is this generation's MiniMoog -- meaning it's "that" synth sound. Now, whether or not this fact bugs you is all about perspective. Don't let me fool you, I spend much more time on instruments than I do making actual music.

But, yeah, the FM sucks, the envelopes suck, the filter is bland, the OSCs are thin, and it's an overused preset machine. I've heard the Virus on so many shitty pop/hip hop songs I want to vomit.

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