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Virus Powercore

I have never heard anybody talk about this VSTi, so have anybody tested it, is it good, is t worth buying?

here is the link:

http://www.access-music.de/products...=viruspowercore

I havn't used it at all but I've heard that it's just as good as a Virus B/C

All the patches on the Virus Powercore that are on the B sound just as good, and all the patches that are on the Virus Powercore that are also on the C sound just as good if they aren't using the EQ or the Moog Filter, but even when they do, it doesn't make a huge difference.

The powercore also comes with GREAT hardware quality FX like reverb, chorus, compression, etc etc... all run on the Powercore's DSPs so it takes the load off of your CPU..

I'm getting it over the summer and I suggest you do the same

what is Powercore's DSPs

The Virus Powercore is a VSTi that runs on the Digital Signal Processors (DSP) of the Powercore PCI card. The DSPs allowed Access to easily transfer the code from the Virus B/C right to a VSTi. Since they were able to use the same algorithms that the Virus B/C has, it sounds just as good as the hardware equivilant.

You need a Powercore PCI card to run the VSTi. The Powercore Element runs for about $500 and the Virus VSTi is $400. Even if you are getting the powercore for only the virus, it is still $100 cheaper than even the Virus Classic that just came out.

virus powercore

I have the powercore, and the virus powercore demo, To me it's the best soft synth i have heard up to date.. I am looking forward buying this thing as soon as it comes out.. When I play around with the demo I am amazed how closely it sounds to my virus c..

Can you even call it a softsynth? It runs on hardware..

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Originally posted by alanzo Can you even call it a softsynth? It runs on hardware..

So does every softsynth..

That's not what I meant.. the virus powercore runs on motorola DSPs whereas all other softsynths run on the standard x86 CPU which was not designed for sound. So can you really call the Virus Powercore a softsynth?

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Originally posted by alanzo That's not what I meant.. the virus powercore runs on motorola DSPs whereas all other softsynths run on the standard x86 CPU which was not designed for sound. So can you really call the Virus Powercore a softsynth?

Yeah, I know. I Was just being sarcastic...

Can't really call Virus Powercore a softsynth, cause you need specific hardware to run it unlike other softsynths. But can't really call it a hardware synth in the traditional way. If you know what I mean.

hrrmm.. maybe it's a hybrid than! Like those gas/electric cars

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Originally posted by alanzo hrrmm.. maybe it's a hybrid than! Like those gas/electric cars

Yeah.. That also came to mind when I started thinking about it..

It's first now that i feel it's worth buying that powercore. I'm getting one! :-D

it also comes with the Powercore01 synth (a near perfect emulation of the classic SH-101) vengeance sound just came out with a bank for it and it sounds SICK - http://www.vengeance-sound.de

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Originally posted by alanzo it also comes with the Powercore01 synth (a near perfect emulation of the classic SH-101) vengeance sound just came out with a bank for it and it sounds SICK - http://www.vengeance-sound.de

yea this guy is a great sound designer
after long discussion
i have ordered the powercore firewire and the virus plugin, especially seeing as you can load up the patches that work with the hardware version into the powercore version.

costing over �1000, but well worth it IMO.

cool i wanna get this would i buy the pci soundcard? then order the vst? where did u order it from trancemaster?

Digital Village m8

http://www.dv247.com/icat/homeofferslist

personally id reccomend the firewire rather than the pci card.

this is just my opinion based on my personal preference, but I would much rather own the Virus even in rack form than a 'virtual' software virus. In my opinion, having the dials and buttons to play with makes sculpting a sound much more satisfying than twiddling its virtual counterpart!

yer i guess but thats a phat vst m8, cheers for that mate im gonna get that pci card the powercore element, when does urs arrive? let me no wot its like when u ger it mate

http://www.dv247.com/invt/20643

would i need that 1?

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Originally posted by Mossy this is just my opinion based on my personal preference, but I would much rather own the Virus even in rack form than a 'virtual' software virus. In my opinion, having the dials and buttons to play with makes sculpting a sound much more satisfying than twiddling its virtual counterpart!

i hear what your saying
but if both sound exactly the same, and in this case they do.
then id much rather have the powercore version.
only hardware synth im planning on getting is the jp-8000.

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Originally posted by Azza Robinson http://www.dv247.com/invt/20643 would i need that 1?

no
this
http://www.dv247.com/invt/6449 and http://www.dv247.com/invt/20706

anyone bought it yet? It's out !
What are your experiences ?

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