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TC Works Powercore Virus...

Having taken an interest in this concept I found it amazing how much the whole set-up would cost! I have given some links below to see for yourselves (too much time on my hands unfortunatly)!

TC Works Powercore Element DSP Card here @ �349.99, 503.08 EUR, $649.72

TC Electronic Access Virus for TC Powercore here @ �329.99, 474.33 EUR, $612.59

TC Electronic Virus Unlimited License (optional) here @ �199.99, 287.47 EUR, $371.26

A grand total of �879.97, 1,264.87 EUR, $1,633.58

Here is what you could have albeit second-hand:

Access Virus C here @ �650, 934.31 EUR, $1,207.11

Novation Supernova here @ �250, 359.46 EUR, $464.27

You may find this thread useless, but I just want to share my find with people and to show that TC Works Powercore it is very expensive compared to similar hardware... I know what I'd have! Please air your views!

you shouldn't compare a powercore with a single synth..a powercore also includes high quality effect/dynamic plugins.. if you've to buy them as hardware it wouldn't be cheaper!

I was looking at it from a synth perspective!

yes i know.. but you also get the powercore01 for this money! (it's the emulation of the SH-101) so you have one more synth for the same price.. or you could buy the v-station soon.

the prices on a virus c will drop as soon as vrius tl comes out. maybe instead of getting the tc works powercore virus, get the virus c?

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Originally posted by thecYrus you shouldn't compare a powercore with a single synth..a powercore also includes high quality effect/dynamic plugins.. if you've to buy them as hardware it wouldn't be cheaper!

That is true, but how many effects/synths could you (feasibly) run on the powercore at once?

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Originally posted by Stuart Silver That is true, but how many effects/synths could you (feasibly) run on the powercore at once?

I maybe wrong but you have to buy the unlimited license to run more instances!

yeh... it is VERY expensive.. I'm selling mine now due to that fact... you can get the new virus TI (which is VSTi integratable) for about $400 more...

the FX that come with it are ok... but Waves is just as good...

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Originally posted by alanzo yeh... it is VERY expensive..

i don't think so.. i've one. but no virus|powercore because i owned a real virus b. i sold it now and ordered a virus ti. but i don't think i would like to miss my powercore ever..

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Originally posted by alanzo yeh... it is VERY expensive.. I'm selling mine now due to that fact... you can get the new virus TI (which is VSTi integratable) for about $400 more... the FX that come with it are ok... but Waves is just as good...

What are you selling Alanzo? The PoCo or just the virus plugin?

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Originally posted by alanzo .. but Waves is just as good...

I wish Waves would port their plugins to the PoCo, that would be just way too sexy for words!!

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Originally posted by Stuart Silver What are you selling Alanzo? The PoCo or just the virus plugin?

both... powercore PCI (has masterX3), the Virus Plugin.. and the Multi-DSP liscense..

I prefer working with software. So for me its Poco all the way! I just recently sold my indigo II and now im waiting for the virusplugin to arrive.

As somebody mentioned above, dont just look at the synth perspective.. with the powercore you get a whole lot of VERY GOOD fx plugins that is very useful.

and goddamn its nice to have it all in the computer.. i dont like to work with hardware! but thats just my personal oppinion

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Originally posted by andenoid I prefer working with software. So for me its Poco all the way! I just recently sold my indigo II and now im waiting for the virusplugin to arrive. As somebody mentioned above, dont just look at the synth perspective.. with the powercore you get a whole lot of VERY GOOD fx plugins that is very useful. and goddamn its nice to have it all in the computer.. i dont like to work with hardware! but thats just my personal oppinion

the plugins are ok.. if you want to be completly legit, it's a good way to get some good cheap plugins... but waves can do the same job for *caugh*free*caugh*...

yeah, working with the software is nice.. but having the knobs is fun too... it looks really cool... that's what's awesome about the Virus TI line.. best of both worlds...

but believe me, the only reason I'm selling my powercore is becuase the price is going to go down the shitter once the TI comes out since the TI is VST integratable as well... plus it costs so damn much... I would rather invest in a $500 jp8000 than a $1000 Virus since I only produce maybe 5 hours a week...

Im also selling my jp8080 cause imo its so damn THIN, boring and limited synth. You cant do shit with it really.. yea.. Most people buy if for the supersawsound but many synths today emulate that sound very good so you dont need to buy a JP just for that sound.

I guess it comes down to personal taste and oppinions. I wouldn't buy the Virus TI either cause i know im not going to use it as much as i should.

Software! and believe me i have been somewhat an Anti-software guy before, but thats changed now when access released the virusplugin.

its the person using the instrument thats important in making the sound, not so much the instrument itself. a good musician and producer can make a technically flawed instrument sound good. ive heard enough unbelievably good stuff from a jp to make me inclined to believe it deserves its place in history (despite having never played on one), but im not one to really talk about hardware synths cuz all the ones i want are waaaaaay out of my price range. for now ill stick to my 60 quid vanguard. best money i ever spent. mwaha!

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