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Access Virus Ti Manufacturing ooopsie...

So, as some of you may already know, I got a close contact working for Access Music. The word is that the latest batch of Virus synths will be delayed because of some issue with the motherboard. Apparently the MOBO for the Ti synth was either ordered or made not to spec and about 500 units that were due to be shipped have been postponed and awaiting new guts...

Shame really... sadly, it looks like Ti is slowly becomming a new Xbox 360 - plenty of demand, not enough supply.

So, for those of you still waiting to get yours... take a deep breath... and be patient.

Or buy a reservation on ebay to buy one right when they are avalable for $5,000 !!!

Well hard to belive they are behind , they have one laying for sale in my local music shop for the last 3 weeks, And no one picked it up yet. It's the white Polar Everytime I go there it's still on display.

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Originally posted by DJDIRTY Well hard to belive they are behind , they have one laying for sale in my local music shop for the last 3 weeks, And no one picked it up yet. It's the white Polar Everytime I go there it's still on display.

Depends on the store too... if the store is in a low-income neighborhood or far from "rich folk" - it's possible. You have to keep in mind that person coming in to buy Cassio for $100 ain't going to shell out $2500 for a "a half of keyboard without speakers".

I actually know for a fact that next order that's due in at the end of the month will go to fullfill a portion of 3 month old pre-orders. The next one is anyone's guess.

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Originally posted by WiKKid sKiLLz Or buy a reservation on ebay to buy one right when they are avalable for $5,000 !!!

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engineering difficulties with complex electronics are getting more and more common.

this is what happens as electronics companies turn into design shops that outsouce most thier actual manufacturing and assembly to third world countries.

so i wonder, what vendor assembles the mobo, and what country are they in?

The Virus Ti has all kinds of problem with hardware.. and they say we just have to wait for the next hardware update. The vst plugin part doesnt work at all.

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Originally posted by mysticalninja The Virus Ti has all kinds of problem with hardware.. and they say we just have to wait for the next hardware update. The vst plugin part doesnt work at all.

Can you name some specific issues or are you just hypothesizing? From my own personal experienc with every single model of Virus and from interacting with other users - I would say it's probably one of the most reliable synths. What you're describing sounds like OS/software issue - but OS upgrades are not only free but many times include additional features.

Please be sure to substantiate your claims - I'd love to hear about it and I will be sure to pass it along. Also, keep in mind that many times the software is not the culprit - you have to consider the overall setup - e.g. DAW it's running on, sound card, drivers, etc.

And I have a VST part working on my system - what set up are you using?

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Can you name some specific issues

Off sync delay, notes getting off time, having to restart sequencer to resync to midi clock every hour or so, totall freeze up if you try to tweak too much/fast while playing, having to press the panic butten every 5 minutes... I can go on forever. I've tried with sx3, FL, and ableton, all exactly the same problems. I've tried tons of different buffer size settings, different master asio drivers (including the Virus TI Asio Driver that comes with it), I tried buying a PCI USB Card like they recommend, nothing. I tried on other computers. All the same shit.

Just go read TI forums to substantiate my claims. (Theres a thread about you there too btw) Everyone has the same problems. It's access's fault, not my setup. The TI part (why we bought it) is a totall failure.

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Originally posted by mysticalninja Off sync delay, notes getting off time, having to restart sequencer to resync to midi clock every hour or so, totall freeze up if you try to tweak too much/fast while playing, having to press the panic butten every 5 minutes... I can go on forever. I've tried with sx3, FL, and ableton, all exactly the same problems. I've tried tons of different buffer size settings, different master asio drivers (including the Virus TI Asio Driver that comes with it), I tried buying a PCI USB Card like they recommend, nothing. I tried on other computers. All the same shit. Just go read TI forums to substantiate my claims. (Theres a thread about you there too btw) Everyone has the same problems. It's access's fault, not my setup. The TI part (why we bought it) is a totall failure.

I would agree with all of this. Mine is sitting on my desk turned off for weeks now. Its wont sync midi, I cant even get it to hook up all midi (non VST) with Logic 7.0

A real treat

Still no 1.1 software update. I heard Access pride themselves on updates, which apparently get released quite often

If 1.1 doesnt fix this shit I'm going to have to assume they shipped those faulty hardware units already in the begining.

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Off sync delay, notes getting off time, having to restart sequencer to resync to midi clock every hour or so, totall freeze up if you try to tweak too much/fast while playing, having to press the panic butten every 5 minutes... I can go on forever. I've tried with sx3, FL, and ableton, all exactly the same problems. I've tried tons of different buffer size settings, different master asio drivers (including the Virus TI Asio Driver that comes with it), I tried buying a PCI USB Card like they recommend, nothing. I tried on other computers. All the same shit. Just go read TI forums to substantiate my claims. (Theres a thread about you there too btw) Everyone has the same problems. It's access's fault, not my setup. The TI part (why we bought it) is a totall failure.

Same here. Mine also has problems without using the software part of it. I used it with midi, I have to unplug it about every 5 min.
Its always making crazy high frequency noises and going blank.
Most unstable synth I have ever owned. I am a access fan and have used or owned the virus models a, b, c, ti, rack synths.

I'm sure they will do what they need to do to fix it. But for now it has problems.

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Originally posted by mysticalninja Off sync delay, notes getting off time, having to restart sequencer to resync to midi clock every hour or so, totall freeze up if you try to tweak too much/fast while playing, having to press the panic butten every 5 minutes... I can go on forever. I've tried with sx3, FL, and ableton, all exactly the same problems. I've tried tons of different buffer size settings, different master asio drivers (including the Virus TI Asio Driver that comes with it), I tried buying a PCI USB Card like they recommend, nothing. I tried on other computers. All the same shit. Just go read TI forums to substantiate my claims. (Theres a thread about you there too btw) Everyone has the same problems. It's access's fault, not my setup. The TI part (why we bought it) is a totall failure.

I've passed your concerns along - I'm wondering, does the same problem also happen when you use straight MIDI connection?

For any canadians wanting this, I got mine last month from www.savedbytechnology.com. 1-day shipping from TO to Montreal, and not that much more expensive than the US.

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I've passed your concerns along

No need.. if your friend really works at access theres no way he was unaware of these problems.. EVERYONE has them.. they must get tons of emails about it daily..

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I'm wondering, does the same problem also happen when you use straight MIDI connection?

Who cares. I dont have analgogue inputs to plug my TI outputs into.. I need the vsti and sound through usb..

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