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Posted by Mikk on Sep-07-2006 15:43:

Virus Ti vs. Andromeda A6

Simple question. Which one would you prefer for all kinds of trance sounds? If you have used one of them or preferably both, which one do you like better and why? I'm in the situation of probably getting one of these and would like to hear any comments or suggestions.

Virus Ti surely has better presets and the Vengeance soundsets are very nice too. Would I be able to get these kind of modern trance sounds out of Andromeda with ease? I have used JP and Nova for few years so I'm not a total newbie on designing patches.

Posted by DeZmA on Sep-07-2006 17:27:

If you want all kind of trance sounds, TI without any doubt.

Posted by verdonsky on Sep-07-2006 18:37:

Ive never used the Andromeda, but the Virus Ti, despite the not so perfect analogue is the greatest synth for trance, hands down.

Posted by MSZ on Sep-07-2006 19:14:

i heard a lot of cases where the a6 would malfunction, barely any with the ti.

Posted by verdonsky on Sep-07-2006 19:23:

Ti is damn hard to program though, anyone know if the Andromeda is as well?

Posted by DeZmA on Sep-07-2006 20:45:

quote:
Originally posted by verdonsky
Ti is damn hard to program though, anyone know if the Andromeda is as well?

lol
you want them to program a "make a great sound" button or what?
With the virus control it's a dream to program, you get the best of both worlds.
I know that you have to go trough some menus in standalone, then again, there are not much synths that have a knob per function. Even then I find the lay-out to be rather good.

Posted by verdonsky on Sep-07-2006 21:07:

er, lol, here:

*Compared to jp8000

Posted by DJDIRTY on Sep-07-2006 23:23:

quote:
Originally posted by msz
i heard a lot of cases where the a6 would malfunction, barely any with the ti.

A friend of my went thrue 2 units, third one lasted for cuple more months, but he sold it. He said he never had so much problems with a synth before. Must of been a bad batch or something.. But it was enough for him to sell it..

Posted by thecYrus on Sep-08-2006 07:33:

quote:
Originally posted by verdonsky
Ti is damn hard to program though, anyone know if the Andromeda is as well?

the a6 is MUCH harder to program than a TI. it has a lot of submenus beside the direct knob funtions on the front.

Posted by Mikk on Sep-08-2006 07:40:

Thanks for the comments!

The only reason I'm interested in Andromeda is of course the fact that it's analog. No VA can beat analog sound-wise with similar specs imo. But may come VERY close, even so that it doesn't matter anymore. Well, of course all synths have their own sonical character, but looking at the absolute sound quality..

Then of course, Virus has much more voices and features, so feature-wise it's a no brainer. The ease of programming is important too, and though Anrdomeda looks pretty, just thinking about tweaking the first sounds out of it makes my head hurt. Virus looks like it would be easier to learn to program.

Also, I don't actually need another keyboard at the moment, there's hardly even room for it in my home studio. So it seems Virus Ti desktop would be a better choise.

Then again, I must wonder if I should get S/H Virus C off the eBay and spend the money I'd save on something else..like the Creamware Minimax I've been wanting to buy for it's snappy envelopes and great warm bass sounds.

Posted by mysticalninja on Sep-08-2006 09:22:

Can the Andy play 16 sounds at once?

Posted by Mikk on Sep-08-2006 09:45:

quote:
Originally posted by mysticalninja
Can the Andy play 16 sounds at once?

Yes, it's 16 voice polyphonic, 2+2 osc / voice, 16 part multitimbral and you can use all 64 oscillators on one voice in unison mode, or divide them any way you like between the 16 parts. Also each oscillator can play all the available waveforms at the same time.

Posted by mysticalninja on Sep-09-2006 02:50:

quote:
Originally posted by Mikk
Yes, it's 16 voice polyphonic, 2+2 osc / voice, 16 part multitimbral and you can use all 64 oscillators on one voice in unison mode, or divide them any way you like between the 16 parts. Also each oscillator can play all the available waveforms at the same time.

God damn.

Posted by verdonsky on Sep-09-2006 04:12:

DeZmA: "you want them to program a "make a great sound" button or what?"

This is my dream DeZmA. I guess the closest thing to that is buying a good sound bank, or .... downing a few brewskies.

Posted by Vizay on Sep-10-2006 00:32:

the andromeda sounds way better in the quality of the sound but the TI is a close to perfect synth apart from that (and it doesn't sound bad, just not as good and juicy as the a6)

Posted by DeZmA on Sep-10-2006 09:23:

quote:
Originally posted by Vizay
the andromeda sounds way better in the quality of the sound but the TI is a close to perfect synth apart from that (and it doesn't sound bad, just not as good and juicy as the a6)

If you compare the specs, you can't compare the 2 really. You have all the advantages and disadvantages of analog vs digital. It can sound better I guess, but the warm-up time is an inspiration killer. Then there's the price tag, if you allready have a keyboard you can choose the TI desktop, which is cheaper.

Best thing for you to do is to go to the local shop and try them out.

Posted by verdonsky on Sep-10-2006 15:09:

I would die for a local shop that had those synths. Mine has the Novation x-station, and Roland Sh-201 only for analogues, oh and the Korg Radias.

Posted by Mikk on Sep-11-2006 21:08:

I too wish there was a shop nearby where I could try them both. Anyway, I've made up my mind and I'm going to get the Virus. There's really no room or need for another keyboard in my studio atm.

Well, actually I'm not going to get it right away, since I just ordered Motu 24i/o audio interface to replace my poor old Audiotrak Inca88. So it's few more months of waiting..

I'm still not sure if I made the right decision..I could cancel the Motu order and get the Virus right now since I have to wait for the shop to get more PCI-424 cards for the Motu. But then again I truly need a better quality audio interface, and I'm struggling with the 8 inputs this one has.

So it's not Virus vs. Andromeda anymore, it's Virus vs. Motu now. What do you think I should do? I'm eventually going to get both but not sure which one I should get first.

Posted by mysticalninja on Sep-11-2006 23:16:

Are you gonna be hooking up any more gear besides Virus? Remember you can't use the analog outs on the TI while using it in VSTi mode, so unless your going to be using it as a Virus D, I'd get the Virus first.

Posted by verdonsky on Sep-12-2006 01:35:

Virus Ti v. Motu....... If I could just hold a Virus TI.............. If only.

Posted by supersonik on Sep-12-2006 02:51:

Since this a virus thread already. Anyone here who uses a Ti. Does the Ti have drum samples with the Ti ? Or is it strictly just your synth sounds? Im sure this has already been answered but there is to many virus threads to go through.

Posted by verdonsky on Sep-12-2006 04:21:

Just to point out, it wouldn't have sampled sounds, just sounds created through analogue synthesis. I wouldn't be surprised if there are banks to make analogue style drum sounds for the Ti. Z3ta+ has a great set of analogue sounds in one of it's banks.

Peace!

Posted by mysticalninja on Sep-12-2006 05:05:

I've heard a couple kick patches but theyre weak. Maybe if you sampled to wav and compressed and overdrive and such.. I dunno too much work.

Posted by verdonsky on Sep-12-2006 15:46:

They're also weak in Z3ta.

peace

Posted by supersonik on Sep-12-2006 23:10:

Ah ok. I was just curious. Gonna be getting one pretty soon. I'll just write out all my beats in cubase like usual.

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