Virus TI b!tch... thread
So, looks like my love for virus is slowly fading out. I've put myself on a "Virus TI-free diet" - reducing my use of the synth intentionally, to see what can be accomplished.
Having spent a significant amount of time with various VSTi's over the last months or so, here's what I found:
1. I find TI2 sounding rather COLD. I compared it time and time again with virus C and every time C won as "warmer, fuller" sounding.
2. With synths like zeta, sylenth, nexus, gladiator, omnisphere - keeping virus TI has been hard to justify (aside from it being a comfortable shelf for keeping my Maschine near by)
3. Bugs. Fucking bugs. Just can't fucking get rid of them, can you Access? What the fuck. Jinxed myself too - said TI2 was better than TI. Stuck patches... AGAIN - some patches are more stick-prone than others, not sure why. Oh, and "ghost in the machine" came back - left Virus on last night, walked into my studio this morning, to hear it arpegiating F# to itself. I understand that it may get bored but c'mon now... Before you ask - it was completely disconnected from any USB or MIDI connection, there's no "hold" on arp patch, so - it kicked in by itself and just kept playing all night long.
4. Unprocessed patches sounds mostly like shit. I earnestly tried to wean myself from using any built-in FX on a virus. Turning off FX made most patches bland, metallic, hollow, thin, or harsh. Unless you douse those patches in various FX, they are quite boring. With FX back on - good luck trying to fit them into a mix. NL3 destroys virus in that area - most patches sound great without any FX.
Love affair is over, I'm afraid. I think I'll put it away for couple of weeks and if lust doesn't return, off to ebay it goes.
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