|
| quote: | | I own a desktop and haven't really experienced any of the problems a lot of other people are having with the exception of the arps drifting out of sync from time to time. This is somewhat annoying, but unless you're doing live performances requiring arps you can easily work around it. |
This happens on all Virus models and certain software configurations and conditions. My Virus B does this alot.
If you have a wordclock device you can set it to force MIDI clock and everything else in the MIDI chain plays along. Wordclock devices wont skip a beat and they dont start to mess up at high CPU loads like your computer does, because it doesnt have a CPU and its not loading anything. It is also unaffected by ASIO buffer overruns which totally screw my computer's ability to send MIDI clock properly. Thus causing the infamous 'Drunken Virus Syndrome.'
At the end of the day, even if you cant use the TI feature set at all, you still have a VC with bells and whistles on.
And heres the killer bonus - Balanced inputs and outputs and 24/96 recording. That alone is worth the difference in price over a VC if you are running a balanced rig. No ground loops. More headroom. Hotter signal. Less line noise. Priceless.
But as with most things computer music related - you dont 'need' this shit really. But you 'WANT' it baaaaad so you and me both will eventually get sucked into buying one and only have our own stupid asses to blame.
If you are a longtime Virus user or you have used hardware before though, recording via analog outs is a cinche. You just need to do things in a slightly different order and get used to it.
Last edited by Derivative on May-15-2006 at 20:24
|