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Got a Virus....good price? (pg. 2)
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| RichieV |
| I have owned a B and C at one point and have tried the TI at a friends house. |
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| Waza |
good deal if you ask me too.
If virus is so past it why is it still so popular.
I'm jealous i want one. NOW!!!!! |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
| What is a "2000" sound anyway? Most dance music seems to be doing variations on sounds that have been around at least ten years, just with better mixing and much louder mastering. |
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| RichieV |
| well trance is particularly guilty for using the exact same synth sounds that were common 10 years ago but I do think there are exceptions. |
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| cryophonik |
Here's a much better deal IMO:
http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/msg/1423045659.html
I believe Stephen lives in Dallas??? Show up at the guy's doorstep, check out the Virus in advance, wave $1150 under his nose, and I bet it's yours. To me, that extra $150 is more than worth it considering that you get to see/hear it and make sure it is in perfect physical and operating condition as advertised and take it home immediately, rather than buying a damaged one (potentially dropped!) from a questionable seller without even having seen it first.
| quote: | Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
What is a "2000" sound anyway? |
Analog hadn't yet been reinvented. :p |
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| Subtle |
| quote: | Originally posted by RichieV
well trance is particularly guilty for using the exact same synth sounds that were common 10 years ago but I do think there are exceptions. |
I dont see using the same synths or instruments in music as a problem whatsoever, its just that people are using the sounds from these in the same way.
I only have a Virus B, but i just love the sound of it so much.. there is no contender in the software world for me, such a brilliant sounding versatile piece of equipment. |
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| RichieV |
the virus isn't really known for its great sound. IT is a meat and potatoes synthesize that trance producers have been beating to death. It is versatile and i suppose it does that great but I personally think there are much more interesting choices including many soft synths.
But anyways, just my opinion. I still have a virus B on my powercore card and it isn't my business if someone thinks it is the bees knees. |
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| Magnus |
| Thats a good deal. Paid $1700 for mine when I bought it new 3 years ago. |
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| DjStephenWiley |
| for what its worth, it belongs (or belonged to kevin rudolf) he's selling it so he can get a new TI2 - supposed to be some good patches coming with it :] |
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| msz |
| have you used a virus before? how come you're getting it?was it recommended? curious (probably because its awesome ^^) |
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| DjStephenWiley |
To be completely honest, I wasn't ready to commit to the Radias. Huge learning curve, and lets be honest. A 24 voice synth from KORG priced at less than $1,000 brand new just wasn't worth it. The sound was great. Very surprised at the basses I could get out of it, and I had some packs that pushed my preset library to around 2000 which was great. Since I use presets as templates, my biggest gripe with the synth was resolved (only 256 presets out of the factory)
Heard from so many people I respect, and who post on here (I'll spare their names as I don't know if they would want the statements posted), said its the only piece of gear they would never sell in their studio. That's a pretty strong statement in my opinion. Then when you look online at the amount of presets, not only is that a lot of templates, but it shows how popular the synth is. I just don't believe it would have so much success and be so well known if it was that bad of an instrument. Combine that with what I have been told by people I respect, and I'm interested. So I started looking at the different models and such. The Desktop by far not only seems to have the greatest value, but it's exactly what I want. From what I gather, it's the only TI model that can be racked which is exactly what I want, and the prices for it on eBay have never been better.
Snow - I don't see much sense in buying one of these. I'm reluctant to call it a synth in a box, but I want hands on material if I'm paying 4 figures and I am not menu diving with that thing when I can get a desk top that gives me that plus 16 timbres instead of 4. Only upside if the Snow can be found new for the same price, but that's not too much of a concern for me
Polar - Don't need a keyboard, don't care for its fancy looks.
Keyboard - See above.
Desktop - Only that can be mounted, best value in my opinion, and a perfect, simple layout of operation. When I look at it, it's like it couldn't be built better. Oscillators, Filters, Envelopes, Some FX, a few other neat things, and that's it. I like "simple" sound design. Unfortunately everything can't be set up like a Moog, but I find a lot of the more modern features to be much more of a headache versus what they offer. Are some great? Sure. But to somebody still learning a lot, they side track me way too often.
Finally - I got a great deal on the Radias when I initially bought it, so it was easy to make the decision to sell it and get a Virus Desktop. |
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| msz |
| did you end up sampling a lot from your radius? |
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