--- In AN1x-list@y..., terryfunken@a... wrote:
> Sorry to burst your little virus bubble but, I really don't like
the sound
> that the virus emits- I think this down to it being 24 bit and not
16. There
> is something about the sound of 24 bit I really don't like- and
although the
> Virus has all the idiosyncracies's of an analogue (clever bit of
programming
> I may point out)- It's way to clean IMO And (like a lot of other 24
bit
> stuff) because of the amount of processing needed to get it to
function- the
> sound gets "put in the background"-
Don't worry, my little Virus bubble is not burst... :-)
I think the Virus does a fabulous job of emulating classic analog
synth sounds (especially the Minimoog). The sound is clean and can be
delicate or quite ballsy. I like the clean sound and wish my real
analogs sounded that clean. It's a lot of work to get them to sound
as good.
The Virus also creates a wide range of sounds that a classic analog
can't touch. Over time, as I've lived with the Virus b, I have grown
to appreciate it much more.
I'm curious.... how much time you have had with the Virus to form
your opinion? Was it in your own studio environment where you can
rely on the monitoring environment to accurately depict what you are
hearing? I think it can make a difference on how you perceive any
synth. When I first got the virus b I thought it was great, but with
time it has grown beyond that. Maybe I'm just used to it's sound by
now...
I don't have to worry about the DSP thing. I have enough synths to
spread the sound chores around. I agree that maxing out a DSP synth
will result in poorer performance. But, the Virus b is anything but
background.
Sayer