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Desktop Synth, Virus TI2

VIRUS-TI2-DESKTOP

The Virus TI Desktop features an all-metal enclosure with a wooden strip on the front. Loads of knobs and buttons give direct access to the most important sound shaping parameters. This range of instant access hands-on control will delight those who don't like menu diving. Like all other Virus TI synthesizers, a stereo analogue input offers the power to process external signals through the Virus' sound engine. An optional 19" rack mounting kit is available for purchase.

The “TI” stands for “Total Integration”, and this is where Acess Music has redefined what it means to integrate a hardware synth with your computer and sequencer software. All audio and MIDI data can be streamed into and out of your compatible software host via USB, with the Virus Control plugin making your Virus TI Snow appear as a VST/AU/RTAS multi-channel instrument, complete with patch browsing a  full editing capabilities.

All this means that the lines between hardware and software are so elegantly blurred, that from here on in you’ll find it hard to imagine how it could be any other way.

Specifications:

SOUND ENGINE:

• Various oscillator models including Virtual Analog, Wavetable, HyperSaw, Grain- and Formant Table types.
• A maximum of 192 parallel effects in total. Reverb and delay, chorus, phaser, frequency shifter, ring modulator, distortion, 3-band EQ and new Character processors.
• 2 independent multi-mode filters (HP, LP, BP, BS) and the Analog Filter which was modeled after the Moog MiniMoog™ cascade filter with 6-24 dB Slope and self-oscillation.
• 32-step user-programmable arpeggiator pattern for every patch.
• Modulation Matrix with 6 slots each featuring 1 source and 3 destinations.
• 3 LFOs with 68 waveforms to choose from. 2 fast ADSTR envelopes.
• Knob quantise for creating stepped controller movements. The stepping automatically syncs to the Virus clock or an incoming MIDI clock.
• Adaptive control smoothing for jitter-free modulations on all important parameters.
• Multi mode with embedded patches.

HARDWARE:

• Dual DSP system which dynamically allocates its resources. Depending on the complexity of a patch everything in between 20 and 90 voices can be achieved.
• 512 RAM patches and 26 banks of each 128 ROM patches which can be exchanged by the user.
• 6 balanced outputs with +4 dB level and soft limiting algorithm. Studio grade 192 khz D/A converters with S/PDIF digital I/O. 2x24 bit inputs. Surround sound capabilities.
• The tempo of an incoming audio signal can be recognised and the Virus can lock to it within a very short amount of time (typically, for “4 on the floor” - style music, this happens in between 1-3 bars). Thereafter the Virus TI follows the tempo.

SOFTWARE:

• Virus Control VST/AU/RTAS compatible virtual instrument plug-in included to create an audio link in between the host sequencer and Virus hardware synthesizer.
• Audio and MIDI inputs and outputs can be used by the sequencer application as an audio and MIDI interface. Total Integration keeps working, even if you prefer to use another audio interface.
• Sample accurate and delay compensated timing.
• All knobs on surface and be used to control other software and hardware synthesizers (this feature is not available for the Virus TI Snow).
• Virus Control Center application for convenient memory backup of the entire Virus TI and exchange of content of ROM banks.
• Soft- and hardware specifications and details

Dimensions:

• Height: 8 cm (3.2 inches)
• Width: 47 cm (18.5 inches)
• Depth: 18.8 cm (7.4 inches)
• Weight: 3.4 kg (7.4 pounds)

Compatible Sequencers:

Macintosh

• Apple Logic 7.2.3 or higher
• Steinberg Cubase SX/SL 3.1 or higher
• Pro Tools 7.3 M-Powered, LE or TDM or higher
• Ableton Live 5.2.2 or higher

Windows

• Steinberg Cubase SX/SL 3.1 or higher
• Pro Tools 7.3 M-Powered, LE or TDM or higher
• Cakewalk Sonar Producer 7
• Ableton Live 5.2.2 or higher
• Image Line FL Studio 5 or higher
  

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