i was having troubles with VC and timing until i started to use my brand new laptop.
I think you need quite a powerfull PC with a clean install of XP and no antivirus etc for things to work nicely with VC.

You can probably get a good deal on a used Yamaha RM1X.
Always worked great for me.`

Hi!,
I'm thinking about the mpc+virus ti duo too. Currently I've got 6midi channels from the monomachine but no hardware sampling so the mpc1000 would be a great addon.

It's a pity all the mpc demos at youtube etc are about making beatz, bling bling, bang bang and so on.

Whatever, after paying the money for the ti|2 desktop, I'd have to wait for a couple of months to save for the mpc.

Cheers!

Right now i use a genoQs Nemo for sequencing with my TI Snow....but i used a MPC 2000XL before that and this worked great even though i don't create HipHop BlingBlang music... :D

Hi Prime,
Do you like the genoQ? I knew about its bigger brother but not this one. It looks very intuitive and attractive (bling bling! hahaha). Can you sequence chords on it? Don't you miss any kind of screen on it?


Nice looking machine!

Cheers!!!

edit: I see:
Polyphonic steps, of up to 7 notes (chords or multi-trigger)

I really like the Nemo...it is quite an intuitive machine.

Within no time i was creating great sequences even though the Nemo doesn't have any display to work with.

Before I bought it, I was concerned about the lack of this LCD display,
but oddly the machine forced me to be more creative because of this.

The clever arrangement of the tactile ball bearing buttons combined with the multi-color LED chase lights and the 4 track page setup brings out a natural workflow in my music arrangement.

All in all a great machine and a joy to play with...hopefully i can create a Tube movie soon to show it how it works.

Thanks for the answer.
I'd have a GAS attack if it not measured 500mm long!

I'll have to save for the square shaped mpc :P

The virus works great by itself... I use viruscontrol really as a patch librarian and for nothing else, as I don't really like using VST stuff.

I also dont make use of multitimbrality in any of my gear, so that could probably be why its not an issue for me

Hi Joey!
I completely understand people like you who feel ok working with a DAW and some kind of hardware or without it.
But then there are people like me who spend 9 hours a day in front of a screen (two in my case) and just don't want to spend any more with them when we arrive home.
So... We all agree that it's impossible to be as flexible as a DAW on the hardware side, but sometimes hardware wins the match.
Have you tried korg emx1, elektron monomachine or spectralis?
I'll never feel the same feeling putting notes on one of those three machines than doing the same on live, reason, pro tools or whatever.
Believe me, I've tried and tried but it just don't work for me. And I'm not alone ;)

Cheers!

I agree with you about the importance of the interface. Personally, I'd be happiest doing patch design/management in VC and then actually writing/playing the Virus tracks on another bit of gear.

I have the ESX-1 and happily accept its limitations (compared to a software equivalent) for the ease of use and tactile quality of it (as well as ease/speed of doing "live" improvisation on it). I've tried using it to sequence the Virus, but you're limited to single notes and can't sequence chords (or only two notes, if you use both keyboard parts). I understand the EMX-1 has more (5?) keyboard, parts so presumably if you weren't using them for sounds, you could use them to sequence up to five note chords on the Virus. Other than doing this, is there a way of getting it to sequence chords?

Thanks.