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i own a bass station and i also thought it was analog emulation! hmmm

if one day hardware would disappear and be replaced by hardware dependent plug ins, i don't think this would be a good solution and that nobody would be pleased with. Imagine you get a soundcard X, u'll have to stick to the products that run only on that one, and i don't think there will be different VAs from different companies that depend on the same card, competition rules!

Hardware will never go out of fashion, there is too much demand from the industry for it. Besides, keyboarders will want their keys!
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Herbalaire Review

Indeed and not to forget hardware UI!

There is a factor that people forget about computerbased instruments.. Will your software synth that you love work in 3 years?

With new os, new hosts and so on. Computers are moving fast.

But I can sit in 10 years in future with my virus and use it still because it runs on it is own.

A software synth must cope with OS and mostly a hostsofware.

People must just have new things all the time. I think it is nice to spend time with the stuff I bought. I still hate that my scanner doesnt work with xp.. Software is nessary evilness :)

well thats not a minor issue
thats not whats going to stop companies from releasing quality synths
a keyboard as a dongle will be the smart idea

Re: VIRUS powercore at NAMM 2004
 

Did anyone notice that you have to pay more for a "DSP license" to use it to it's full potential.
WTF is that?
Every VST that I use can be used as many times as your CPU can handle.
I see the fate of this coming real soon.
Especially with alot of users just using an old PC for their VST's.
It makes no Sense :roll:

if you wont pay extra money the vst will eat all your cpu prossesing power :wink:
i think its shit just a way to make people pay again for something they already payed for but hell
if they would have built a hw virus with that kind of polyphonic power they would have charge 2500-3000 euro for sure :oops:

Ok just imagine for one sec that software synths took over and hardware was no longer being built...everything was being made on computer...the question i have is:

Well u have seen ppl scavaging for vintage gear...now about about a decade would ppl be scavaging for old computers because they sound grittier :lol:

peace
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No, you're thinking from the wrong direction - if there wasn't the base license then the Virus PowerCore would cost the same as the full license. The base license idea is a way of giving PowerCore users 'access' to the Virus without having to spend the kind of money it costs to get the TDM version for instance. FWIW I think it makes sense.