For Free
 

I saved and saved, Then put in the order.
I've been waiting for my virus for so long...
when I get its going to be like I got it for free.

I like the idea of a tape drive...Maybe they should bring back the hexadecimal screens like on the Ensoniq Mirage while they are at it.
Oohh Ohh, and the Akai Smart media disks.

Has ANY synth made by ANY decent manufacturer been released on time EVER?

No.

You can't compare anything to the Virus TI, it will be head and shoulders above any competing synth, you could even say that about the Virus C. Other synths certainly have their place, but in the virtual analog market the Virus is king and the Virus TI will be the best VA synth until the next Virus comes out.

I'd much rather wait until whatever problems they are having are fixed than have a synth with bugs. Any owner of Waldorf synths can attest to that. Not a single one of their synths is bug free. They kept putting off fixing them, chalking it up to having a small design team and that switching between different sets of code for each synth would slow down the entire process because they would have to reacclimate themselves to the code... and what happened in the end? Waldorf made dozens of promises that things would get fixed and then went out of business. Now there are thousands of Waldorf synths and Waldorf synth owners with synths that don't work how they were supposed to.

Wait. It'll be worth it. I'd rather have a perfectly functional synth a year from now than a buggy synth today.

(BTW, I'd like to think the delay is because they are adding Linux support ;), I also posted this on another forum, so if you're reading it twice I'm sorry if that offends you...)

Good point Amphibious...Just imagine Access out of business in 1 year :?

Saying that have they been IN business for the last year :roll:

My MicroQ and Pulse work very well here. No problems at all. Shame what happened to Waldorf.

Access bit a completely new set of problems by bringing the usb and plugin integration into a synthesizer. Standard midi & audio connections would have been problem free. I would have been happy if they just released a virus d with TI specs but without the total integration. An Adat optical out with 8 separate channels would have been a nice replacement for the usb and TI stuff. And they still could use that vst-like GUI but just to control the synth.

Total Integration
 

Personally I think the "Total Integration" is a great idea. The midi connection is out dated. If it were up to me I would replace it with some sort of usb connection that could be used keyboard to keyboard or keyboard to computer. Might just make the midi interface obsolete. It would also make it possible for every keyboard to record straight to Hard disk without having to buy an interface with digital ins. Access is going in the right direction.

Well, only if you can make the damn thing work... :roll:



Best,
midi.

Hahah yea :)

I think it is the way forward though. It will be nice just having the 1 connection for both audio and MIDI style interface. Since its not Firewire its a bit more compatible with computers as well. Definately a good thing.

This is my biggest gripe with the specs of the TI.
You honestly believe USB1@12mb/s is better then firewire@400mb/s just because more crap packaged home pcs come with a usb port? beh.
The only thing that would make this rediculous delay excusable would be if access were actually taking the time to upgrade the usb to firewire (400 or 800) outputs (about as much chance of this as the TI arriving before the end of this year).

cheers

blay

You sure about those specs? Hi-speed USB is like 480mbit/sec I believe. Those speeds I don't think would be really necessary even unless it had sampling. I think the TI specs exceed its capabilities and requirements IMO.

I might be wrong though but I thought the TI was on Hi-speed USB2 specs.

Naw, from what I heard from a friend of friend... whos ex-boyfriend looked like a girlfriend I had back in Feb. They are taking out the USB and replacing it with a 50pin SCSI cable.

On a serious note. I think the USB 2.0 is faster than the Firewire 400. But not faster than the Firewire 800.

The Access Virus specks say:
"USB2 compatible device, 12Mbit data transfer rate"

Of course by the time we get the Virus TI Im sure the USB cable will be obsolete, Younger kids will start calling me "Sir".