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Forum: General discussion about Access Virus 01.04.2012, 12:37 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,136
Posted By luddy
It's a pretty well-known problem; many expression...

It's a pretty well-known problem; many expression pedals are not electrically compatible with the Virus. The Yamaha FC7 is compatible, i.e., it will cover the whole range. AFAIK there are no Roland...
Forum: General discussion about Access Virus 25.10.2009, 03:18 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 9,348
Posted By luddy
I did a test about a month ago where I recorded...

I did a test about a month ago where I recorded via S/PDIF and ran the resulting wave files through a program that calculates effective bit depth -- the number of bits that are changing in the audio....
Forum: General discussion about Access Virus 03.10.2009, 09:39 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,311
Posted By luddy
the polar keybed is unusual. I have come to...

the polar keybed is unusual. I have come to really like it for certain kinds of playing. the aftertouch has a long range of motion. this means that if you play a key hard or push on it after it...
Forum: General discussion about Access Virus 26.08.2009, 01:51 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,701
Posted By luddy
Are you sure that it doesn't understand the Reset...

Are you sure that it doesn't understand the Reset All Controllers message? I could have sworn that I've successfully reset some controller values that way.

Many of the Virus's parameters don't...
Forum: General discussion about Access Virus 14.08.2009, 08:52 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 2,078
Posted By luddy
Lots of virus patches stay well below 0dBFS if...

Lots of virus patches stay well below 0dBFS if there aren't played with lots of polyphony. I usually go after the Patch Volume setting if I want a little extra gain on a particular patch.



A...
Forum: General discussion about Access Virus 03.08.2009, 01:39 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 8,663
Posted By luddy
psst: some people bought it for the sound it...

psst: some people bought it for the sound it makes and not only so they could pretend it is a software plug-in. weird, I know.

-Luddy
Forum: General discussion about Access Virus 01.08.2009, 06:23 AM
Replies: 39
Views: 8,663
Posted By luddy
I can't see why anyone needs to be hostile or...

I can't see why anyone needs to be hostile or dismissive of the suggestion that a standalone editor would be nice. If it's such an obvious non-starter and ridiculous idea, then why do Roland, Korg,...
Forum: General discussion about Access Virus 20.07.2009, 11:55 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 2,372
Posted By luddy
I have never seen an authoritative answer to...

I have never seen an authoritative answer to this. I did an experiment just last week in which I tracked a half-dozen parts via S/PDIF, and examined the bit depth using a utility that I wrote...
Forum: General discussion about Access Virus 04.06.2009, 09:41 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,034
Posted By luddy
Right, you cannot edit multis from VC... Working...

Right, you cannot edit multis from VC... Working with them means working with the panel of the unit.

SEQ mode is documented a little bit in the original TI manual (not the newer reference manual);...
Forum: General discussion about Access Virus 04.06.2009, 07:21 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,034
Posted By luddy
You've got two choices, really. One is to work...

You've got two choices, really. One is to work in SEQ mode, same mode VC uses. That mode fits what you describe pretty well; in particular, it's designed for sending individual patch changes per...
Forum: General discussion about Access Virus 31.05.2009, 12:19 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,715
Posted By luddy
In my installation (on a Mac) they are in...

In my installation (on a Mac) they are in /Library/Application Support/Access Music/Virus TI/Patches/Virus TI2 Factory Backup

There are some other patch sets in there as well...

hth,

-Luddy
Forum: General discussion about Access Virus 30.05.2009, 09:40 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 8,764
Posted By luddy
It's not so complicated to compare a couple of...

It's not so complicated to compare a couple of sound sources.

There are three minimal signal paths for listening to the Virus, not including the headphone jack:
Virus USB -> D/A
Virus SP/DIF ->...
Forum: General discussion about Access Virus 29.05.2009, 10:27 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,397
Posted By luddy
In the config menus, under MIDI, set the MIDI...

In the config menus, under MIDI, set the MIDI clock to Sync to External.

That should do the trick, although if there are signature changes in the song (a single bar of 3 beats for example), the...
Forum: General discussion about Access Virus 28.05.2009, 09:50 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 8,764
Posted By luddy
Nice! Wish I had time to do this test for...

Nice! Wish I had time to do this test for myself, haha. Hopefully some kind soul who has tried this will report back. Or you could just tell us the punchline! ;) :D This question actually has a...
Forum: General discussion about Access Virus 27.05.2009, 11:02 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 8,764
Posted By luddy
Is there any hard evidence about any of this...

Is there any hard evidence about any of this stuff? For example, has Access ever commented on any of this? As far as I know, they haven't. Or maybe I've missed it ...

You can't conclude much from...
Forum: General discussion about Access Virus 11.05.2009, 10:45 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,257
Posted By luddy
I use VC every once in a while as a librarian --...

I use VC every once in a while as a librarian -- to organize RAM banks. Otherwise, I use it exclusively standalone.

-Luddy
Forum: General discussion about Access Virus 11.05.2009, 01:20 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 2,518
Posted By luddy
This is very subjective, of course. But I really...

This is very subjective, of course. But I really like what I would describe as the "dark" quality of the Virus. A lot of VA synths I hear have a very flat, bright, in-your-face edge to them. It...
Forum: General discussion about Access Virus 06.05.2009, 01:54 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 3,084
Posted By luddy
I've been toting my Polar around for about three...

I've been toting my Polar around for about three years in a Pelican 1650. It's been through a lot -- checked in on airplanes and on trains, tossed into vans, you name it. The case has been...
Forum: General discussion about Access Virus 03.05.2009, 11:27 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,411
Posted By luddy
To elaborate a bit on what was posted above, all...

To elaborate a bit on what was posted above, all parameters in the Virus can be accessed via SysEx, or at least that was true up through Virus C. There is a document somewhere on this forum (and...
Forum: General discussion about Access Virus 01.05.2009, 01:40 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 6,889
Posted By luddy
A pure sine wave is the one waveform that you...

A pure sine wave is the one waveform that you would ordinarily expect would never give rise to aliasing. The fundamental frequency is the only frequency component in a sine wave, so unless you...
Forum: General discussion about Access Virus 22.04.2009, 11:39 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 4,281
Posted By luddy
I play live with a Polar quite a bit, and I don't...

I play live with a Polar quite a bit, and I don't run into problems with popping and crackling. When I first had the keyboard (i.e., on an early rev of the O.S.) I ran into much more of this, but...
Forum: General discussion about Access Virus 20.04.2009, 12:39 AM
Replies: 96
Views: 14,019
Posted By luddy
3.0.10 seems to be quite stable in standalone...

3.0.10 seems to be quite stable in standalone mode ...

-luddy
Forum: General discussion about Access Virus 18.01.2009, 02:16 AM
Replies: 123
Views: 18,097
Posted By luddy
Working controller dump and restore. That is,...

Working controller dump and restore. That is, the sysex dump of controllers should capture all the configuration settings of the machine, and the restore should restore them. This would be a...
Forum: General discussion about Access Virus 16.01.2009, 11:45 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,436
Posted By luddy
One reason to record MIDI events with Local ON is...

One reason to record MIDI events with Local ON is to avoid the latency of the round-trip of MIDI events through the sequencer and back to the Virus. How long this latency is depends on your MIDI...
Forum: General discussion about Access Virus 20.12.2008, 01:02 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 974
Posted By luddy
It is the "zero point" of the keyfollow...

It is the "zero point" of the keyfollow param modulation. Notes above this pitch will cause a positive value to be added to the parameter, notes below it will cause a negative value to be added to...
Forum: General discussion about Access Virus 17.12.2008, 02:05 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,771
Posted By luddy
I use it completely on its own. Really, you never...

I use it completely on its own. Really, you never have a glitch of any kind with it? No stuck notes, nothing?

I wonder if my unit is defective... Don't get me wrong, it's usable, but there is...
Forum: General discussion about Access Virus 17.12.2008, 03:22 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,771
Posted By luddy
I use it live, alongside a Kyma system. It's...

I use it live, alongside a Kyma system. It's wonderful, although there are some features I really wish that it had for supporting live play. I wish for example that it could receive a sysex dump of...
Forum: General discussion about Access Virus 17.12.2008, 03:09 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,276
Posted By luddy
Anyone noticed anything odd with this release, in...

Anyone noticed anything odd with this release, in standalone mode? My virus hasn't frozen up in a long, long time, but after this release I have had to power-cycle it twice. It also put out a...
Forum: General discussion about Access Virus 30.10.2008, 11:54 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 925
Posted By luddy
no one? :confused: anyone ever tried a...

no one? :confused:

anyone ever tried a controller dump, for any reason whatsoever?

-Luddy
Forum: General discussion about Access Virus 28.10.2008, 03:23 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 925
Posted By luddy
restoring a controller dump

Hi,

This is my first post here; I'm a refugee from the ill-fated virusti.com site. :)

I'm trying to save the entire configuration state of the TI as a sysex dump, so that I can restore it...
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