what ben said. theres 1 or 2 harmony central reviews claiming the indigo 1 is better sounding than the indigo 2. it is horseshit. most likely bitter indigo 1 owners. the indigo 1 is based on the virus b engine. sounds exactly the same as any other virus b. the indigo 2 is based on the virus c engine. sounds just like any other virus c. has the same layout as the virus c. has the additional features of the c over the b model. and the c engine is exactly the same as the b engine only with some extra bits and bobs (new moog emulation filter type. in built 3 band EQ. more modulation slots, an extra 8 voices of polyphony etc)
the virus b engine synths however for me represent the best value for money. just saw an indigo 1 on ebay for about ?410 with a few hours to go. thats very reasonable. an indigo 2 on ebay you would be lucky to get for anything less than double that price - and the difference between the 2 is not huge.
the keyboard on the indigo is widely regarded to be inferior to the virus keyboard models. just something to bear in mind. 3 octaves is also not a great span to work with live.
as for MIDI. its pretty solid but it depends on what you are syncing it to. if you use a wordclock device or sync to a reliable device it'll work no prob. for example syncing any peice of hardware to fl studio will result in weird glitches (notes not triggering correctly or at all, notes triggering for the incorrect length of time, notes triggering out of time and staggered - occurs at medium to high CPU loads only though and when using lots of multi parts through the same output)
ive seen father (nu energy) do a monster boat party set with a virus indigo, virus b and k station daisy chained together. sounded spot on to my ears so i wouldnt worry about that.
and yea you can just use something like cubase. write out your midi sequence. what notes you want played, when, where with what effects automation etc etc. have every other device in the midi chain slave to cubase's midi clock then just trigger the sequence when you want. cubase will play that crazy inhumanly fast sequence for you. the wonders of midi...sigh. now to pester imageline again to get their midi integration sorted out!
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