Would be nice if the Virus was completely modular like the G2, but the TI is semi-modular in a lot of other ways with its source/destination matrix and similar.
The ability of creating or adding new modules would be awesome though, like physical modelling modules of acoustic instruments, etc.
I think a fully modular psychology may put a few people off as it may seem more complex to program from scratch (like Reaktor). But if you understand what you're doing, and what each module does, it would be great. Your patches will only ever be as good as your tweaking abilities and synthesis understanding, I think. You could make it sound really good, or really bad.
The G2 looks like a great bit of kit. 5 yrs old now though (although the TI is the same, hardware wise). Wonder what the polyphony of average patches of the G2 is like.
Actually, G2 review here:
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jul04/articles/nord.htm
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"The G2 is described as 'up to 32-voice polyphonic', but typically, the patches I created in the software editor (see over the page) offered between eight and 10 voices. Once you start to add complexity and/or effects, polyphony can drop to a meagre three voices all too easily!"
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Due to the low poly, if a TI is used for the main stuff and a G2 for special leads or whatever I think it could be a good combo.
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PS > And another thing! Will the Ti|3 have user customisable/importable wavetables?
A ribbon-controller or XY-Pad might be nice, too, please! Thanks!