I am the weird breed of cat who is a composer and hates sequencing and programming and loves to work out everything to play "live".
I have ten synths and the virus was the only one I ever had these sorts of issues with, except for an Ion with some pot and wheel issues. The Virus is so amazing in terms of creativity it is worth the trouble. I am still a little nervous about ability to max out the processor when layer resource intensive patches--hence the little popping sounds--when it comes time to record my next film score. But I can design the multi's to work around that.
I think all this discussion of issues for some of us is good for potential buyers to be aware of--both the tremendous sounds design possibilities and that it is a piece that can experience difficulties. My other boards just do what they do and have never had this sort of technical difficulties. But they don't do what the Virus does, not at all, and not with real time manipulation of just about everything on the surface. Soft synths are not even close--and I own many of them. The Virus is worth sticking with it through whatever issues arise--and for many or most they probably will never have a problem. Its my most useful and favorite synth right now out of a dozen options.
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