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Originally Posted by MBTC
I was mostly just having some fun on the last comment, I wouldn't visit forums at all if I didn't enjoy it.
I am actually one that doesn't appreciate incessant whining, either, but I do try to differentiate between constructive complaints and those who just like to bitch.
I've always considered the Virus a really interesting study in all of this, because on one hand it is such a beautiful and sought-after instrument in the world of synthesis, yet many folks experience with it seems to be kind of like having a high-maintenance, tempermental girlfriend with a perfect body that you can't really seem to just force yourself send packing for various reasons but can never get to do what you want her to. I accepted the Virus as a similar entity, and I keep coming back here looking for maturity in certain areas of the product so that I can hopefully re-kindle the relationship. So on one hand I don't like unwarranted whining but I can understand why, at the current price point vs. what's available in software based plugins, a lot of folks have expectations that are not met by Virus hardware.
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This I can understand a lot. But I don't understand buying something without certain missing features that one seems to need so much, especially when the object we're talking about costs a very high price. They weren't forced to buy it I suppose
yet when there is/was the option to return it (again) many didn't use it and complain
Another example: I wanted LFOs that could do FM and go in audio range, and more than two envelopes - I bought a Waldorf synthesizer. The Virus didn't have those features and I didn't consider it. I wanted the versatility of the Virus, I didn't consider buying a Voyager
I feel the same limitations in most software instruments: many of them don't have nearly as many features that I would consider enough, while they are in some hardware instruments. If my processor is way more powerful than current DSPs, why not use it? Yet I don't find many plug-ins that do what I want them to do, and until I program one myself I will refrain from buying those that don't satisfy me.
Some of these "I wish..." "Why the fuck don't they..." "The filter sounds like shit..." have
never belonged to this thread, yet they're here as the usual complaining, sort of a microwave background radiation in the synth universe.