I use a Ti Snow in everyone of my songs. I've only had one song that put me over the limit and started stealing notes off of my bassline. This happened cause I was using 3 heavily unison'd parts. Note: they still all played, but occasionally a bass note would be stolen. I typically run 3 parts, sometimes 4 without any issues. Just don't expect to be playing back 4 different Richard Devine patches at the same time.
I'd like to put this in perspective for you... The Virus TI has 3 USB outputs, 4 if you want to rig up your analog outs along side, but lets be honest, you probably won't. The TI Snow has 4 parts... Sounds perfect right? Well, yes... Everyone part has it's own output. External EQ/external FX/sends/whatever on each part. Where as if you invested in the desktop you'd have 16 parts, which is nice, but they all need to be routed back to those 3 or 4 outputs. I don't like that idea, and you probably won't either since you are used to the way software works.
The Snow has plenty of juice to do MOST things... If you find yourself stuck then mix it down to audio and all is good again. Plus you can find one for like half the price of desktop. Hope this helps.
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