That's a very good answer. Hats off!
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Originally Posted by MBTC
If Chris Kemper wants to go and play with his guitar amps for now I don't know what we can do to pull him back into the synth world to give the Virus product line proper attention unless he sees a direct negative impact to sales of the lackluster integration.
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This last part is funny! And that's because it's totally true. I mean, it's not a natural thing to leave a product that has problems to be solved in the shelf. Most specially if this product has such a high price as it does, making people expect better support for it.
And at least for some people, they're doing things wrong. I think the new specs on the Virus ti are very appealing. We've debated this over and over here, all right. But the fact is, seems like most of us are just waiting for them to fix this issues and even a new product that not only solves the problems but makes the Virus a more competitive product in a market growing rich in digital instruments that deliver good sound at reasonable prices. This is the issue, I think.
I thought the UltraNova only had a software editor that worked in stand-alone mode. Didn't know you could select it just like any other plug-in like you do with the Virus and that it could stream the audio through USB. If they do that and it works fine, even though it's a monophonic synthesizer, it puts Access to shame. I mean, it's called the TI = total integration. Not like it's only a detail for them.
Always thought that the TI thing was a big challenge and that people were a bit unfair. But if there's other products doing exactly that and with no issues at all, it's a different story. What I think still holds it for them is that the synthesizer's sound is plain gorgeous. But the specs alone don't really cut it for me, owning the C and all, to spend another big buck for the next Virus - unless 100% sure all bugs are fixed. Still, I'd rather wait to see the new offspring - whenever it comes - because a company can't be relying on the same product for so long without putting another thing on the market.
It's kind of crazy this whole story. I mean, for me it's still the best Virtual Analogue out there when it comes to sound and synthesizer specs. The synthesizer's engine itself is really good and bug free. It's a real charm to program and a very deep machine, otherwise there wouldn't be such a thing like this forum. Why screw up on this integration thing? Beats the hell out of me, and your answer just made things more clear. You and Berni were right all along about this. I'm an atheist now
