"I don't know how you can get away with saying that while I can't, but I'll be content to live vicariously through you"
Surely, you are being sardonic, at best?!? OOOPS~! "THEY" just remotely must have sent a signal from Germany, my cat is staring down the Virus KC as if it growled or something! Note to self: Watch for smoke!
Speaking of smoke, I am a straight-shooter and tell it like it is because I was not "blowing smoke up someone's arse when giving accolades where due re: strong reason I use both Virus KC and Blofeld Keyboard AND a Q. However, I will risk a post being "scrubbed" by stating three thousand dollars is a big risk to take even with a powerful dedicated DAW PC Tower I have running Reaper and recording mostly audio thus far from all hardware synths, to then *possibly* find out that VC (again, possibly), may simply not "play nice" for only reason of having a string rather than a hose for it's nexus to VC.
Now, on the Blofeld ARP, you can enter real time, adjust the whole matrix, note and track length, mute, et al...and adding/defining midi channel(s) and of course ARP and drive alongside, other synths in a chain, if you wish. Rarely will I buy anything brand new, being one to wait a bit and see how it works out for others, bug fixes, and then do as I have done with Analog Four, eight months post release. Three Year Warranty is just icing on the cake and here I go risk a "scrubbed post again", in saying save from DSI's excellent customer support, have found Elektron folks even attentive to the used Mk1 of MonoMachine I purchased end of 2012. They have a great forum community and Elektron answered MANY email queries I have had on the Analog Four over a period of eight months that it's quite amazing that the smaller "boutique" companies making innovative instruments have proven to really have great interaction with their users...**except** Waldorf, but to be honest, they HAVE answered the few questions I have sent to them, even if it was a month after the fact...they are an odd lot and it's the strength and power of their instruments that seal the deal with this odd-ball in the mix.
Nothing is smoking yet!