Thank you all for your replies! Everything has been constructive for me.
I have many things to test on my Virus to push it to a new level now. =)
feedingear: Thanks, I´ll try cutting the EQ!
chimney: I agree, fake/plastic sound is maybe a wrong description to explain the sound. More of a coating above that supresses the sounds as I see it.
bluesmoose: Thanks, I´ll try your tips!
MBTC: I think I put it the wrong way from my first post. It may not be the filters I do have issues with, it´s more of a coating above the sounds that supresses them.
Tweakhead: Thanks. About the Nord example, I do not think the general sound of it is better than a Virus, it´s just that I like the crispy sound of it. The Virus sound is incredible as we´ll know, no doubt about that.
Also, I´ll try your great tip regarding making the EQ following a filter movement: "assign a soft knob (or mod wheel or whatever) to make the EQ band's frequency move with the filter cuttoff (sort like EQ key tracking, made with modulation! handy uh?) if it doesn't sound pleasant enough yet, then keep on fine tunning it: the boost in the EQ could decrease or increase as filter cutoff gets higher, or the other way around. pretty easy to set up on the Matrix."
namnibor: (The Virus is not new to me. I´ve had it since 2007. I guess it´s a keeper since I find it very good and inspiring synth. It would be great if there was a way to push the sound a level and this thread has many good tips that I´ll try. )
I would like to add some things to clear it up a bit:
I do really like my Virus, though I did sound very negative in my first post in this thread. Since I bought the Virus six years ago, I´ve had some great moments with it and it has been very inspiring to me. I have accomplished great things with it, and it has been a very good workhorse for several projects. I´ve done some tracks where the Virus is just perfect. I know for certain that a Nord, as I mentioned as an example, doesn't reach the deepness of a Virus.
The Virus has been hard to get rid of, so I´ve kept it. The possibilities are very inspiring, and just by looking at it, turning some knobs and play around makes me get ideas that I can use with other equipment. I think that the creativity the Virus gives me, is one good reason not to sell it and keep learning it´s possibilites.
Thank you all again
