TI vs. Studio Connections

[Khazul]

Originally Posted by wildbill

this is really strange to me. are you saying that you could boot up your computer and use a 'native TI' (vsti ti that uses your computer's processor), without having to have the physical keyboard or module hooked into the system?

No - Im not saying that - the VSTi is effectively a proxy to the hardware TI synth.

As a proxy it basically forwards MIDI from Cubase SX to the real TI, and gets real time audio data back from it via a private audio stream (between the VSTi and the real hardware TI).

Think of it as a hardware accelerated VSTi - the hardware basically doing all the work, but is represented in the software as a plugin for covenience.

Incidently, Virus Control is well worth using even if you way of working with your gear causes the VSTi behaviour to be a pain in the backside. Its also a very nice patch editor for the TI. Personally - I dont get on with Virus Control as a full VSTi, so I use it as a partial VSTi - send it midi, automate it etc, but get the audio back via my main sound interface instead.

If you dont have a complex rig, lots of synths, complex audio routing in hardware etc - ie TI is you only hardwrae`synth - then Virus control is very good - integrates brilliantly with your DAW - just so ironic that im finding it a bit of a hinderance to integration with a mostly hardware based rig