NI Massive - The Unofficial Access Virus & Virus TI Forum

Juho L · #1 22.10.2007, 10:50 AM

I had never actually liked any NI's VA plugins until now. This is really great and the layout reminds me of Virus, although with much more flexibility, so the programming is really easy. Probably the first soft synth that's truely enjoyable to program.

I really have to buy this software and get a new PC to run this thing properly.

Logic Circuit · #2 22.10.2007, 11:16 AM

Hi,

As soon as I had finished my post last night I went to the NI site and upgraded to Komplete 5, which should arrive in a few days.

I can't wait to try Massive now.

Dave.

tangotanya · #3 01.11.2007, 01:07 AM

just did the read up....looks interesting. Ive been after a soft synth and Im liking the look of this.

Logic Circuit · #4 01.11.2007, 02:05 PM

Hi,

I have been playing with Massive for about a week and it is fantastic.

Very flexible, easy to use and sounds great. Quite hard on your CPU though.

Slightly OT but last night my friend brought around his Thingamagoop, which you may want to Google!

It is a small analogue synth that has a light sensitive cell that modulates the sound. It is really good fun! We were shining a Maglite on it and routing it through the Virus C filters, Reaktor 5 FX, Spectral Delay etc. Fantastic!!

Dave.

EoN · #5 02.11.2007, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Logic Circuit

Quite hard on your CPU though.

Agreed - VERY Heavy on the CPU! I find that some sounds just holding a single note will redline the CPU under a second. Let alone more than one note.

Hollowcell · #6 02.11.2007, 10:37 AM

You know, I took a listen to the MP3s they have online for it, and I wasn't overly impressed. If any of you have a demo of it that I can install and really check out, I would very much appreciate it.

Logic Circuit · #7 02.11.2007, 02:51 PM

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If any of you have a demo of it that I can install and really check out, I would very much appreciate it.

There used to be a demo on the NI website, I'll have a look later.

Remember it's only £200 so it is good for the money but it's nowhere near as good as a Virus C etc.

Dave.

Doc Jones · #8 23.12.2007, 05:43 PM

Hey Dave, just saw this post. Was thinking about adding Massive to my bag of goodies. Couple of questions -

1. now that you have had it for a couple of months, what are your overall thoughts of the sound compared to the virus? Are they different enough to purchase it in addition to the TI?

2. a couple of people have said that massive is a cpu hog, do you have any average statistics on what it is doing to your setup (and what your daws specs are)? I currently have a core 2 duo with cpus oc'd to 3.2ghz each and barely push them to 40% on larger projects.

thanks.