(Not) another virus vs. VST thread

[HUROLURA]

OK, maybe a SonicCore Xite-1 could satisfy your (A) and (B) point then.
Lot's of CPU power (DSP actually), a bunch of good sounding synths, ultra low latency and a flexible rig including mixer, FX ...
But they still have to work on the VST/DAW Integration point.
Latencies issues are mainly due to sending data to the hardware and then back but this is the same as with UAD2, PowerCore, Duende or Liquid Mix.

The advantage of both Virus TI and Xite-1 is that they provide their own outputs so they can act as if they were your DAW "soundcard" outputs.

The tremendous advantage of the Virus is its well designed control surface. This is one of the main reason of the success of the first Virus I think.
I just prefer real knobs rather than mouse clicks.

On a similar level one should also check the Arturia Origin which also looks quite promising.

I also agree that VSTi being "easier" to design allows much more clever people to offer innovative synth concepts. It just allows more people to provide new concept without the need to worry about hardware ... except that they also have to deal with new OS issues

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Originally Posted by HUROLURA

OK, maybe a SonicCore Xite-1 could satisfy your (A) and (B) point then.
Lot's of CPU power (DSP actually), a bunch of good sounding synths, ultra low latency and a flexible rig including mixer, FX ...

Looks interesting, although $4k and then I have to buy plugins is quite steep. Plus my lack of familiarity with the product -- I might be inclined to look at Powercore first just to get the Virus plugin.

Originally Posted by HUROLURA

The tremendous advantage of the Virus is its well designed control surface. This is one of the main reason of the success of the first Virus I think.
I just prefer real knobs rather than mouse clicks.

I agree the overall control surface is nice. In my case, tweaking them as I played didn't do me a lot of good because of the other issues I mentioned, but as far as the knob layout, the feel of them, etc I wish all synths were like the Virus. Also, the Virus Control VST user interface is great... its just that with FLStudio on 64-bit Windows, using VC was impractical for me. Granted, if I was on 32bit Cubase I probably would not have had as many issues.

Sad really, I wanted to make it work from so many angles.