So I just bought a Virus TI

[The Illusive Man]

thanks for your welcome and reply

a compressor, so that means I can do the same (with software that is) ?

and how come the INIT OSC'S sound SO much better. His OSC's sound non comparable with mine Also a friend of mine who owned both the C and the TI told me that he liked the C way better, so I am confused.. since allot of people tell me that the TI is the same as the C but with extra voices etc.
In which he replied with : you can fool the eyes, but not the ears man!

[Timo]

Originally Posted by The Illusive Man

thanks for your welcome and reply

a compressor, so that means I can do the same (with software that is) ?

Yep, you can do the same with software. Even the inbuilt "VstDynamics" plugin that is bundled with Cubase and Wavelab sounds ok for pumping audio a little bit.

A hardware compressor is good for live usage (if you want to hear the effect as you play) or you can use a software compressor for live usage if you have a good ASIO based soundcard for low-latency processing.

and how come the INIT OSC'S sound SO much better. His OSC's sound non comparable with mine

Turn your Virus up (or the youtube video down) in volume to match or slightly surpass the volume of the youtube vid. That should be the only difference.

Believe me, "volume" plays a large part in fooling the brain into thinking things sound 'better' when they're not. Psychoacoustics, a whole subject in itself.

Also start with the "- START -" patch on the Virus as it looks like he did on the video.

I can get my Indigo to sound identical to his early on. But the Virus C has more features than my Indigo so my end result doesn't sound as good.

Also a friend of mine who owned both the C and the TI told me that he liked the C way better, so I am confused.. since allot of people tell me that the TI is the same as the C but with extra voices etc.
In which he replied with : you can fool the eyes, but not the ears man!

I can't comment personally as I've never had the chance to play on a TI or TI|2. I have an old-skool Indigo (Virus B). But many have said the TI is quieter in volume when listened to via USB compared with the analogue audio outputs. The analogue audio outputs are supposedly louder, which might fool you into thinking it sounds 'better', but the actual sound should be the same, just quieter.