Ti2 61 keys vs. Ti2 Desktop + Top Midicontroller

[graf.schrecks]

Hi everyone! I´m glad to have found your forum!

So...I have a big dilemma:

I´m selling my Nordmodular G2x and want really change to a virus Ti2. It has soooo much better presets and it´s soooo much more easier and faster to manipulate a sound with a TOP result!

I want to do some industrial music but not just at home, also live performances, especially as an one man show.

My education is jazzpiano (wierd...but i have a darkside in me)...so most of the synth-keys, feels very very strange,fragil and to light for me...so my question is:

Has anyone experience with a Virus Ti2 desktop, connected to a graded hammer action keys? I´m especially into this one:

http://www.thomann.de/gb/fatar_vmk176_plus.htm

But if you say, it´s not a good idea because of the aftertouch etc, etc,etc...i could understand it very well and have this second radical choice:

http://www.thomann.de/gb/akai_mpk_61.htm

Final: What setup would you prefer?

1. Virus Ti2 61 keys
2. Virus Ti2 + Fatar vmk 176
3. Virus Ti2 + Akai mpk 61

Will appreciate very much your opinion!!!!

Danke!!!

[jdmmade]

1. Virus Ti2 61 keys

Think about the value. It's original. If you're going to invest in something that's already high at the price point, a few hundred dollars more should be spent to get the complete package.

That's what I did and I don't regret buying the Virus TI 61-keys at all.

[graf.schrecks]

Thanks for the reply!

Is it true that the Virus Ti2 keybed is from Fatar? Are they semi-weighted but heavy/firm without making to much noise?...would be nice...

I´m asking because where i live (berlin!) there is no store with a virus Ti2 with 61 keys to try it out!!!...just the Polar...and i had doubts...

Is there any difference of the keybed between the Ti2 and the Polar? I think that I´ve read somewhere that yes...

[kittonian]

The TI2 Keyboard has semi-weighted keys whereas the TI2 Polar has synth-weighted keys. I personally prefer the semi-weighted so I can get all kinds of different velocities while playing. A lot of sounds react differently depending on the velocity of the initial keystroke.

Go for the TI2 Keyboard. It's worth every penny!