Bus Powered Access Virus TI + Nord Modular G1 Available now!

[wavesinspace]

check it out:

http://z3.net/Bus_Powered_Access_Vir...odular_G1.html

[FSTZ]

what the???

[FSTZ]

ok so someone modded an RemoteSL25 by ramming a snow inside it?

and they want as much as a TI2 because it's bus powered?

if this thing sells I will be amazed

[wavesinspace]

hi everybody,

In a nutshell, the combo is comprised of the following 3 main parts :

1 Novation 25 key SL mkII
1 Clavia Nord Micro Modular
1 Access Virus TI Snow

All parts have been soldered and mounted together inside the novation shell:

the micro modular and the TI snow receive power from the fw800 bus.
(you no longer have to plug them into the wall!)

the [audio out] of the micro modular is hardwired to the [audio in] of the TI snow. I also left the four micro modular 1/4" jacks accesable so you can plug input the mm voncoder or output the raw mm signal.

the midi ports of the micro modular are hardwired to the midi ports of the novation.

All original Virus TI Snow and Nord Modular jacks are accessible from the back of the synth (as seen in photo 6)

also as you can see from the photo 1 , the main virus volume knob is routed to the upper right hand corner.

I also swapped out blue for red on the novation scribble strip.

so in total the synth requires 3 cords/ports to operate:

1 FW800 cable for power
1 USB port for novation SL/mkII and micro modular
1 USB port for the Virus TI Snow


Also included are original cases and parts for the TI Snow and Nord Micro. (photo 10)

[wavesinspace]

Originally Posted by FSTZ

ok so someone modded an RemoteSL25 by ramming a snow inside it?

there is really more to it than that... for instance, making the virus operate without daughter board, etc. etc...

[Abnorm]

hahaha wth!?

[wavesinspace]

seriously there was a lot of work involved in this project, for instance, reverse engineering the virus to work without the daughter board, fabricating transformer boards for the bus power, a lot of soldering and desoldering of components, rerouting of the main volume knob, mounting issues, etc.. . Its not as easy as just slapping the parts in a box and calling it a day. There were a lot of tricky design decisions made, and the risk of ruining all the parts involved.

the auction is set up for "best offer" which means you can send me a lower offer for my consideration. but at $2599, I think is very fair considering the work involved, the cost of the parts, the design, and the risks taken.

but in the end the value of this piece is really different for everybody.. If you are an international traveling musician who uses the sound of these two wicked synth's a lot, $2k - $2600 really not a bad price at all.

the original gear alone is heavy, cumbersome, and requrires a ton of cables not to mention wall power and a 2x2 midi interface just to get working. My solution requires 2 usb cables and a fw cable.

just wanted to add that the 1/4" Atomizer and Audio Input jacks are still intact and accessable from the back so this functionality has not been taken away. the Nord Modular inputs are intact and accesable as well for its vocoder and processing cababilities.

[Abnorm]

For the amount of work and hardware (which I cannot pretend to grasp), I`d say $2,6k isnt the worst price.. i guess you`d save some cash on car rentals
Kudos for outstanding work, and having the balls to gut these great synths !

[PaPi]

You still have the synths physically separated, you're only saving a bit of space by putting them in the same box with a (nearly useless, at least for me...) 2-octave keyboard controller. Was it really worth all this trouble? If you could somehow combine the two outputs (you could have added a small mixer to your contraption) or, even better, make them interact with each other (I know, that would basically be impossible...), then you would have built a true super-synth...

[wavesinspace]

Originally Posted by PaPi

You still have the synths physically separated, you're only saving a bit of space by putting them in the same box with a (nearly useless, at least for me...) 2-octave keyboard controller. Was it really worth all this trouble? If you could somehow combine the two outputs (you could have added a small mixer to your contraption) or, even better, make them interact with each other (I know, that would basically be impossible...), then you would have built a true super-synth...

??? They ARE connected Papi... . did you forget that the virus has a stereo input?