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Access Virus Version C Desktop Synth

32 knobs. 35 buttons. 32-voice polyphony.

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"Superb synth! worth every penny!" submitted September 11, 2004

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Musical Background: Actie Musician
Music Style: Trance
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Sound: Awesome, the sounds can be really mellow, or really dark and scary screams can be created! You can also create drum kits - just add a little noise to the oscillators. I really dig the sounds! Feature: One previous reviewer (NO EXPERT) said that you cannot run delay and reverb at the same time. This person hasn't read his manual and is just frustrated. There is a thing called 'rerouting signals' on the Virus , you can reroute a signal back into the loop and have both delay and reverb at the same time! 16 multitimbrality will allow you to use the virus as a standalone electronic musician's synth! You could run pads, leads, basses, sfx at the same time with an external midi sequencer Compared to Nord Lead III, the Virus C is much better, because NLIII is only 4 multi-timbral); VC has onboard effects processors with 98 simultaneous effects, while NLIII has absolutely no effects processor! Virus C has excellent filters, esp the new OS has Moog emulation filter: simply the best digital filters on the market. Virus C has 32 note polyphony vs the 20 note on NLIII. Quality: West German quality. Value: As I mentioned, this product has more features than NLIII (except for sinus modulation), and is still cheaper. With NLIII, you have to spend additional$$$ for an outboard fx processor, maybe an additional NLIII (in order to get even 8 multi-timbrality). Manufacturer Support: Excellent support compared to some Japanese brands like Yamaha and Roland. They reply your emails within 24 hours. The Wow Factor: Excellent build quality and looks. With its beautiful dark color and red backlit LED display, it looks really pretty. The Virus Indigo looks prettier because of blue LEDs, but this is not bad either! A Must have in any studio! (both for the sound and looks) Overall: If this is stolen, I will catch the burglar and strip off his pants and make him walk naked barefoot during a hail storm! It won't happen because I sleep with my baby on my side (I meant the Virus, not my wife!)
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"Buy one, read the manual, and be prepared to lock yourself away for a few weeks!" submitted August 12, 2003

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Music Style: Anything apart from garage
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Sound: The best VA if you want a certain sound. For example the nord lead is slightly 'sweeter' with certain sounds, but the virus is excessively musical and lively, and can do industrial style distorted sounds very well. Feature: Loads of modulation possibilities and everything else. People who say 'it can't do this etc' generally haven't read the manual properly. See above - you can have delay and reverb at the same time by choosing rev+feedback in the delay/reverb effects menu. Quality: Very well built, looks very good, its looks make you want to use it. Value: It can do a vast range of sounds, and everytime I try and do a sound on it, I realise more about it, and think what a good deal it was. Manufacturer Support: Excellent. The Wow Factor: It's cool! Overall: Never sell it.
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Access Virus Version C Desktop Synth Customer Review submitted August 6, 2003

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Sound: The Virus is simply the best sounding VA on the market. Yes, it is expensive, but in this case, you get what you pay for. It is really worth every penny. Even after owning it a year, every time I power it up it's fresh and inspiring. Feature: The Virus has lots of useful features. My ONLY complaint with the Virus is that you can not run a delay and reverb at the same time. You must choose one or the other. Quality: This thing is built like a tank. After a year of use, the knobs feel as solid as the first day I played it. I haven't had one problem with it (knock on wood). Value: This is the best sounding modern day synth I've ever heard. I will never sell it, I will never trade it - you'd have to pry it out of my cold, dead hands. Manufacturer Support: I emailed Access once to tell them how much I loved the Virus. They emailed back the SAME DAY to say thank you for the compliment. So, I would emagine support would be good. Overall: BUY IT!!!!!!!!!!!
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Access Virus Version C Desktop Synth Customer Review submitted January 27, 2004

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Sound: The VC has a charcture that just isn't matched - VA or Analogue. I'm not saying that it's better mind you - just that many of the sounds you can create with this thing can't be created on anything else. I use the VC for mainly leads, pads and trippy out of control sound-scapes. Basicly the thing is insperational to play! Feature: One thing that really blows me away with this machine is the way you can route and re-route signals. Routing signals internaly or externaly through the external inputs is a breeze. Quality: So far so good! Fingers crossed. Value: The sounds are great and I am not sad I parted with the money at all - it's just for the money I could have bought a lot of other gear. Manufacturer Support: The support is amazing. Not only for problems, but also for updates and dowloads. The Wow Factor: I bought it even though for the price I could have bought 2 synths from different companies - that says it all really. Overall: Definitely worth a listen if you are in the market for a VA.
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Access Virus Version C Desktop Synth Customer Review

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Music Style: all
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Sound: It has some really fat sounds that sound great without any accompanyment. Feature: The one thing that this board is SEVERELY missing is a "frequency" adjustment knob. I have a Novation keyboard and I LOVE using the frequency knob in conjunction with the resonance knob. I was very dissapointed in that the virus can't be tweaked to this degree. Value: Rather pricey compared to other boards out there. Overall: Difficult to program your own sounds. Difficult to tap into parameters. No frequency knob is a big problem.
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