Ciao Polar, hello Indigo 2

[Sleepwalker]

Thats it, im tired of waiting. (6 months??)

It reminds me of the groundhog-waiting for Tracktion2.. :?

And now I need a new computer, so im thinking of ditching the TI, and get a fresh fast new laptop, and an Indigo 2 instead! It would be about the same monny, anyway!!

So the question is: What is the differences between the Polar TI and the Indigo 2?
The total integration is obious, but that is not so important if I get a new fast laptop, so that argument is neutralized for me.

What else is it that a TI (and my old 867 mhz powerbook) has to put on the weight against a new powerful laptop AND an indigo 2?

More poly??
more intuitive knobs..
Better screen..
wavetable, but to what extend?
effects for every part..
...what else?

Exept for the total integration vst system, the difference is not that big is it?
The matrix is the same?


Seriously i want the TI, but im finding it hard to justify economicaly, when I can get a new 2GHZ Pentium M laptop with 1G ram, and an Indigo2 for the same cash!!


Im shure lots of you here have had familiar thoughts!

[Timo]

http://www.sunesha.nu/virusforum/viewtopic.php?t=3286&highlight=polyphony

* Hypersaw
* Wavetables
* USB v1 integration
* Polyphony extended to 80 voices....
* Reverb AND delay, for each individual part...
* Programmable arpeggiator....
* Knob quantise...
* Extended Mod Matrix (6 slots; each with one source and three destinations)...
* Larger LCD display...
* 192KHz 24Bit convertors...
* Tap Tempo...

The knob count is the same as all of the Viri' :- 32 knobs each.

None of us really know much about the wavetables aspect, ie. as to what features it may be able to do.

I'd like to know exactly how the wavetables are implemented in the Virus. Like, are they multi-sampled, single-cycle PCM waves? Or vectors, taken from a high-definiton "fingerprint" waveform which are programmed to be re-created at whatever pitch/note is pressed? And, of course(!), more importantly(!), hehe, will we be able to import/customise our own wavetables! :lol: That would be such a powerful beast if it could. It'd be awesome to have a graphical wavetable editor on the computer screen (such as the Z3ta+ VST-i) that you can manipulate and send to the Virus via the TI integration.

.... Just thinking about it, I... I get moist. :|

However, I think Access are in an anechoic chamber at the present, and thus our voices are lost in the wilderness. ;)

[Sleepwalker]

Thanks for the info Timo :)

We will see if I can aford it when it is finaly released :D

There is a bit more info at the access page now, then from last time I checked. (frontpage) The wavetables sounds nice. I have a Elektron monomachine that does this, and its a cool future. I might considering seling it, in advance of the Ti..

Thanks,
Kim

[AjmaGard]

Well, I have an Indigo 2, and would just kill for the "effect on each part"...

[Sleepwalker]

Well, I have an Indigo 2, and would just kill for the "effect on each part"...

Shure, but is it worth it? Its a lot of hard erned money! I mean the difference is not that great, youd be fine with the indigo 2 and vst effects. You could just pick up the TI in a year or so, when they start to apper on the used gear marked..

Are you going from Indigo 2 to TI?

[harrystainer]

You could just pick up the TI in a year or so, when they start to apper on the used gear marked..

By that time the Ti will have just been released.

[Sleepwalker]

You could just pick up the TI in a year or so, when they start to apper on the used gear marked..

By that time the Ti will have just been released.

heheheh!