Another Snow question (sorry)

[luke4421]

Hey Guys, new to the board, have been reading way up to the 75th page for the last week!! lol


could not answer some of my questions..

I really have been leaning towards a Snow, but I really am getting it only to use the VST aspect of the hardware...

is it still buggy? i have Cubase SX3.1. .

In Canada here are my options,

brick and mortar retailer:

TI desktop - 2075 new 1875 used
Snow - 1275 new 1265 used

Ebay -

Virus B - 500-600
Virus C - 700-900
( I have been watching Ebay sales and they seem to be in that region)


now my problem is, if the vst interface (Virus Control) is still as buggy on the Snow I will probably go with the B and C and just record audio into cubase..


what do you guys think?

[luke4421]

This reviewer is slamming the TI and saying the Snow is way better,

http://www.velvetacidchrist.com/2008/06/08/synth-virus-ti-snow-hexfix93s-take/

here is an excerpt i foud interesting


. If I plug in the usb and do a AU instrument or VST, BLAH it sounds just like the crappy plug in synths I hate. So the audio over the total integration usb sounds faint and unpunchy , just like most soft synths. So, if want it to sound punchy, loud and aggressive, I run it out its main analog outputs. This is the key. Otherwise it sounds like the rest of the digital stuff I don’t like very much.


This was mentioned in other threads but never answered.

no if that is true. . why get any of the TI machines?? I would be primarily using USB . .

I figure an ABC model will be a huge upgrade on my proteus 2000 or TR rack so whats the difference.

[marc]

luke4421,

the analog outs and the usb outs carry the same data stream (or signal if you like). they sound absolutely identical.

best, marc

[Timo]

they sound absolutely identical.

Other than the analog-outs being 192KHz/24-bit, as opposed to the 44.1KHz/16-bit of the USB digital-out. I don't have a TI, but I'd imagine the difference would be measurable.

However, the final signal also becomes dependent on the A/D inputs of any particular external soundcard when you record the Virus via its analog outs.