Virus TI - Live Performance?
 

Hello all,
I am in the market for a new synth, and the Virus TI is definitely at the top of my list. I can only afford the desktop version, which is fine because I already have other keyboards/controllers. While I am intrigued by the integration features, my main use will be stand-alone for live performances with my band. My idea is that the Virus will be the "brain' for my synth rig. I expect to predominately use Multi Mode, and to have each Multi Patch essentially be a "scene" for my rig (3 Midi keyboard controllers sending signals to different channels of the MultiPatch). So basically, it will be the equivalent of having 3 different Virus synths on-stage (of course, with less polyphony). Each time I change a Multi Patch, I will essentially be changing patches for each of my 3 controllers. Do you all see any problems with this? From the forum, it seems that the Virus has issues if you exceed the polyphony in Multi Mode, but I am guessing that it can easily handle 3 simulataneous channels in most situations.

Here are some other ?s I have pertaining to live performance:

1) How effective is the tap tempo? Can I trigger tap tempo with an external MIDI pedal? Can I slave other synths to this tempo?

2) I am assuming it is possible to send MIDI parameter messages (knob turns) as well as note-on messages to seperate channels of the Multi-Patch (so I can use MIDI controller knobs to tweak parameters on other channels besides the one the TI desktop knobs are controlling)?

3) I can route different MultiPatch channels to different outputs?

4) Can I use one channel in a MultiPatch as an external audio input processor, and the other channels as internal synths?

Can the TI do what I want? Any other live features come to mind that I might be interested in? Any problems that I might not be aware of with this setup? Thanks.

-Eric

I cannot speak for the Virus TI but I've been using the multi-mode feature live on the Virus KC since the synth debuted years ago and it has been the BEST thing ever for live performance. I typically use between 6 to 7 different patches mapped out across the keyboard while some ov my sounds are from a Kurzweil K2000R that I can trigger from the KC as well. I've never had trouble with polyphony.

So long as you enable transmission ov sysex data, this shouldn't be a problem.

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Thanks for the response. Sounds like the TI can handle what I want to do. Funny, the KC has less than half the polyphony of the TI, but I see a lot of complaints that the TI gets maxed-out with more than 5 simultaneous patches in Multi. I guess these guys must be using unison patches or tons of effects.