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Originally Posted by Origami

Well I'll explain my worries and doubts about the TI's Total Integration features.

I bought an Indigo some months ago and I love it, but after 2 years only working with vst synths and never having played a hardware synth before, all the issues regarding audio recording and patch management etc are a bit uncomfortable to me.

The recording and patch management issues are the reason we developed the Virus Control and Total Integration feature. The Virus TI does behave in nearly all belongings like a native VST.

Originally Posted by Origami

Now TI seems to be exactly what I need, a hardware synth that acts as a vst, so my intention is to sell my Indigo and buy a TI in a year or so.

BUT now come my doubts, maybe you TI users may solve them. But please forgive my ignorance.

You connect the TI via USB and that way you obtain 2 stereo outputs, right?

When you conntect the TI via USB you have an ASIO Soundcard with 1 stereo in/out. The Virus Control provides 2 stereo channels to the sequencer application.

Originally Posted by Origami

what about latency? is it high? I've read someqhere that USB1 doesn't work properly with audio and that latency is too high. is it right with the TI? please info is highly welcome.

The latency depends on the setting in the ASIO panel. A lower latency resolves in higher cpu usage.

USB 1.1 works properly with audio, but of course there are issues like bandwidth limitations, faulty configurations and even chipset/driver bugs. The latency is not higher than other interfaces.

Originally Posted by Origami

now, PDC. My current host sequencer does not have PDC. Does it mean I'll have problems when recording my TI?

Not at all, but you will have a bit of latency of course then. The MIDI timing is still sample accurate then, but you have to manage the latency manually.

You could also reduce the latency if you use an external mixer by using the analog outputs in the virus.

Originally Posted by Origami

and a 3rd question: those tracks I may compose using the USB outputs, do they need to be rendered to wav before rendering the whole song? or do they act as any other vst track?

They do act as another vst track, but if you do a mixdown, you should be sure you do a "realtime export" because the virus is of course still a hardware that can not produce its sound faster or slower, like a native plugin might do it.

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