The sample rate and bit depth when using Virus Control are exactly the same spec as a VSTi. So there's no reason a TI sounds great but a VSTi sounds thin. Yet I would argue that even in VC mode nothing sounds as good as a TI. If you like that sound then you like that sound. The filter is unique but it could all be emulated as a VSTi. The interesting point for me is that in software anything is possible, but a hardware box seems to have outdone almost everything in pure software.
Does the TI sound better from the 24bit 192KHz analog outputs? Analog not necessarily a good thing because it was digital until the last step. I can't say I have a clear idea and purity of sound surely is not important compared to the character of the sound. The TI can have obvious aliasing but I really don't care - how many times have we seen posts from experts who check the aliasing first and then won't touch anything which doesn't pass that test? They're missing out on a lot of character...
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LivePsy the unbeliever - "TI OS 2 is a hoax" (22nd Jan 2007)
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