Virus TI Snow announced for 2008. [
Official sub-site demo] ~ [
Forum discussion]
[
Access Virus TI Snow press release - 1.1mb PDF]
[
Virus Ti Snow QuickStart manual - 717kb PDF]
In short:
* Identical software feature set to TI (including Hypersaw, Wavetables, Graintables, Formants, Moog filters, programmable arp's, Virus Control, etc.)
* 1 x DSP chip (as opposed to 2)
* >50 voices polyphony.
* 4 x part multitimbral.
* Adaptive menus and Easy Edit modes.
* 512 RAM and 512 ROM singles and 64 x 4-part multis.
* 2 x 24-bit analog inputs, 2 x 192KHz/24bit balanced (+4dB) analog outputs, USB (B-type), Midi In and Out.
* The same
Full Speed 12Mb/s USB v2 as the standard Virus TIs is used here, for MIDI and Audio (but allows for
3 additional stereo audio outputs! - Soon to be launched as an OS upgrade for standard Virus TIs too. [OS v2.7, to be released in Q2 2008]).
* Integration with Logic 8, Cubase 4, Ableton Live 7, Pro Tools 7.4, Sonar 7 and FL Studio 7.
* White fascia, with 6 knobs, 21 buttons and 18 white LEDs.
* 11x6" (28x15cm)
* Comes with gig bag.
* Perhaps some new soundsets, too.
Audio demos:
[
Bank A Factory - 8mb zip]
[
Bank D Factory - 12mb zip]
[
GearJunkies - Snow news article]