NI Massive

[Doc Jones]

Hey Dave, just saw this post. Was thinking about adding Massive to my bag of goodies. Couple of questions -

1. now that you have had it for a couple of months, what are your overall thoughts of the sound compared to the virus? Are they different enough to purchase it in addition to the TI?

2. a couple of people have said that massive is a cpu hog, do you have any average statistics on what it is doing to your setup (and what your daws specs are)? I currently have a core 2 duo with cpus oc'd to 3.2ghz each and barely push them to 40% on larger projects.

thanks.

[Logic Circuit]

Hi,

I do like it a lot but it doesn't compare to a Virus, I have a Virus C so I can't compare to the wonderful TI.

I am contemplating getting a Sherman Filterbank 2 to run the output of soft synths, like Massive, through it.

The thing that I like is the endless modulation possibilities. Apply an envelope to a parameter you can then 'side-chain' modulate the envelope with an LFO etc etc.

It is a CPU hog but there are settings to change this at the expense of quality, which would be sound dependant. I have just started with the bare minimum and pressed a key and it jumped to 7% CPU usage.

My DAW is at least 3 years old so it is nowhere near cutting edge. It is an AMD Athlon XP 3200+, Abit NF-7S v2 motherboard, 1.5GB of Corsair memory and 2 x 160GB SATA drives.

For me it is the oscillators on the Virus that are fantastic. Oscillator sync, proper PWM just instantly more powerful but Massive is very cheap in comparison to a Virus and is really enjoyable to use because of the modulation choices and how visual and easy it is to use.

If I get a chance I will do some simple sound file comparisons and put them somewhere for download. For example, a simple waveform on both synths with a filter sweep to compare and contrast.

Dave.

[Doc Jones]

Originally Posted by Logic Circuit

If I get a chance I will do some simple sound file comparisons and put them somewhere for download. For example, a simple waveform on both synths with a filter sweep to compare and contrast.

sounds good. thanks.

[Khazul]

Tried the demo and just couldnt get into it - I think probably because it a soft synth rather than a hardware box with knobs on it and no latency and no computer reuqired.

[Doc Jones]

man, Khazul, I just took a look at the pics on your site.
that is one hell of a studio !!

[Hollowcell]

Originally Posted by Doc Jones

man, Khazul, I just took a look at the pics on your site.
that is one hell of a studio !!

I'll say! I didn't know you ended up with a Charisma 8 as well!

[Logic Circuit]

Originally Posted by Doc Jones

man, Khazul, I just took a look at the pics on your site.
that is one hell of a studio !!

You're not kidding!

It looks really comfortable to work in, everything is within easy reach.

Dave.