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Originally Posted by Jesus Knievel
Over the past few months I've been reading (in this forum) what people would like to see in future Virus models (real analog filters etc). All of these seem to be trying to address the close-but-not-quite-analog sound of the Virus.
Well, I'm also a nut about vintage tube electronics and I have more than a fair share of them lying around my studio. Lately I've been running the Virus through a vintage McIntosh tube preamp (before mixing) and I've found it fattens the sound up really nicely. I'd be really interested in the idea of bypassing the internal solid-state preamp of the Virus and putting in a tube unit.
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i don't think that the virus' preamp has a big influence on the allover character of the virus. take an Indigo TDM with a digidesign 192 I/O converter (which is state of the art) and compare the sound. you'll realise that for most signals the difference is barely audible.
as for replacing the virus' internal preamp - don't even try. you'll end up with a broken virus. you really don't want to connect a Tube directly to a A/D converter.
the hiss Juho mentioned is only because the BOOST parameter amplifies the signal digitally. you only should use this paramter is case you cannot boost the signal elsewhere (e.g. with your desk/preamp).
using a valve preamp is a good idea to add character input signal sound.
hope that clears things a bit up
marc