Ideas for Access Virus TI

[Newly Accessed]

As the Access Virus TI allows you to layer 16 parts as one sound – would it be possible to say borrow lfos and envelopes from several parts and use then in another part. For example, so in part one you could have 6 envelopes and 9 lfos instead of the usual 3 lfos and 2 envelopes.
Another idea would be to have more sources in the mod matrix like oscillators (useful for multi operator fm )as a source – so you could connect anything to anything else like in a modular synth but with out the cables.
Has Access ever thought of using expansion boards for adding major new features – rather than having to buy a whole new synth ever couple of years?
I asking all this as I think the Access Virus TI has so much under the hood and so many types and options for lfos and oscilators that it is dying to be used in a semi modular way. The more control and routing options you have in terms of modulation the more you can do with sound – something I read on either this site or on the Virus TI site – its modulation that makes the Virus produce great sounds.

Would the new features mentioned above require firmware opering system updates or new extra dsps and hardware?

[Timo]

Hiya, and welcome to the forum, NA.

I can't speak for Access, but they do have a history of upgrading the OS until there is physically no more room left on the ROM or DSP power available. They continue to release minor OS upgrades long after various models are discontinued.

I can remember when their then-flagship Virus C had been out for a year or so and they released a large OS upgrade for it (taking it from OS v5 to OS v6), they also added microtuning to the B series at the same time, which was an unexpected yet very welcome addition (I've ended up using that aspect quite a bit).

That said, the TI has had two major OS upgrades since it was originally released in 2004. The original OS added Total Integration, the Hypersaw, Wavetables, programmable arpeggiator, individual delay/reverb per part, etc., over and above the Virus C, which was later followed by the first OS upgrade - TI OS v2 - which added many new oscillator types such as the graintables, pulse-width wavetables, formants, and also new functionality (such as section locking, new PCM wavetables, DSP complexity meter, new ROM banks, category search etc.). Then TI OS v2.7 added a whole lot more with the Atomizer, additional USB digital outputs (from 2 to 6), and even more ROM banks, so it's uncertain how much more they can add to the synth.

[LivePsy]

Originally Posted by Timo

it's uncertain how much more they can add to the synth.

Isn't it great? The hardware was always designed to be better than the original OS needed, and now we benefit from what Access can still get out of it. If I had nothing and bought gear for the first time, the TI would be the essential first purchase. A real analog modular would be second and a drum sampler (MPC please) for third. Even without a DAW but just a tape recorder, what couldn't you do with that?

Cheers,
B

[psy604]

the problem with the -/+ buttons basically comes from recalled patches,
which show up as RAM-A 0 instead of their initial location ...
due this, once you press program change -/+ ... it's hard to find back.

the cursor keys should act as hot-keys, when browser view is active
(currently you always have to select a patch with the mouse, before the cursor keys will work again).

the soft knobs should highlight the white LED in the Access icon on their stored (default) value.
also when editing with Virus Control, it should highlight that LED ...
plus an indicator for default value on the GUI would be great.

[Newly Accessed]

Thanks for the info its given some idea of how good Access is in terms of operating systems updates.

I still have not got a response on what it would take in terms of dsps and programming to enable one multi part to use other multi parts lfos and envelopes etc. Would it require a new Virus with more dsps and cost a lot more money.

I feel a little restricted by some of the Virus TI's architecture - I've dabbled with the Clavia Nord G" demo, but the thought of full on modular synthesis is a massive step - That's why I think Access could a least consider the idea of making the Virus semi - modular as it's on its way to be being partly semi modular and it has such a great and user friendly interface. I'm sure there would be a market for such a product.

How many other Access Virus users woudl like more lfo and envelopes?

It would be nice if Access themselves respond to my thread.

[Khazul]

100% agree with more envelopes and lfos, if they were there I would use them. Thats not to say I feel particularly restricted without them, but they would certainly be welcome, particularly with the addition of new osc models where there is more you might want to independently modulate. That said, I wouldnt want to sacrifice direct useablility of the hardware for them.

I have communicated to access the concept of allowing patches within a multi to be able to cross route modulations. The reality is you are about the only other person to ever mention something similar that I have seen - I wonder how many of us actually use it standalone in multi mode too?