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--- In AN1x-list@y..., terryfunken@a... wrote:
> Sorry to burst your little virus bubble but, I really don't like 
the sound 
> that the virus emits- I think this down to it being 24 bit and not 
16. There 
> is something about the sound of 24 bit I really don't like- and 
although the 
> Virus has all the idiosyncracies's of an analogue (clever bit of 
programming 
> I may point out)- It's way to clean IMO And (like a lot of other 24 
bit 
> stuff) because of the amount of processing needed to get it to 
function- the 
> sound gets "put in the background"- 

Don't worry, my little Virus bubble is not burst...  :-)

I think the Virus does a fabulous job of emulating classic analog 
synth sounds (especially the Minimoog). The sound is clean and can be 
delicate or quite ballsy. I like the clean sound and wish my real 
analogs sounded that clean. It's a lot of work to get them to sound 
as good. 

The Virus also creates a wide range of sounds that a classic analog 
can't touch. Over time, as I've lived with the Virus b, I have grown 
to appreciate it much more. 

I'm curious.... how much time you have had with the Virus to form 
your opinion? Was it in your own studio environment where you can 
rely on the monitoring environment to accurately depict what you are 
hearing? I think it can make a difference on how you perceive any 
synth. When I first got the virus b I thought it was great, but with 
time it has grown beyond that. Maybe I'm just used to it's sound by 
now...

I don't have to worry about the DSP thing. I have enough synths to 
spread the sound chores around. I agree that maxing out a DSP synth 
will result in poorer performance. But, the Virus b is anything but 
background. 

Sayer