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In a message dated 23/7/02 2:39:51 pm, Sayer@... writes:

>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. 

Sayer,

"Emulating"- that's exactly it!- I think this is one thing that I hate the 
most in a lot of hardware stuff (as well as the sound- and yes we are all 
entitled to our own
opinions ! :-))- The Nord Micro/Modular is about the only hardware synth I 
know of where you can break out of that mold. I think the virus would me more 
exciting if you could program it in a similar fashion. I borrowed a virus for 
2 weeks (my speakers are Alesis Monitor One's btw)- Yes it can 'emulate' a 
minimoog- but then can most synths these days! I just couldn't get on with 
it..........Ahhh- My mate Justin (who runs the Topica Nord Modular list- oh 
i'm such a name dropper hehehe!) gave me this link- this is a very cool synth 
indeed- especially if you are a fan of the SIDstation!

http://www.droid.dk/

Definately worth a listen- a sort of virtual EMS VCS3 (My all-time favourite 
synth!)

Tom :-)