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Carlo Zeichen
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But I have to say that yes the virus is not comparable to vst's. not because of the dsp's but for tha da converters (digital to analog)
Honestly the converters on a Virus are not better than an RME interface, nor Access develops their own converters. They buy the converters from cirrus logic, just like they buy resistors and transistors from some other electronic parts manufacturer. If you have a TI, open it and you will see it for yourself.
Like this guy did
Inside - Poly Evolver, Nord Lead 3, Virus TI, pulse, XT & Andromeda (updated) - MIDIbox Forum
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Some of the things it contains:
* 2X Freescale 150mhz dspb56367ac150 DSP's (the nord lead 3 has 6x 120's),
* 6x (?) samsung k6r4008v10-ui10 memory chips,
* A totally seperate keyboard controller with 4mhz pic (pic16c238-04/sp) - connected to virus thru midi ! ,
* lots of ne5532 opamps,
* Somesort of ST electronics dsp (lettering unreadable) connected to a samsung kex400874e-uf70 memory chip,
* Cirrus logic, one chip adc/dac cs12556-c31,
* Texas Instruments tusb3200ac streaming usb controller,
* Lots of White leds,
* A white finish thats highly prone to shoing up dust, grime & scratches,
* Very heavy aluminum end caps (at least it feels solid
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* the front wooden bar is mdf with wooden vineer, lime ?
* A 'trailing blob' psu -inside- the case,
* a really dodgy looking power cap.. that looked ready to explode.
If the Virus sounds better to you than Alchemy it can only be attributed to those factors:
- most probably to coding (in the synthesis section or some kind of digital mastering)
- or maybe some analog magic mojo after the DA conversion
- or even self suggestion
I'm pretty confident that if you pass any of the top soft synths (Alchemy, Sylenth, DCAM, etc) through Ozone you could get something very similar to the TI.
I'm sure Access has some digital hidden tricks under their sleeve (besides good presets)... but people coding soft synths are getting better every day.