Product: Access Music Virus TDM Mac
Price Paid: 6.800 (Danish kroner)
Submitted
10/31/2001
at
12:46am
by
Peter
Email: PSMusik<at>post5 dot tele dot dk
Reviewer Background
:
I have been making music on computer for around 10 y.
I play Keyboards, guitar and bass.
I use Virus version 1.1.1 with Logic Plat. 4.8.1 and PT.
I make all kinds of popmusic
Using Mac beige G3 computer OS 9.2
Listening through Genelec 1031
Ease of Use
:
9
Yes, intuitive interface
No installation probs. The usual floppy authorisation deal.
Automation is supported, but is not totally working i Logic
It sounds unbelievable fat right out of the box.
The manual is fine, doesn't cover the ins and outs of how to configure Virus in Logic. But - the manual is written by Digidesign - the competition to Emagic
Sounds/Sound Quality
:
10
Virus sounds fat, great. Period.
Has a lot of presets, you can download user presets at access's site.
And you can get all kinds of interesting modulations, if you tweak the knobs.
Stereo operation.
It is multitimbral. Max. pol. is 16 i think
Overall Rating
:
9
It's not cheap, But it's the best. Very versatile soundpallette.
Super arpeggiator.
Only thing i hate, compared to the hardware model, is that you have to open window, scroll down etc. to choose a preset. Timeconsuming if you are looking for *the* sound.
Would be great if you could just twist a knob.
It takes one mix chip on the digi card - that's ok.
Never crashed.
