Virus TI2 or Arturia Origin?

[James Coplin]

How familiar are you with the Prophet VS?  I have to admit, the VS is the
one piece of vintage gear I’ve never been able to land and having a really
good emulation available is a big sell point for me with the Arturia.  It
says the wavetable oscillator is “based” on the VS but I note it isn’t
called a VS Oscillator.  Does it actually have the same waveforms as the VS
or is it a different set of wavetables?



James



*From:* music-bar-bounces at lists.music-bar.org [mailto:
music-bar-bounces at lists.music-bar.org] *On Behalf Of *Andrew Tarpinian
*Sent:* Monday, July 09, 2012 11:49 PM
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*Subject:* Re: Virus TI2 or Arturia Origin?



The Origin is one of my favorite synths. For me it can feels/sound the most
analog of all the digital synths I have heard or used. Also it can have a
very polished or track ready sound, in the way that the virus does or even
some classic analog synths for example(roland.) (Actually some people from
the bar said that some of the samples I posted from the origin had a bit of
a "virus" type of sound.) I found the programming very straight forward,
fun and creative, with very minimal frustrations (even though the screen is
fairly small.) The sequencer is a big plus. It's probably the closest thing
to a real modular in the fun dept - you can make some really wild sounds.
Plus they have been good about keeping it updated - they just put the SEM
filter in there I think. Also I got mine new for the freak out price of
around $1300 :) I would suggest looking at some videos of people
programming on it (I think there are some around,) that will give you an
idea if it's for you or not. Imo it's the best digital hardware synth
around, or one worth getting as you can't really duplicate what it does
with software.



The virus will give you more power, multi's, effects, total intergration,
etc... but will be more bread and butter - The virus is such a standard to
me it's hard to not recommend it, but maybe in todays world something like
Massive makes it irrelevant - though no hardware controls obviously. Jay
would prob tell you to get one of the pre-TI models as he thinks the sound
went a bit south with the TI (I have a KB btw.) Might be a good option if
you don't need the Tintergration.



I could live without my virus, but I would want to keep the origin around,
nothing really duplicates it, even arturia's software, it's a different
animal - and it's no surprise everyone is flipping over the minibrute.



Some demo stuff I posted to the bar way back when I got mine:



http://www.polaritydesign.com/music/Origin_battle.mp3 - all origin (except
drums) multi patch - 3 sounds, split keyboard played live (origin sequencer
running a part).



http://www.polaritydesign.com/music/Origin_Moogwave.mp3 - origin, one patch
played live (origin sequencer also running) (filter tweaked on second midi
record pass).



http://www.polaritydesign.com/music/Transmission158.mp3 - everything origin
except drums and melody/lead sound that starts at 2:20 - recorded into live
and arranged, most effects from origin, origin sequencer used for most
patterns.



http://www.polaritydesign.com/music/Transmission159.mp3 - all origin live
digital modular wiggling :) joystick used a lot.





On Jul 9, 2012, at 11:39 PM, Tony Scharf wrote:



Considering your modular tendencies, I'd go for the Origin.  It just
received a healthy update I believe.

Also, based on history, I'd guess the TI3 will be just around the corner.

Tony



On Jul 9, 2012, at 10:03 PM, James Coplin <james at ticalun.net> wrote:


I have a little surplus cash in the gear account and was trying to decide

between these two.  I've played the Virus so I have an idea of what I'm

getting into with it but unfortunately I don't know anyone local who has

the Origin to try it out.  Thoughts?



James R. Coplin

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