Virus TI2 or Arturia Origin?

James Coplin james at ticalun.net
Thu Jul 12 21:09:00 CEST 2012


Don't forget that you also need envelopes for each voice, vcas for each
voice, lfos for each voice, etc.  Otherwise you are into the realm of
paraphonic which just isn't really a good substitute.  I don't think you
could do it for $2000.

James

> -----Original Message-----
> From: music-bar-bounces at lists.music-bar.org [mailto:music-bar-
> bounces at lists.music-bar.org] On Behalf Of Jay Vaughan
> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 2:06 PM
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> Subject: Re: Virus TI2 or Arturia Origin?
>
> > There is one dimension you can't really get into with a modular synth
> > at anything approaching a reasonable cost:  Polyphony.
>
> True, but then again how much polyphony do you truly need in this DAW
era?
>
> On the other hand, a bank of 8 VCO's and a bank of 8 VCF's, doesn't seem
> terribly unreasonable, cost-wise.  I wonder what the absolutely cheapest
8-
> voice modular, with bare-minimum features per voice, would actually cost
..
> certainly in the $2000'ish range, shall we say?
>
> > My major issue with the virus is it's cost.  It seems to have gotten
> > more and more expensive over the years particularly in comparison to
> > it's competition. The Blofeld, UltraNova or even the Alesis Micron are
> > better competition than their price would indicate.  I think the Korg
> > Radias really compares well with a much more aggressive sound.
>
>
> The price of the Virus is atrocious, but I am literally very, very
biased, having
> spent 5 years of my life on the fruits of that profit.  I do think that
there is a
> lack of innovation happening, because for sure a less-expensive Virus
would
> be quite plausible, and with the brand being what it is these days,
pretty sure
> for success, too.  But, success .. it can be described, in many
languages, and
> not every story is successful whatever the manner of its telling ..
maybe the
> Virus TI sells so well to people who just feel better about spending
that
> amount than they would any other?
>
>
> ;
> --
> Jay Vaughan
>
>
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