![]() ![]() The reason can be summed up by two words: Total Integration (hence Virus TI). ![]() The phrase 'hotly anticipated' is over-used by almost everybody, but in the case of the Virus TI, as the new model is called, it's appropriate. Its release was promised less than 50 days later, but it finally showed up on October 3rd. The latest incarnation was announced last year, previewed in SOS December 2004, and first shown at Winter NAMM at the beginning of this year. The Virus reminds me of The Doctor from Doctor Who firstly, it seems to be regenerated every couple of years, and secondly, if you got into synths at any point over the last eight years, you might fondly remember 'your Virus', which would be whichever one was available at the time of your interest. When you think about it, that's a pretty amazing achievement for a hardware synth that grew up during the software revolution. It's fair to say that there are very few electronic musicians who haven't heard of Access Music's Virus synth, and still fewer who wouldn't like to own one. The Virus TI Polar, with the Virus Control plug-in running under Cubase SX. Is it a hard reality, or have Access gone totally soft? The new Virus TI promises to bridge the divide between hardware and software instruments, and create a world of Total Integration, while still offering the classic Virus sound.
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