Great Synth Mysteries Ep. 1 Whatever Happened to the Access Virus - Virus Ti3?
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Let's take a look back at the Access Virus, one of my favorite synths EVAR! It's been a while since the Virus Ti2, and while we patiently wait for the possible Virus Ti3, maybe there are some clues as to what happened to stalled the development almost a decade ago. Let me know what you guys think!
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This is a great idea for a video. Great work dude.
I agree-well done. Only thing that could have been better if there was news of a new Virus coming out (which is beyond your control-or the control of any of us)!
@@seancraig5373 I'll ask Christoph if I see him at NAMM this year, I promise.
@G I completely agree--but how many synth mysteries are there G?
@@NoirEtBlancVie Thanks! I wonder if it is simple economics--there is more money to be made building amplifiers and guitar pedals, and that is why everyone seems to be making those? Perhaps the guitarists who are reading this can comment.
@@NoirEtBlancVie Thanks for asking! When is NAMM?
From what I understand: all lines of the virus were built on a specific line of motorola DSP chips, now known as "freescale" DSP. The develpment of those DSP processors was passed on to a company called NXP, and the level of development that a company like motorola can provide has not been happening. A new virus came out when motorola deveoped new DSP Processors, which made porting over the very heavy architecture of the Virus much more feasable than re-codeing every line for a new processor architecture.
Since the Motorola Freescale DSP has been effectivley discontinued, making a new virus would essentially mean re-writting every line of code, optimized for an entirley different framework. It's not imposible, but starting a different project on a newer, better supported DSP chip is makes a lot more fiscal sense.
P.s. The Virus C is one of the greatest Hardware synths of all time, hands down.
I heard this too. Perhaps a future Virus would run on FPGA?
Great insight! This is why I made the video after all, I wanted to connect with people who knew more than I might. This is a very interesting revelation, I think if I get enough I’ll do a part 2, thank you!
Local Technique maybe, but probably not. FPGA code is waaayyy different than standard DSP processors, and taking something as huge as the virus software and porting it over would be a very costly undertaking. You might as well just design a brand new FPGA synth outside the virus line, for less time and money.
Noir Et Blanc Vie No prob! I'm glad you're back in the swing of making videos :)
I'm new to this game. I'm a 38 year old techno DJ who has finally gotten into production. First time I saw the Access Virus was with Hans Zimmer. Had a chance to play on a Virus Ti2 desktop. Was just blown away with its capabilities. Finally, I decided to build a studio. I kept asking the internet... what is the equivalent to a Virus, in terms of a hardware synthesizer all over forums (yes, I'm aware of the Zebra). The answer was nothing. I finally took the plunge. I just ordered a Access Virus Ti2 Darkstar. Getting the Waldorf Iridium in about 3 weeks for melodic and ambient sound.
Virus reminds me of the Korg Kronos. A workstation so ahead of its time, the latest iteration of Korg's worstations, the Natilus, is a stripped down Kronos a decade later.
I know I'm late but you might want to check out Adam Szabo's Viper. It's very close. With the newest update it can even import Virus TI sounds to a certain degree.
How has your experience been with it so far? I just ordered my first Virus (TI2) last week.
I bought a ti2 61 key in 2021. I can vouch. It's still a great synth.
But the problem is it’s not compatible with latest Mac OS.
@@Simbor-rh1dj Will it work with Windows 11?
I just bought a used Virus TI in December. Aside from a few stupid design choices, its the best sounding synth I've owned yet. Massive, dark, immensely deep. Amazing machine.
Professionally created: overall production quality, script writing, voice over, video clips, historical documentation, audio and the editorial. Thumbs up.
Thank you, it means a lot and I had fun making it :)
Except it says ‘Great Sytnh Mysteries’ at the start
Dude yes. Excellent work! Would much rather watch this than tv or any social media videos. Love this concept.
Wow that's a serious compliment! I mean, I'd rather watch TV than myself, but I think I'm just sick of my face hahah
I've been looking for a series like this for ages! there's so much history/informational stuff about computers on YT but not nearly as much about synths or audio gear. thank you! ❤
oh my GAWD!
You're my man! This is absolutely amazing. Thanks Noir. The production quality is through the roof. And that intro! Perfect.
Stay a Legend
Love the concept of this series, love the production quality, and all the information you've gathered here. Would love to see more videos in this series.
HOLY SHIT. I am BEYOND excited for this series. Every time you upload I'm shocked by the quality; cinematography, writing, music, everything. Keep up the great work; Props! 👏 👏
Fantastic new format, pal. I am really excited what’s coming up next. I didn’t know, that there is the same guy behind the Virus and the Kemper Profiler.
So good! I loved my Indigo 2, but it was so old, knobs were wobbly, and i just could never jig with just 37 keys for a synth with such big sound. Im excited to wait and see what the future holds for Access, definitely a unique and beautiful sounding synth!
I dig this new series, it's a great concept. Glad you're back, looking forward to the next installment!
Interesting stuff! Didn't know about them at all. Love that you make every backing track yourself with a synth that's related to the content!
Ahhh. The access music virus ti2 polar a favorite of my instruments as well. Thank you for spotlighting!
Your scripts are so awesome! YOU ARE AWESOME! Brilliant writing and editing.
I just found this video and as a Virus owner I loved it! Great work!
Sir, do this more often, please! You make me interested in synthesizer history even though I told myself to not go there.
I'm very new to the world of synths. and I have to say, your videos are hands down the best of them all. Informative, well spoken, and done from a practical perspective. It's very clear these wonderful instruments are a big passion in your life. Don't stop making these videos. They're an invaluable asset for someone like me, that doesn't have much brand loyalty, or established opinion, to make truly informed decisions on gear to invest in. Thanks a lot for the hard work you put into these videos, and I look forward to many more.
Thank you for saying this Sean, it means a lot!
Great video. Yes, I have the TI2 and never wonder (for now)if it can get any better
Dude!, I could write a three page letter, telling you how great you are and this content!!
I’ve followed u for a minute, and I’ve been super impressed with your progression! 1st this concept you came up with is brill!!
No one has done except maybe Mark Doty?!:). 2nd your visuals are spot on, your voice comes through perfectly!! And the amount of time and effort you’ve slaved over is so clear to your audience!! I’m inspired! Thanks for sharing your talents with all of us;)😎✌🏻🤩👌🏻🙌🏻👏🏼🤩🙏🏻
Amazing mini doc. I've never owned a Virus myself but I remember GASing hard for one before I had any idea what GAS even meant haha. I knew that my idols in Drum & Bass were making all these mind bending sounds with the Virus and that was enough for me to want one. No matter how hard I tried, back in 2000, my copy of Reason and its soft synths just didn't cut it. Little did I know that 20 years later the Virus, while it now has in insane level of VST competition, and is even surpassed in some areas, still holds a court all of its own. Thanks, very insightful and unexpectedly inspiring, I really appreciate you making this! Big upsss
You’re making some of the only gear videos that don’t feel like they’ve been made a thousand times. Thanks!
You sir, are very talented. Excellent documentary on one my beloved synths that I have never owned, but I've always wanted to. Keep up the great videos my friend.
Interesting video. In 2012, when I bought my Virus TI2 keyboard, I remember wondering whether I should wait for the TI3. I didn't wait, and the TI is still, as you say, one of the greatest synths ever created. One of two synths I'll never sell. The other is my DX7.
Great video series! There's quite a few mysteries in the synth world...
Definitely a good start to a great series! I really can’t speak on the virus. It sounds great but I’m happy with my analog mono beauties. And made the owners of the virus series forever be content with their perfection.
This is the best video i watch on CZcams. Thanks. Really, thanks. This was chill to watch, yet very exciting. I didn't know this answer from Cristopher! I own a Viris TI2 and i feel kinda proud now. Luckaly our band also has a Kemper. They look great in a rack.
If they were to make a TI3 or whatever there would be very little space for upgrade from the TI, I bought the TI polar about a year ago and I was very (pleasantly) surprised with not only the overall sound of the TI but the features are almost everything you’d want, very relevant even today. I also bought the Waldorf Iridium around the same time and though it was a fantastic synth and I’m not comparing them I can say that I’ve since let go of the Iridium but the TI still sitting strong in my set up.
I really enjoyed this video, bravo! Great narrative and research. Thanks 🙏🏽
Fascinating video, thoughtful, balanced, beautifully produced, insightful, and you list ALL the equipment you used - your work is top of the line in every way. Seems like Kemper is motivated by moving into a new product space and then creating something truly groundbreaking. Like the Profiler. The digital synth market is so crowded now, it might be less inspiring for him.
Great idea for a series! looking forward to the future episodes. And I trust the quality of Kemper’s amps a lot more now that I know that he was involved with Access as well
back in the mid 90's I had actually talked to him on the phone about getting one of the Matrix 6 controllers he was making, but he was just starting the virus line and he never got around to sending my one (he didn't have any on hand, but said he maybe able to get one put together from spare parts.. I realllllyyyy wanted one of those ) It was a real detective work to find him in the birth of the net days..
Amazing what you were able to cover in 8:51. Spectacular!
Great work. Pure nostalgic. Keep doing this for us
I love my virus TI, its maybe the best thing I've ever spent money on. I am always amazed at how I still find new things about it after 8 years of use. The gift that keeps on giving)
Love this video as a virus owner, I feel proud and lucky. I could only imagine the stuff virus would do with a simple update!
Proud of what? It’s obsoletion?
Big fan of this as a series. Nice work!
This was awesome! Would love to hear more stories in this format. It could also be cool to hear the story of some of your own gear.
IMO, and I have owned 200 synths and modules in my lifetime, the Virus TI2 is definitely in the top 20 synths of all time.
Great visuals as always! And great look-back!
Thank you so much, I’ve got episodes 2 & 3 on the way. Trailer for Great Synth Mysteries out next Tuesday.
I just love this synth nerdia! Great job. Keep going.
You video production and presentation style are TOP NOTCH. Well done!
damn dude, what a great video. you really showed your passion for and knowledge of the subject matter. and making all the music with a virus too - what an awesome attention to detail!
big up!
Thank you for making this man. Very entertaining and informative.
Your channel never ceases to be so so juicy!
once more you deserve praise for the editing and production value. you should have a broader audience!
thank you for taking the time to make a video on this topic! liked and subscribed
Great video man Virus and Kemper fan here, love the nostalgic vibes ;)
brilliant format!!! congrats
Impressive video with high production value. Thanks for sharing.
Fascinating video. Thanks so much for this.
Incredible production quality as always - I'll be able to proudly say that I was one of the first when this channel inevitably gets up there with the other great synth channels on this site!
Thank you for this episode! Virus ti was my first synth. Then i become a beta tester. Then my bank was in all Virus TI 2 factory bank )
That's awesome. Truly awesome to know you were a part of such a legendary piece of kit! :)
Fair to say you kinda like it? :D
@@carlosdrfx sorry but I've sold all my synths long time ago. but a few month ago I decided to get Roland SE-02 for fun ))
@@andivax that's how we all started down this rabbit hole again ;)
@@andivax That dinky SE-02 is an awesome bit of kit!
This is amazing. great work!
Probably the best video you've done yet imo
Ha! Not many channesl on YT reach your level of quality, presented in a coherent style, no talking around, no blablabla. Really interesting to watch!
As a former user of Virus B and C I missed the next step in Access' synth evolution after the issue- plagued TI2 (USB1, plugin problems with many users), until I learned by someone that the reason for the absence of a TI2 successor are - as you perfectly illustrated - the digital guitar amps.
So what of the Virus versions Is more affordable, playable, dyinamic and fun to get?
nice vid dude, like the production style, very creative stuff. Clever topic as well. Keep it up!
Your videos are always so well done!!
This is great. Super interesting and well thought out video. Great work! Subscribed!
Excellent video! Great work!
Brilliant video and very well filmed love your lighting effects
Great series! Keep em up
Thank you 😁✌️ for a good upload.... goona look'a for sum more😊
Great to see you back.
First time I've watched your posts and I enjoyed that, well produced and narrated, now subscribed 👍
Thank you Simon, glad to have ya!
Great review and insight couldn’t agree more with your comments
Access virus ti2 is still very relevant. It is the work horse of my studio. I get comments all the time on how good it sounds during live sets.
Thank you man. I like your style. Very intresting video. Keep going, you doing well
Keep up the great work man 🇨🇦🔥🙏🏿👊🏿 love your channel
Great video, love the idea for this series.
Dusted off my Virus B a few months ago. It'd been sitting in storage for over 10 years. Holy moly that thing sounds as good now as it did in 1999 when I bought it. It truly is a classic.
I created two albums with the B. Fond memories!
Killler one man, keep at it. Always wanted content like this. Kudos 👊
Thank you! I really appreciate you sayin this, these are my favorites to make by far.
Liked and Sub'd ... excellent bit of journalism. Thanks mate.
I clicked on it not expecting much. I was riveted and left a wiser person. Thanks!
Catching up on your Channel.....excellent vid!
Thanks, this was by best work yet!
This is a very exciting new series! I was aware of the Kemper amps (a very polarizing product among guitar players, btw) but didn’t know they were related to the Virus.
raistaparta i use a Kemper, but it feels like deja vu again as he hasnt released a refresh of the hardware of the Kemper for years 😭 it nails the amp modelling perfectly but the onboard effects are still weak
@@xPanDaemonx they just released a reverb update which is on par with top of the line strymons and even can match some eventides. The delays were already there a more than year ago.
Great info, pleasant narration. Thumbs up.
Ti polar owner here. I love the concept behind this series, keep it up! As of for the virus, it is pretty much perfect, but I wouldn’t mind if they periodically gave us different wave tables and I wouldn’t mind paying for these upgrades either. Wavetables aren’t what this synth is known for, but they are useful for making sounds similar to Massive, which I also really like using.
Yes, user loadable wavetables would be really nice and more filter emulations - ms20, moog, roland perhaps. Since Kemper is working on amp profiling, it wouldn't be so hard to do.
Well done. Keep making more vids like this. Excellent!
Thank you for sharing 👍👍Greetings Matthias 🎹🎵🎶🎵🎹
He truly is looking at this from a product mindset. Extend your Customer segments. He maxed out the TAM on Keyboard/Synth Users. So he extended his market to Guitarists. (Same as Nord Extended to drummers and Jazz Pianists and Organ players)
Dude that is some top notch content here. Cheers from a russian guy who is into synths for a long time.
Great video, keep it up, thanks for this
Loved this video, the Virus TI2 is still a monster, when you have perfected perfection guess there's nothing left to do but move on.
Forreal, if it ain't broke don't fix it
They did. They made the Kemper Amp Modler.
@@ChaosBeforeOrder at least they could fix the bugs
Awesome video! Had this discussion so many times, lol, I still love my Ti2 tho
so many points for everything, style, topic, editing, god damn dude you earned a sub
Thank you Solomon, you’ve got my dads name, great name!
well it's not my real name, but I love it for many reasons, it is a truly awesome name. Hey you wouldn't happen to own a virus ti2 would you? I have the desktop unit and my sustain pedal from my korg m3 just makes the sound sustain infinitely...almost as if it were a switch, except once activated, it cannot be turned off.
I know it's a long shot but hey I gotta try to learn as much from you synth heads as possible if you'll grant me the time :>
also it may be relevant that the midi signal goes through my octatrack...m3 in to octatrack, octatrack out to 4 way passive midi splitter, virus receiving signal from that.
any ideas?
*humble japanese bow*
That was fun. There was more to be learned than I guessed!
Your channel is amazing thank you!
Great video. And... That shirt is on point!!
Excellent job! Thanks
My first impression about the sound after getting my hands on it was "Wow, Power!". I'm talking sound quality only, I have yet to come to hear a VST that sounds close. Good vid man!
This is one of the greatest investigative journalism pieces on the CZcams.
Lovely stuff! Hope to see more of this type of content :-)
Brilliant! I didn't know that Kemper is Chris' project!!! Fantastic!
Great presentation dude congrats...yes the memories the damn sweet memories:)
YES YOU'RE BACK I'M SO HAPPY
Hell yes! Great concept for a video series my friend!
Thank you! Good to see you're still around, you're a long timer!
Noir Et Blanc Vie well your effort clearly shows in your videos, and I hold your opinion/thoughts in high regard, my dude! Thank you, for what you do!
Great video! Very informative and entertaining! 👌🏻 I’m not a big synth lover/user myself, but I consider the Virus (my only hardware synth) essential in my DAW environment. Cuts through the mix every time. It’s a bugger the AU plugin is not being supported anymore. But that motivates me to modify my setup so I can use it as any other old legacy synth without USB 😉