DISC Access Virus Ti2 Desktop Synthesizer & Rackmount Kit

Full Description

Click on the links below for MP3 demos of the Access Virus TI2:

This demo song features one Virus TI2 and drum samples from Sample Magic and Xfer Deadmau5. Most of the background motion you can hear is tape delays with automated delay time and feedback. Everything went straight from the TI into Izotope Ozone which was used to compress the mix and add loudness.

Steampunx is a breaks oriented demo not holding back on bass and fat lead sounds. All tonal sounds including the FX were made with one Virus TI2. Most of the drum sounds and loops can be found on Sample Magic's Breakbusters library.

A Quality Desktop Synthesizer

The Virus TI2 Desktop Synthesizer boasts premium quality semi-weighted keys and loads of tactile control, including a tap tempo button. It is a performer's command station. The TI2 delivers fantastic performance with its studio-level pro grade D/A converters and balanced outputs. You can process other instruments by feeding them through the Virus sound engine using the analogue inputs to open up a completely new level of interaction with your band members.

Three Main Oscillators and One Sub Oscillator Per Voice

A main oscillator can comprise of various oscillator types including the classic virtual analog oscillators (saw, variable pulse, sine, triangle, 62 spectral waves with several FM modes) and hypersaw (a multi saw-tooth oscillator with up to 9 stacked oscillators, 9 sub oscillators and sync oscillator at the same time). Wavetable oscillators with 100 multi-index wavetables, feature variable resolution and optional pulse-width modulation. Graintable oscillators apply granular synthesis techniques for independent control of pitch and formants to warp a waveform beyond recognition. Formant oscillators sound like running a signal through a massive, modulatable filterbank with hundreds of resonant bands being morphed by the wavetable index.

Two Fully Independent Filters

The TI2 features two fully independent filters (lowpass, highpass, bandpass, bandstop) with an optional saturation module located in between both filter blocks. The saturation module can add one of several distortions and lo-fi effects or an additional low/- high-pass filter. Optional self-resonating Moog cascade filter simulation with circuit overload and 1-4 poles.

Two-Dimensional Modulation Matrix with Six Slots

1 source and 3 modulation targets each. Every feasible parameter can be modulated in realtime. Three LFOs with additional hardwired destinations along with one user-definable slot. Two lightning-fast, multi-stage envelopes (ADSTR) - LFOs can be used as ramp generators as well.

Explore the FX Section

The FX section has independent delay and reverb per patch (even in multi mode), along with multiple distortion/lo-fi algorithms, phaser, chorus/flanger, character control, ring modulator/shifter, EQ plus a global vocoder. There is no difference between single and multi modes - patches sound exactly the same.

Arpeggiator

Each patch contains it's own arpeggiator pattern, featuring 32 programmable steps (length and velocity can be adjusted per step) along with a global control for swing/shuffle timing and one for note lengths. Pretty much every parameter including the pattern itself, the amount of octaves and many more can be controlled using the modulation matrix.

I/O

6 balanced outputs (+4dB), backed by 192 Khz/24bit D/A converters, with soft-limiting. Two inputs with 24-bit A/D. Dedicated headphone out. MIDI in, out, and thru. S/PDIF digital audio (44.1/48 kHz) inputs & outputs. USB is used for MIDI and audio transmission (adding 3 additional stereo audio outputs) and works at 12Mb/s.

Other Great Features:

• Surround sound Output: Every part can be panned dynamically between two stereo outputs for quadraphonic effects.
• Hardware controls: 32 knobs, 43 buttons, 73 LEDs and Pitch/-Modulation wheel if applicable.
• Polyphony: Between 25 to 110 voices*, depending on the complexity of the patch. *_Estimates are based on single mode performance results may vary in multi mode.
• Multi Mode: Multi programs can have fully-independent embedded singles, without the links to single banks required by most synths. This provides freedom from breaking other programs.
• Memory: 1024 RAM and 3328 ROM sounds, 16 embedded multi patches along with 112 conventional multi slots, 16 parts in multi mode.

Click on the link below for Virus Ti Technical Specifications:

Comes with a Rackmount Kit

The TI Desktop boasts an all-metal enclosure with a wooden strip on the front. It has loads of knobs and buttons which give you direct access to the most important sound shaping parameters. Like all other Virus TI synthesizers, a stereo analogue input offers the power to process external signals through the Virus' sound engine.

• For use with Access Virus TI2 Desktop Synthesizer
• For 19" Rack Systems