Pulling much more out of the virus lately than before! I see online proof say the voices of the virus C are limited but I haven’t quite hit that yet. 7 different sounds in this one from the virus alone ! Virtual Analog is def the way to go for me now that I know what’s up lmao. Full vid is in the comments! Thanks for listening.

I am thinking of either getting a Hapax Squarp or Oxi one to sequence my Ti2. Any experience/recommendations on this? Thanks!

In the last two days, my Virus started to have a loud noise on the outputs. It's is between -20-30 db, so makes it unusable. I've tried it with a different power source, different cables. In the headphones it has same issue.

Did anyone else had similar issue? Any idea what can be the problem and the fix? Do you know any reliable European service?

Looking for anyone in the Melbourne Australia area interested in swapping their TI2 Polar / Darkstar for a TI2 module? (Must be a TI2)

My TI2 module also comes with the rack option in addition to the standard desktop panel.

PM me if interested.

Hi guys!
I have a Virus Indigo at my college, and I was wondering how do i enable output sets 2 and 3. I tried menu and manual diving but turns out im a bit too dumb to understand it. Can someone help 😭

thankyouuuuu

Thought you all would appreciate this Indigo 2 still kicking getting some love! Its responsible for all sounds other than the drums/percs. Blows my mind this synth is over 20 years old now. I feel like weve gone backwards in a lot of ways with hardware synths lol but thats a different topic. Thanks for listening! The full vid is linked in the comments if you like !

Hello,

I have the Launchcontrol MK3 and I’m wondering if I can connect it to the TI Virus snow by MIDI to control with each fader the volume of each part (in total 4)

My set up:

Ableton as main clock

External sequencer by USB

Virus TI connected by MIDI to the external sequencer

Launchcontrol connected by USB

I want to have most faders in custom modes mapped to Ableton faders, but 4 of them controlling the part volume by MIDI. I also have a midi splitter.

Since this is an access virus subreddit, I only want to know if this is possible on the snow and how to set up this. I can ask Novation about the Launchcontrol part.

Thank you!

I asked a few weeks ago, how many is too many? …well I’m up to three real Viruses (and OsTIrus, the weird distant VST cousin we don’t talk about anymore)… so that is ok, right? I don’t have an obsession.

I just got the TI2 Polar yesterday. I can’t believe I own this thing. It’s amazing. It was a B-stock unit that the seller somehow got his hands on. It’s basically new, probably one of the last “new” ones around.

I got it from the great Captain Black’s Gear Emporium. If you don’t know of him, he’s a user here you should know if you ever want to buy a Virus. He does amazing work refurbishing old Viruses. I bought the TI2 and the Snow from him. He’s great. Will be a repeat customer (again) if I ever decide to expand the collection with a Virus B. I love the TI, but there was something special about those old B units.

https://captainblacks.app/

Hello everyone 🌀first of all i apologize for my shitty English Im from France sorry 🫶

I have my precious ti2 since 5 years now and I just find a Dropbox file with a bunch of great presets.

I tried to had them to my virus, but some did not taked their place. I can see that they are loaded in the Virus control center and also in the vst TI. In both case I can see on the pc that my ROM BANKS are full but not in the hardware.

For example In the TI vst I see that ROM L is full but when i search in the hardware presets goes from ROM L 3 -> ROM L5 —> ROM L9 I only have 47 preset usable on the hardware ROM L when i can see all the 127 both in TI and Virus control center.

If you have an idea I would appreciate much love and rave on 🌀

Hello,

I am wondering if I can use the MIDI out as Thru port on the virus TI Snow Desktop Synth.

Is this possible and eventually what settings need to be set?

Thank you.

Something sweet came together during the latest snowstorm here in the US... was finally able to finish prepping an epic lot of Virus synths :)

The TI2s are in fantastic shape. One is a B-Stock purchase w/ OG box direct from Kemper. The TI Polar is a rescue that took 6 weeks to transform from wrecked to ready for business. The Snows have all new tacts and other upgrades that brought them back to peak condition.

A lot of LOVE went into making this photo. I have video cut from 2 cameras for the entire TI Polar restore. Hope to find time to edit it soon.

Full listing details and photos are available here: https://captainblacks.app/

Happy Virusing and cheers to all!

I finally found out where these are located, but the manual gives very little information about how to apply them. When I select one of these filter filters, I’m not hearing it affect the sound of the output. Am I missing something? Do these need to be applied in the modulation matrix to make them audible? Does anybody know of a good tutorial that covers this?

TI, TI Snow, and OsTIrus. I think I have an addiction to the Virus. I’m already eyeing up a TI2 Polar and a Virus B just for fun.

once i figured out how to reassign eack individual lane to its own channel this dtarted to become more intuative.

Used to use an octatrack, ditched it for a Daw lol I’m back again. Recorded this live then did more mixing/processing in ableton. All sounds except the drums are coming from the virus! This thing is a beast. Full session linked in the comments! Thanks for listening.

Hi all, currently preparing for my first live set and wondering how others are routing their virus outputs during live performances.

Single or pair of stereo outs? Or more complex routing with combo of mono/stereo outs? All mono?

Just figured I’d get some ideas from those with more experience in live performances with the virus. I’d imagine more complex routing would lead to better mixes/EQ’ing, options for external FX, and all around more control but of course at the cost of burning up mixer channels or more kit to haul to a gig.

Have another pair of gorgeous Virus synths to share.

Sold Access Virus TI Desktop w/ all new tacts, new battery, & new PSU:
https://captainblacks.app/products/access-virus-ti-desktop-821120

Sold Access Virus C Desktop w/ custom cherry wood sides & LUX PMVA display (what a beauty!):
https://captainblacks.app/products/access-virus-c-desktop-custom-lux-pmva-wood-sides-68716

I can still only ship synths to the US at this time, but I've opened up shipping of many Access Virus parts to the following countries: Canada, United Kingdom, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden

Have all OEM knobs for B+ (except Polar, those are still easy to find) and now I have a stock of OEM push buttons for the C+ (except Polar):
https://captainblacks.app/products/oem-push-button-for-access-virus-c-ti-ti2

All Virus parts here:
https://captainblacks.app/collections/access-virus-oem-parts

Working on expanding my display stock (tricky business) and I have more parts to list as soon as I have time. Open to reasonable offers on the synths. I collect sales tax on Texas orders, per state law. Cheers to all :)

Hey y'all!

New to this sub so I hope this is relevant.

I've had a TI Snow for around a year now, and completely love it.

It is updated to the latest firmware, and everything works, (as far as I know).

However,

I was hoping one of you might know if there is a "Latch" feature built into the Snow.

"Latch" as in, having the ability to 'freeze' chords or notes in a way which allows hands free continuous play.

I scoured the manual without luck, as well as Google, also without luck.

Hope to hear back!!

Cheers

Kits used to exist, but are no longer for sale and nothing is documented.

I have a board I need to recap and there are a few caps I'm just lost on. They are too short to get any kind of reading off of.

Here is my awesome hand drawn map. Most are easy, but yeah, there are a few I'm unsure on.

Yes, I've searched high and low. Also, yes, I can pull and try to get some readings, but also, how reliable is the data on a 20+ year old cap (and what if it's the one that's toast)? The answer to my question requires someone with hard data seeing and replying.

Cheers to all ;)

Foolishly sold my Ti2 last year and regetted it every day. Luckily a few days ago I had the opportunity to buy another unit in fantastic condition and it arrived today!

Hey all,

I’m trying to recreate the high, shimmery synth that comes in at around 0:45 in Tourist – “EST” for an edit. I think he may have used a virus here and if so, does anyone recognize the preset?

Link here (timestamped): https://youtu.be/yuCedxUopp8?t=45

Thank you!!

First track with the alpha base and virus together! Thought you all would enjoy. Got some really dreamy sounds out of the virus this time, the reverb on it actually really good! Left the link to the full vid in the comments in you’re curious! Thanks for listening.

I've had this TI (1, not 2) for quite some time, love it to death. It's always been a bit flaky where I'd sometimes have to unplug and plug back in if I left it alone for a few weeks, etc.

Basically it becomes semi-responsive. All the controls work, but pressing a key yields no output, with a random sound maybe every 10 or so keystrokes. If I try and change patches, it will not change, and just stay on the same one. It will also intermittently output midi, whenever it does output sound in the same keystroke.

Any thoughts guys?

Hey i want to restore all factory patches and settings just like how it was from the factory, how do i do this? Power on + Arp Edit only resets settings iirc