Classic Synths for FREE???

[@AudioPilz]

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[@TooSlowTube]

For future reference, does your Thomann link only work for you if we stick to German (.de)? The first thing I see is a cookies pester box, in German, which I've yet to find a way to translate other than typing it into another window... like a caveman. Better question - can they provide you with one that's already in English, for the linguistically challenged?

[@Myexpectationsarerealistic]

@@TooSlowTube Guten tag!

[@Techieadi]

Thanks, How to install it on linux, I'm using reaper ?

[@TooSlowTube]

​@@Myexpectationsarerealistic Wi getz du?

[@TooSlowTube]

@@Techieadi It looks like YT hid both my answers. See their Install Guide (Guides tab).

[@user82938]

I thought that using the TI emulator would cure my craving to own a Virus TI, but it actually only increased it.

[@AudioPilz]

That's natural, normal...

[@einarmb]

I feel you... I ended up buying a TI2 after finding the DSP56300 emulator.

[@Jeremyelrick]

Same for me with a virus b.

[@ZombieLincoln666]

many such cases!

[@ledheavy26]

Sounds like the virus has you.

[@ErichIzdepski]

I provided a tiny help to the guys doing the real work on the Virus emulator and told them about a version of the DSP in the Virus B they didn't know about.

[@AudioPilz]

Cool!!!

[@FungleFunTime]

Legend

[@davidkain9046]

56303?

[@obsidian295]

wow

[@brandonhabera]

As a Virus C owner, I couldn't be happier with having this emulation on my PC because now, I don't have to recall all of my multi single presets when reloading a track, and I don't have to spend time recording the audio into the daw, but I *can* still use the hardware as a control surface to design patches-as long as the track with the plugin is armed and the synth is connected to the track's midi input, any changes I make to the hardware patch will be made on the software one as well due to the 1:1 cc mapping (for the most part). If anything, it helps me use the hardware more often than I normally would.

[@kristianTV1974]

Had a Virus C myself from 2002 until a few years back. Regret selling that, especially now what you describe is possible.

[@AudioPilz]

Great workflow!

[@dykodesigns]

That Motorola 56000 family DSP chip was also used in a lot of audio related products. The Atari Falcon famously has one which 30 years ago made Cubase Audio possible. That chip family is a legend.

[@AudioPilz]

True that!

[@mrdavies7894]

That’s what I was programming in college… brings me back!

[@fake12396]

It showed up in many many places, if you had a Motorola phone back in the day then chances were there was one in there talking to the cell towers. Every OG Xbox has (at least) 2 inside, was also used in a whole bunch of home AV gear, the list goes on and on...

[@myoukochou]

It also meant we could make some really cool demos on the Falcon. And play MP3s in realtime, even. Which was a pretty big deal at the time.

[@gcolombelli]

IIRC the NeXT Cube also had a Motorola 56000 and an Intel i860.

[@austinmitchell2652]

I really appreciated this being a rather different episode that explored a different type of gear/tech and shook up the format

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you, happy to hear that!

[@secretelitemusic]

I use hardware and software versions/editors of Wave XT, Micro Q, Ti kb, Virus B, MKS7, and ATC-1. The ability to recreate my home studio synths on a laptop in a sleazy Euro-hotel is not to be sneezed at. Being able to dump and tweak sounds in both directions is fine by me, although the sheer hands on wibbling joy of the hardware is hard to beat. Ethically, I know where I stand, but I'm not going to preach to those of the skint persuasion. Most of us have been (or will be) skint musicians at some point in our lives.

[@AudioPilz]

Nice approach!

[@vecvan]

first time I hear "skint" and why do I feel insulted?

[@secretelitemusic]

@@vecvan Inability to google a five letter word? Thin skin? Addiction to TikTok rhetoric? My crystal ball is currently offline.

[@Maschinestorm]

where did you find an atc-1 ?

[@secretelitemusic]

I found one new in 1999, and another one showed up a few years ago on fleabay for very cheap. One has the 303 filter cart installed, and the other one has the Moog filter.

[@orincat10]

if the original is discontinued there's really no money to be lost...

[@AudioPilz]

👍

[@apoplexiamusic]

Kemper would probably make a boat load by charging $20 for the firmware on their website and everyone would be happy

[@TooSlowTube]

The manufacturers don't necessarily all see it that way. Yamaha protect the copyright of VL synthesis (or did - I may be out of date on this) despite not making any VL products any more. They allegedly see any attempt to make VL for free as competition for their current range of synths... mostly with good reason, IMO. VL was amazing and could be something truly special, with more development on modern hardware.

[@mrdavies7894]

@@TooSlowTube…like just about anyone who uses Karplus-Strong? I was at Stanford when Yamaha “launched” the VL1, but you’re right, the real money isn’t in the products, it’s in preventing anyone else from making the products. Yamaha synths may be great, but Yamaha synths that are never brought to market can still fund Yamaha motorcycles. It’s obscene. And good business sense.

[@Maschinestorm]

el kemperino

[@BlaAh-v6i]

their Microwave XT emulation is the most charming VST i've ever used. at last something that's not trying to do fake analog… very dirty and cold, but amazing with a real character.

[@AudioPilz]

Super interesting!

[@cosmicdrone5270]

That vocoder sounds like you're saying "Autobahn" every time! Love all your videos and this one is no exception! Thank you!

[@AudioPilz]

Lol, so true! Thank you!!!

[@d85935]

this is amazing for synth preservation, i installed the virus one and it sounds great

[@AudioPilz]

Agreed!!!

[@ThePointingArrows]

The most unintelligible vocoder shoutout since channel inception. Great job moog!

[@AudioPilz]

😂😂😂

[@GlenBerry]

@@AudioPilz Since we're talking about vocoders, and you've tried several different vocoders, which vocoder is the clearest and most intelligible of all those you've tried so far? (Let's consider both hardware and software vocoders.)

[@treetopjones737]

"It's a hardware synth and it costs $700., so it must be good."

[@mikemeengs5720]

​The free Tal vocoder.

[@Abruzzo333]

Owner of an original Virus Indigo here, bought it new in 2002 at a slightly discounted price just as the Virus C was coming out. Spent last night comparing orignal presets to Osirus and it's pretty spot on. I'll still never sell the hardware though as it's one of the best synths I own for fast tweaking of sounds due to it's great interface.

[@neuroscope9052]

As Virus B and TI2 owner, the TI will be sold before I ever let go of the Virus B. It' just sounds better, the plugin emulations are nice in a pinch if you MUST have the virus sound but if you got the hardware it's far easier to plugin midi & audio than jump through all the hoops on a PC to get the plugin going, also there's no CPU overhead on your DAW with the real thing. Automation on the plugin is better through once setup.

[@sullycliftona]

Do u know. Any. Budget or cheaper battery fits. To an original 606. As u seem knowledgeable

[@NatLifeSounds]

@@neuroscope9052 I bought almost new Virus B even after watched tons of videos with OSTirus. I found that original B still sounds better because of it's hardware converters or something else

[@AudioPilz]

Nice one!!!

[@heimlichvonbladderburst8348]

@@neuroscope9052 Agreed on Virus B, the best, - and let's not forget there is a 3rd party VST librarian/editor so you can do hardware automation for all Virus I think from the DAW. Wish I could remember the company who makes the editor. Hope they are still in business, it's been a while since I've had the DAW running - Mystical Pineapples or something like that.

[@atomparkrec1212]

No need to run multiple instances if you use multimode. It's also important to know that one instance of the plugin will always use a fixed amount of CPU, no matter how many voices or parts you use. Alternatively, using the snow fw will halve the CPU consumption.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you for the heads up

[@martindirkzimmer]

Ryan George Pitch Meetings are TIGHT!

[@AudioPilz]

Wow, wow,...

[@martindirkzimmer]

@@AudioPilz ............. wow.

[@aarongoldberg922]

WOW... i was literally just coming across stuff like this! it's sort of buried deep within reddit comments, it wasn't the sort of thing being covered by channels so thanks for making this video!

[@AudioPilz]

Happy to hear that!!! Thanks!!!

[@bukkaratsuppa6414]

The benefit of devices like Nord Rack or Access Virus is not the sounds (which i find inferior to some VSTi's like Surge or Diva), but having a hardware control panel. I'm much more comfortable tweaking a patch using knobs rather than hovering with the mouse pointer over the screen. Besides (i still have to check out the idea myself), you can run a hardware polisynth through a mixer with a fader and do volume sweeps. Good for filmscore music. Unless of course you prefer to program those sweeps in your DAW also.

[@AudioPilz]

There’s some truth to that!

[@lukeimontv7086]

I recognize that Virus pad at 6:00 from the beginning of "Rock The Funky Beat” by the Natural Born Chillers

[@AudioPilz]

Classic!

[@spookendeklopgeesten]

Came here to say this as well! I instantly played Rock the funky beats in my head! :D

[@dnbsoldier7259]

Somebody in the house say YEAH!!!

[@Matt.Ice06]

Thanks for ticking all the boxes, Florian! Love you

[@AudioPilz]

❤️❤️❤️

[@nicosuj]

Made OsTirus and Osiris on a Rpi5 with raspbian and runs pretty well, but had those dropouts from time to time running it on single mode. On multi mode things get worse but not horribly. On my Ryzen 7 5800x though works with no issue in windows. These people from the 56300 community are wizards.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks for the heads up!!!

[@sonicpulp9417]

Props to you using the spdif out! Why this is my favorite synth

[@AudioPilz]

😀😀😀

[@FeAr684]

some of those vocoder shoutouts would wreak havoc in a dark room in berlin at 8am holy moly

[@AudioPilz]

Lol, so true!

[@treetopjones737]

East Berlin in the 80's?

[@honer777]

Everyone deserves to be able to play an arpeggiator opening by covenant or vnv nation

[@AudioPilz]

Word!!!

[@KattKirsch]

OSTirus is the backbone of most of my productions at this point. I love the many pieces of bad gear I've picked up over the years, but this VST has me back at the computer in the best way. Thanks for shining eyes on this project!

[@AudioPilz]

Nice, thanks!!!

[@4CloudySky]

Have you been able to run it in multi mode? I tried feeding it midi on different channels, but it reverts to channel 1 inside the plugin 😢

[@ZILtoid1991]

I looked up whether the Proteus 2000 line of sound modules had the DSP56300 (it likely has the MC68020 instead as the CPU), but it seems I have to rely on the aging Emulator X3 for that kind of sound until Windows no longer can run it due to eventual API changes. I likely can look up how its filters work, which are pretty good. For a potential bad gear episode, I recommend the XL-7, which is the even more controversial groovebox version of the already controversial Xtreme Lead rack module (rompler cosplaying as a virtual analog synth).

[@AudioPilz]

Great suggestion, thank you!!!

[@DrGrooveBeat]

@@AudioPilzyes emu xl-7 should be an episode for sure. It’s awful in so many ways but built like a tank!

[@MerlinErdogmus]

I have waited for this 2 years. Seeing this now is just beautiful!

[@AudioPilz]

😀😀😀

[@DoctorSoctopus]

I bought Sweetwater's very last Virus TI2 they had in stock a few years back. Love it, and thankfully the PC control VST still works, but also I am overjoyed that emulation is so competent now.

[@AudioPilz]

Nice one!!!

[@moonmonkey303]

@@DoctorSoctopus I bought one of Andertons final TI2s last year. Sold it on recently because Ostirus does a great job. But I actually miss the proper TI2 software. Wish I could run Ostirus using it.

[@ImplosiveCatt]

Very nice of you to give them a deserved shout.

[@AudioPilz]

😀😀😀

[@andrwwaugh]

I love my TI desktop I got it around 2008 It’s so powerful I’ll never sell it But I’m excited for the renewed interest in it, I’m hoping it leads to more contemporary patches and sound design experiments or tutorials And been meaning to play with the emulator for the convenience of having access to those sounds when connecting the hardware isn’t convenient

[@AudioPilz]

👍👍👍

[@scottnelle]

I was hoping you'd do a video on this! I picked up a Virus TI Snow after Access announced they were officially ending production. I can feel good about using OsTIrus now. 😏

[@AudioPilz]

Yesssss

[@Melody303]

Very enjoyable video. Good jam as usual, great memes, and bonus info, since I was intending on trying them out myself soon (in a few weeks/months/year?), but had no intention of doing comparisons with the original hardware myself.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!!

[@Eisenwald64]

There's also Quasar Beach for the Fairlight CMI mk II.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks for the heads up!!!

[@markgriffiths5122]

That's actuallly a different thing though. It doesn't use any Fairlight code although it has the look and feel of the Fairlight OS.

[@Eisenwald64]

@@markgriffiths5122 But I found it around the time I found the emulators discussed here. He should do a compilation!

[@Maschinestorm]

No relation to Quasimidi quasar?

[@Eisenwald64]

@@Maschinestorm Afraid so

[@thelanavishnuorchestra]

First, Osirus and Ostirus are amazing. I've not experienced spiky performance issues. I'm using Linux with a 13th gen processor and 32GB of RAM. I'm using Jack with a 48K samplerate. I've used it in Reaper as a CLAP plugin and have in a couple of cases also been using the CLAP plugin version of VCV Rack in the same arrangement. Again, no issues. If you're making a song with lots of instruments, it is often advisable to bounce some things down to audio and disable those instruments. Just a basic part of life on any OS with any DAW. I've had more issues in Bitwig than Reaper, because Reaper is so much lighter than Bitwig.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you for the heads up!

[@slipknotboy555]

~1:58 Hey, good on Waldorf!! ~7:33 Haha, that's great. Good work as always, and awesome idea for a video. I think stuff like this is really cool, and a fantastic way to get some good synths for free. Neat vocoder shoutout as per usual! *CHRIS CEBELENSKI* Haha, looking forward to what you'll be bringing us in the future!

[@darwiniandude]

I made the one at 7:33 great to see it in the video, made my day haha :)

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you for the meme! Much appreciated!!!

[@darwiniandude]

@@AudioPilz all good :)

[@slipknotboy555]

​@@darwiniandudeOh, cool; nice job!

[@JKVisFX]

Definitely going to check this out. I am already loving the Arturia Synclavier V which is the actual synth engine of the original hardware and sports a pretty cool version of the Synclav's keyboard and DEC monitor UI.

[@AudioPilz]

Nice!

[@MOSMASTERING]

I wish I never sold my TI. 😭😢 It was beautifully made, sounded awesome but I had it before I really knew what I was doing with writing and mixing music. I got it when I was first starting out 20 years ago and went crazy with my hobby buying a bunch of stuff I didn't need or know what to do with. I have no idea how I had the money, because I certainly don't now!! Everything about the Virus TI felt high-end. The knobs had the right resistance and touch, the lights were mesmerising and of course, the presets were mind-blowing and you could make your own sounds so quickly I had more patches saved from that synth than any other VST-i I I own even to this day.

[@AudioPilz]

I feel you❤️❤️❤️

[@ibuprofen-noodles]

omg i was just getting this vst to work last week. thanks for the extra info broseph

[@AudioPilz]

Always a pleasure;) thanks!!!

[@zeronyne]

I’ve been dreading the moment when you would start varying this show’s format, but this is perfect. Well done!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!! Also feel free to check out the other non-Bad Gear videos on the channel...

[@mrdavies7894]

AudioPilz is perfect. What more do you want?! 😂❤

[@iiaaiiaannaaiiaaii]

This is dope (as we used to say in the 90's), thanks! The synth examples sounded identical except the software seemed to say a different chord at one point.

[@AudioPilz]

I’ll double check the chords, thanks for the heads up!

[@iiaaiiaannaaiiaaii]

@@AudioPilz I was joking

[@TheFBK69]

I just spent the last couple days getting some of these these running, what a coincidence lol Can't wait for their Nord emulation.

[@AudioPilz]

Yeah, it's quite a hype atm

[@TooSlowTube]

Can you give any hints on where to find the bin files?

[@Maschinestorm]

The 'Nodal' (NL2x) is still in beta. But what I can say, well worth the wait.

[@TheFBK69]

@@TooSlowTube All I can say is I WOULD not google dbwbp.....

[@chokocat9064]

The Pilz!! Over three minutes before you got to the jams!! That has to be a record!!

[@AudioPilz]

😀

[@patkelly8309]

Those Patreon shout outs now feel like familiar friends I've heard their names so often lol. Incidentally the Virus B emu runs perfectly on my decade old Win 10 PC. Installed it about 6 months ago but still not found the time to delve deep.

[@AudioPilz]

Happy to hear that!!! Thanks!!!

[@racalik]

damn, this is incredible! I got rid of Virus Snow some years ago but now I can dig up some of the old patches 😄i've had some nasty latency and connectivity issues with it and it was running out of polyphony really quick, which was a pain in the ass. This is surely solved by just having this fully in the box, I used to program this thing by the vst anyway.

[@AudioPilz]

Heard a few bad things about the snow…

[@unclemick-synths]

3:04 this jam is amazing on so many levels. Such great choice of sounds for those parts.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!!

[@peterkeyes1814]

Virus B (desktop) and TI keyboard owner, they are my favourite synths I own. They are so much fun and sound fantastic. The TI has glitches galore via USB, and I had loads of issues with the S/PDIF but I work around it. The B is just amazing sounding to me. It is really cool that people can get their hands on these and have a blast creating crazy sounds that hopefully I'll get to hear, but I am not gonna lie, my petty Gollum side is jealous that these same people didn't have to bust their arses working shitty jobs to get to have the fun I have been hording in my cave all these years. At least owners get the hardware control surface. Does the vocoder on this digital version work? Also not looking forward to soundcloud and bandcamp being flooded with tracks with decades old virus presets that new "owners" will "discover" lol.

[@AudioPilz]

I’ll try to get the vocoder going at the end of the month;)

[@vjreimedia]

I have two Virus Ti2 Whiteout, the rack and the keyboard. I do like the sounds and everything, I see the potential. Is like a Korg M1... everything sounds like final mix with it. Now, I am not sure about using these plugins. I see the value but I would need the original interface, the layout looks cheap and is not the same experience. On the other hand... having the Virus with the Vahala reverb.... ! Let me tell you... the other day I installed the Vahala reverb and I opened a default internal midi channel in Logic Pro X. The default cheese piano sounded like Vangelis with Vahala. You just need a good reverb and that is the reality.

[@AudioPilz]

Valhalla is awesome

[@Studio_4to1]

Love the format. Love the delivery. @AudioPilz, this is genius

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@nj1255]

The Usual Suspects guys are legends!

[@AudioPilz]

Agreed!!!

[@ryanstevens3822]

requests: pro vs mini - the BOLCA makes memes easy? hapax - it doesnt make sounds on its own, is this a challenge? erebus or any dreadbox you haven't touched niftybundle - there are so manychipz/cellz for 20$ on the used market...and its been awhile since volca modular sonicware liven stuff? did austria get the mega drive?

[@AudioPilz]

Great suggestions, thank you!!!

[@AlexNes]

This is pretty amazing! Thanks for introducing that webpage!

[@AudioPilz]

Always a pleasure;)

[@thedeepblueskys]

Love the idea of people being able to play a soft version of the virus. Especially for free. Thats awesome info to share!!! A few years ago I traded a Mother 32 and $500 for a Virus Ti-1 desktop and it’s by far the best VA I ever owned. After a while of owning it I realized I didn’t need to buy anything else, then I bought a Tasty Chips GR-1 to go with it, and sold about half of everything else I owned. The great purge lol Speaking of Tasty Chips GR-1, that would make a great bad gear episode.

[@AudioPilz]

Great suggestion, thanks!

[@cyborgmetropolis7652]

I have the Virus TI desktop. I took it out of storage a couple of years ago to find that it would not boot. After a factory reset all the patches I collected from the now defunct community of users were all gone. Virus used to host patches made by Virus users all ranked by other users and it was really easy to import them into one of the many available empty slots. The VST plugin for a DAW used to work like any other VST but it served as a remote control for the Virus hardware. I was unable to get that plugin to work on my Mac. The hardware has a USB port and 6 x 1/4" outputs and 2 x 1/4" inputs along with SPDIF and MIDI 5din in/out/thru. The sounds on this thing are really good and stand up to the best soft synths you can get today. I wanted to figure out how I could revive the thing and get it integrated into my setup, but learning today that there's some emulations available seems like a better quest.

[@AudioPilz]

Support is definitely lacking now

[@luisbarrera5740]

This one is a certified hood classic

[@AudioPilz]

Agreed!!!

[@kierenmoore3236]

Here every Friday, for that Big Knob Energy, and you never ket us down, Florian …

[@AudioPilz]

❤️❤️❤️Have a nice weekend!!!❤️❤️❤️

[@boriscat1999]

This is a great list. I've been messing with the free/open source Surge XT to try and get in the ballpark of some vintage sounds. It's a good program but I feel like I spend hours tweaking a patch instead of just making something. Which is par for the course I believe.

[@Maschinestorm]

Surge is a great one, also synth1.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@7177YT]

Thx, for all the memes and the valuable info! (:

[@AudioPilz]

Always a pleasure;)

[@ThatSockmonkey]

I played with this emulator last year. I've been meaning to dive in to the Nord and Virus models, but I got lazy. Performance wise, I didn't have any issues. I'm running a Ryzen 9 with 32G DDR4 and it was smooth as. Oh, Linux Mint 20ish with kxstudio repo and liquorix realtime kernel. There's quite a few models I haven't been able to find ROMs for, but what I did find was incredibly usable. It was interesting to see a side by side comparison, and I'm a lot more interested now! Thanks Florian. I love your show. At least this one isn't a hole in my pocket like usual! 😂😂

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!!

[@JeremiahTrue]

I own a Virus A and can’t justify the cost to add a TI/TI2 to my setup. I installed this and really enjoy it and don’t feel too conflicted about it. I haven’t gone down the road of the Waldorf versions yet.

[@AudioPilz]

Virus A stands for Awesome;)

[@TheHorseValse]

Dream synth, for sure! (90s kid here) Nice one! 😃👍

[@AudioPilz]

❤️❤️❤️

[@WoodyPianoShack]

great overview. the nord lead, virus is only 40% the sound. 60% is the hardware, the user interface, controllers & hands on one knob per function front panel. although intriguing, this will never replace the experience of playing and programming the originals.

[@Maschinestorm]

Ideally, you will want a virus ti kb when using this. Obviously owning the virus gives you the rom, but also the controls match up well.

[@AudioPilz]

👍👍👍

[@howtonot9729]

soundwise its basically the same... fx a/d converter can play a role but the virus is a VA synth based on a engine that has been cloned without any loss of mojo. older nodles having a analoge filter i guess ... evntually might sound different but nothing that a eq could not fix

[@AudioPilz]

Agreed!!!

[@adavidalex212]

Finally, it's time for a classic Bad Gear review of the Access Virus Ti2 😈

[@dnbsoldier7259]

It really deserves some criticism for the Ti implementation, that's for sure. It's always nice to see something I own and know getting the Bad Gear treatment.

[@AudioPilz]

Let's see if we can find an excuse for that!

[@kaitlyn__L]

I love that tuning system meme, haha. BTW, having absolute pitch but learning first on just-intonated instruments in a few keys... makes me wish those keys had a half-flat-ish third on pianos and guitars 😅 it's legitimately frustrating sometimes! But violin-family players with absolute pitch sympathise with me so it's all good.

[@AudioPilz]

My sister is a classical composer and her absolute pitch depends on the era of music she is dealing with;)

[@Thought-Forms]

LFG! Praying to god that Novation Supernova/Nova emulation comes at some point

[@AudioPilz]

I’d love to see that too

[@Gerald_Daniel]

12 seconds after 6 p.m the notification arrived punctual as always. This time's voc. shout out's sub text indeed was neccessary. Believe it or not: This time's suggestion is the opposite of the last time: TE 1320 medieval, which (I could have guessed) can certainly be still used for other than medieval purposes. ‌(...still wouldn't buy it though.) ‌Instead I'd rather love a mininova as addition to the Ultranova, personally picked up at Traunstein last Friday. Certainly most of us are aware that mininova & Peak have already been stars of your show (beside the host himself!) but I'd still enjoy that beautiful controller-loaden Ultra-miracle ending up in your skillful hands sometime.

[@AudioPilz]

Good to hear! Thanks!

[@howgill4829]

Thanks as always! You may be the first synth activist now.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you but wasn’t that The Synthpunk?;)

[@howgill4829]

@@AudioPilz perhaps I did not tick all the boxes there… I have not given The Synthpunk a first glance…

[@losangelesnefastvs]

0:43 Did you have that issue of---fuck I forget if it was Sound on Sound, Keyboard Mag, or some other publication, but it was a sweet-ass comparison of all the VAs out at the time (late 90s). I kept that issue for a long time, before I probably used it for collage work, or who knows, but it was essentially a wishlist for me. And you rattling those synths off like that is tripping me out (I mean, so is this Cali herb, but still).

[@AudioPilz]

Still want them all!!!

[@levimudhouse]

At first glance the DSP56300 is ticking all my boxes Virus, Nord, Waldorf. It's just a matter of time that I can basically use half of my studio both tactile and as a plugin. And I am really happy with that in the case of the Waldorf Microwave XT/ Xenia. Aside of that, I am really happy with the tactile control. Using less screens always improves my creativity and life in tracks ❤

[@AudioPilz]

DSP56300 FTW!!!

[@levimudhouse]

@@AudioPilz Yeah! Looking for a real Korg MS2000. I guess that will be emulated sooner or later as well

[@turtleCalledCalmie]

Weeee another great friday content upload

[@AudioPilz]

Have a great weekend too!

[@ToyKeeper]

This is super cool. It might finally get me to use VSTs. For now though, I just verified the test program spits out a pristine demo song, and the rest is saved to play with later.

[@AudioPilz]

😀

[@heimlichvonbladderburst8348]

For the Virus models without SPDIF, I would expect a bigger difference between DSP emulator and hardware. This would give you the interesting option of having for example, a pristine Virus B emulation against the much warmer sound of the hardware. Also, I suppose any synth with analog filters wouldn't make much sense to emulate.

[@AudioPilz]

Agreed!!!

[@cyborgmetropolis7652]

I got it working on my Mac! I used my original Access website log-in to get the necessary files. Now I can put my TI Desktop hardware (which I wasn't using anyway) back into storage.

[@AudioPilz]

Nice!

[@dawlesstech8904]

OMG you even had that British parliament guy saying “ord-dah” I didn’t realize other ppl thought that was a thing!!! 😂

[@AudioPilz]

Lol, love these memes

[@Shred_The_Weapon]

Of all the goofy things, far from whetting my appetite to switch to VST plug-ins, the presence of the Virus TI module in the foreground suddenly made my palms itch for a Virus *C* module. Of all the Virus iterations that hit the market before Access began shunting all its attention to the Kemper Profiler range of guitar amp/effect modelers, the Virus C is the one that has held my attention, despite it now being over 20 years old as of my comment.

[@AudioPilz]

Virus C is awesome

[@Novalarke]

A useful Bad Gear video?!?!?! Awesome. We are pleased.

[@AudioPilz]

Always a pleasure;)

[@mk1st]

7:23 "Bob designed the layout of the Virus T1 keyboard" Just about lost it on that one hahahahahaaa!

[@AudioPilz]

Lol

[@synthlord2368]

Happy Friday Florian!

[@AudioPilz]

Have a great weekend!!!

[@Vim-Wolf]

Back in 1992 I tried to make a sampler based on the 56000 as my final year degree project. Think I overstepped the mark a bit, but at least it seems I was using the right technology.

[@AudioPilz]

Wow, you're a pioneer!

[@Stargazer-is6ok]

I heard that Reveal Sound Spire was inspired by Virus TI, also it has filter mode that emulates Virus filter

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks for the heads up!!!

[@MXVDJ]

I saved up for the Virus TI2 for years, and finally bought the Keyboard version about 2 years ago, this is quite a bittersweet topic for me, as its really convenient to have the somewhat cumbersome TI workflow now easily available in the DAW, it does somewhat render the already aging hardware totally obsolete. The plugin sounds exactly the same, I've done many comparisons myself. I'm also sad because I've been waiting for the bad gear on the Virus since this series started and it didnt even get a proper 'bad gear' video :((((( Real question though, what are peoples thoughts - should I sell my Virus TI2 hardware????

[@AudioPilz]

I'd definitely keep it. It's an incredibly well-built synth and a true classic

[@pavelmolchanov7156]

No ! Selling it is a crime !

[@Sonikbytes]

In my quick seq patch comparison between the two I found they are practically identical sounding. Latency might be more of an issue for some. These synths kicks some ass. I have a beta Waldorf XT running smoothly now too. I would prefer all this be kept quiet ;)

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks for the heads up!!!

[@Maschinestorm]

Xenia is in beta (secret to everybody)

[@Stadsjaap]

Love my TI2. The price I had to pay for it in Rand when they're now effectively free... not so much. But being DAWless helps a lot!

[@AudioPilz]

😀😀😀

[@dentakuweb]

At first, when I don't think it was even named Osirus and OsTirus didn't exist, it was a bit processor heavy on some computers but it's good now. All the Motorola DSP56300 VSTs only take a few % CPU on my Intel 13700K. When Nodal Red 2x comes out of beta it's going to be very popular. The two Waldorf emulations shure are ugly though. The official Microwave 1 plugin from Waldorf is much nicer to use.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you for the heads up!

[@dentakuweb]

@@AudioPilz I did a bit more testing and when I get to 9 tracks with OsTirus it starts using more CPU than it should and doesn't change even when nothing is playing similar to what you saw.

[@Existence_denied]

I love the seriously virus and it has been my favorite synth since every album in europop and even idm records oddly the band tool used it.

[@AudioPilz]

👍👍👍

[@NineFourOneMedia]

So I have a beautiful Virus Kb sitting here. I've been running this emulator (on an M1 Mac) for about two years now - it's really close on about 85%-90% of the patches I have A/B'ed. They did a great job but it's buggy at times. Finding the ROM wasn't difficult but you really need to pay attention to the instructions.

[@AudioPilz]

Cool!

[@desktorp]

I tested the Virus C in Linux and it ran fine, but I've never used a real one. I think I did have some xruns when running several instances of it, but I expect some of that to be ironed out in the future. The way I look at it, so long as a computer can emulate a single unit, that's all that really matters. Most people don't have 8 Viruses or Microwaves in their studio anyway. I think the key to these emulators will be finding the sweet spot for running one instance on a dedicated machine and not overbuying for that system.

[@AudioPilz]

Aren’t they all multitimbral?

[@desktorp]

​@@AudioPilz I wonder if the emulation handles multitimbrality better in a single instance versus running multiple instances of it. I don't think I even tried layering patches in a single instance. Also would be interesting to see if it performs better in a headless mode; without the GUI. I know the Virus has kind of a bad reputation for how it handles multitimbrality, but I'm not speaking from personal experience.

[@fouldeathrat]

Does being able to identify the TI1 vs TI2 in the video get me nerd points? The hardware can easily max out its polyphony and get glitchy with 4 or 5 patches at once, at least with the sounds I go for, so I've been waiting for the emulator to come out to see how that fares. Should be fun!

[@AudioPilz]

Nerd points for you!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@insidestraight4659]

I own the hardware TI2, Micro Q and Lead 2X, they wont last forever so it's nice to know that they will always be preserved by software. I hope they can do this with the Elektron Machinedrum one day, I would be lost without those sounds

[@AudioPilz]

👍👍👍

[@malegria9641]

thank you for bringing this to my attention. i will surely NOT use these softwares and i do NOT already have them extracting to my vst folder. i will CERTAINLY let the manufacturers know that someone is emulating their synthesizer, and i will NOT continue to use these

[@AudioPilz]

👍👍👍

[@GuidoGautsch]

Must have been something in the air, because I installed this yesterday and got a bit giddy! The TI app has been pretty flaky and this works flawlessly. I now have a hardware and a software TI and oh boy. My CPU (AMD 5950X) never went over 5% using it, even when I loaded all 16 parts onto channel 1.

[@AudioPilz]

Nice!!!

[@Magnus_Loov]

There are so many options these days that, for me, I don't "crave" these old virtual analogs. Never thought the virus sounded that good anyway. A kind of cold and sterile sound.Okay, good for some type of trance tracks, but there are other options that do that good too. That is especially true for loads of VST-i options like Dune or even Sylenth 1, to name a few. Yes, it's an "all arounder", but I think we have got so much stuff these days that does everything better than a virus. We don't "need" it, even if it is for free! If this wouold have been around in around 2004 though it would have been a different thing! I'm going the other way now of ditching things I don't need. Too much stuff I never use or if I use it, it is out of random when there is often another plug-in that does the thing I want to do better. Besides, I got lots of hardware now too....

[@AudioPilz]

That sums it up nicely!

[@nico5]

I have a real Virus TI and the OSTirus. The latter runs well on my Win10 22H2 system powered by an AMD Ryzen 7900x. But it’s a lot harder on the CPU than a plugin coded for a modern CPU. For a sonically very close VirusTI inspired plugin - unfortunately for Windows only - there’s also Viper by Adamo Szabo

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you for the heads up!

[@georged822]

Virus is good tier. Incredibly rich and diverse sounds that are beautiful.

[@AudioPilz]

Agreed!!!

[@666nacirema666]

Oh man I was unaware of this, this is awesome. Looks like Im gonna be getting these running today. Wonder if the little v machine can handle these. Probably not that thing sucked but I got a few dell micros from the state surplus I can use to make dedicated hosts. Theyve got I7-8700 cpus and 16 or 32gb of ram so should do the trick. Also got some older ones with 2nd - 4th gen I7t cpus just ran the test on the 2600s based one and they seem more than powerful enough for the access virus C. Very very cool find Im definitely going to get a couple dedicated machines for these going. Just gotta decide what controllers to use or maybe use this as a good excuse to buy some newer ones Ive been looking at. Those intech controllers look neat.

[@AudioPilz]

V Machine might be overwhelmed by this;)

[@666nacirema666]

@@AudioPilz For sure. These little dell micros are working great so far. Considering building dedicated controllers for this. Super happy I saw this video today thanks.

[@skinlayers]

Yup. With my TI I had to use it as the SP/DIF as the clock source, too. I'd get sync errors if I tried to use my Forcusrite Scarlett 18i20 3rd gen as the clock source.

[@AudioPilz]

Seems like they never really fixed that

[@linuxbender]

WOW, the vst for Arturia Drumbrute Impact looks so real and the sound is on the spot.😛 It looks like MFB has never made a bad musical instrument, because so far there is no Gad Gear episode. For example, “Dominion Club” - that would give you the right to wear your favorite outfit from your personal synth dark room 🍭🤣. R.I.P Manfred Fricke and thx for your work

[@AudioPilz]

MFB is indeed borderline untouchable. Thanks!

[@LesDeuxLoveOrchestra]

As an owner of 2 dead Nova Laptops (power supplies and led screens rip, faulty encoders, which I replaced several times.) I would love to have accurate emulations of them. I am a legit owner. I even have the firmwares, etc. I love my Novas, they were great when running. I wish Novation would watch this video and get busy making the emulations themselves. My credit card would be available to them (again) with 24 hours of release. Thanks for the video.

[@MichaelDowComposer]

What's a nova laptop?? Never seen that one !

[@LesDeuxLoveOrchestra]

@@MichaelDowComposer You can see it quickly in the video at 53 seconds. "When even Behringer asks....Why?"

[@niiranen]

I have a Nova too, just waiting to “hear” the VST someday soon.

[@LesDeuxLoveOrchestra]

@@niiranen We may be waiting awhile for that, amigo.

[@AudioPilz]

Sorry to hear about the novas😢

[@Pablo668]

Nice work as always. I have to admit I'd need the instructions for using the software/roms written down, then it would take me several tries to get it right. Coming from a gaming perspective, using old roms is something that just shouldn't be a legal issue. Especially when you can't get the hardware that ran them or they just aren't current anymore.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!!! There's a VERY useful Reddit thread;)

[@TimWrightDJ]

I did long for a Virus and a Nord Lead 2, but that was before I bought analogue gear. And I'm happy to admit that I may be wrong here, but...I no longer crave for any emulations of digital VA synths as I believe that any software recreations are more than capable of producing almost identical sounds. Not just VA synths, but any digital synths, including the Yamaha DX series, the Roland Boutiques and many of the Korg Volcas. That said, that doesn't mean I don't want some of the new recreations...some, such as the Roland JD-08 or the Korg Vocla FM2 offer the almost perfect emulation of the original digital synths at an affordable price, but these two examples also have the hardware feel (as I get some of the hardware VAs highlighted in this video do). But, I would never buy an emulation of a VA such as a Virus now, nor do I think I'd go to much effort to get a software version. HOWEVER (to contradict myself for a THIRD time), I do appreciate that software versions for these recent classics are available for free to young producers. The synths like the Virus and the Lead 2 were out of reach when I was younger, and the software versions didn't live up to what the hardware could deliver. But now it does, and I'm all for it. In short, I'd recommend newer producers to start with software, then figure out what it is you want from a synth and then either a) buy a hardware equivalent or b) get a software emulation. Don't download everything you can get your hands on...get a handful of synths (maybe one analogue mono, one digital, one rompler, etc) and learn how to use each one properly before even considering downloading or buying another.

[@AudioPilz]

👍👍👍

[@PBVideo1962]

The TI hardware is definitely the best control surface for the emulation….or am I missing the point? Minifreak + Minifreak V also a great combination. I wonder when Pigments will get a hardware emulation. Interesting times and topic.

[@AudioPilz]

Agreed!!!