How to set up the Access Virus ti in Ableton Live

A Tutorial with commentary of how to set up the Access Virus Ti in Ableton Live

[@lk0707]

Nice one, thanks. Still helpful after 9 years.

[@yeahthatkornel]

Same here.

[@phillipmarnik]

Getting a Ti2 desktop tomorrow for my birthday, this is unbelievably helpful.

[@harrywilcock2030]

Thanks for this Fox, even 6 years later this is still a great tutorial, i would be totally stuck without it, watched it a few times now and I always glean abit more info off it each time thanks. Im off immerse in more videos, i cant wait to know this synth like the back of my hand

[@SoundDesignTutorials]

Thank you, I'm glad the vid helped you out. 👍

[@djgerardod]

Plus one more year! :D :D

[@claudiusraphael]

One of the best Setup Tutorials Ive seen yet!

[@MerlinErdogmus]

My Virus died rn. 😢 Edit: It crashed @ 2:02. Was able to fix it and to perfectly recreate everything you explained in Ableton 11. TYSM!

[@psyfu9707]

Nice bro, just the information I needed to my new brand virus ti 2

[@enfield20]

Thanks a lot mate! Seen quite a few videos on KZbin about this but none of those methods worked for me, finally I came across one that's actually 100%

[@brutaldeluxe88]

Thank you! it's still useful! It just helped me get the Total Control software connected in much the same way with Reaper. All the points tallied up - nice one!

[@BenFinlay]

thanks for this pal - really clear and useful tip re: the user library

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

Thank you for this help! I just got new Virus TI2 Polar and did not work on any versions of Mac OS! So had to use WIndows and updated firmware then able to use Virus Control and plugin. Mac hardware and OS is broken now for this synth and many other hardware issues. Had to revert to Windows PC, ugh!

[@zeridium9129]

Thank's, you saved me a lot of time!! ;)

[@TreeOfLifeFestivalofficial]

good video - nice and clear - but i took it further and set up the first 14 ch to go via usb 1 so i can audition 14 different patches without limiting myself in the process. the last two are in separate usb outputs for recording in.thanks buddy.

[@a3igner]

Still helpful in 2021! Thank you.

[@RahulDavis]

thank you for this make more on virus please

[@edenmeru]

thx my friend. regards from Turkey :)))

[@Atopia_music]

thanks mate ! big help

[@metamorphicgroove9844]

Man your video is gold ! 😅

[@electronikbeatzmuzik]

Was looking for a guide on setting up my Ti2 Keyboard with Ableton Live, this vid sorted it. btw, I watched a ADSR tutorial vid on the Access a while back which i think was done by you, It was really good. I was gutted cos I couldn't make out your name but hoped that you did/do more tutorials as you explain things really well. I suppose you wouldn't have given a shout out to your own KZbin channel while working on someone else's. Glad you got a channel and that i found it. Going to watch as many vids as I can tonite, u-Hive, etc....

[@SoundDesignTutorials]

yeah.. I did them for ADSR. .. Glad you like them. Which other synths would you like focus on?

[@electronikbeatzmuzik]

Sound Design Tutorials tbh, I'd love to see more on the Access Virus, hopefully others that watch your vids will also encourage you to do some more, they are very technical, like when you explained the lfo rate stuff in the Sylenth pad vid that I watched today as well. I think i mentioned this on Access Virus Vs Sylenth vid I've see so many vids where ppl do that stuff like that, you see it, they talk but they don't demonstrate and sometimes you need that also, others may laugh but i found the hand movement reference of the lfo key in understanding completely.

[@djjessy]

Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!

[@demetrestamatis7328]

Thorough - thank you!

[@voliteon]

Thanks man! that's awesome :)

[@Reg-Edit]

Great video mate really helpful one question you said if you use USB you can only access three tracks how do you access the 16 tracks thanks 🙏

[@BluffMunkey]

If you want to automate individual parts you can assign what you want to automate to the modwheel (for example) in the matrix and then use clip automation to adjust it. It allows you to 'automate' parameters in each part as it's not doing it globally.

[@rod_reb9099]

do you still work this way or there is an update with that problem solved? thanks mate

[@PK-ct1bm]

No need to. The modulation corresponds to a specific channel/part now. Maybe due to an update. @@rod_reb9099

[@SparkleBarf]

Great video... After following your instructions the only audible channel is the one routed through the "pre fx" Any idea?

[@felixdorn21]

thx dude!

[@JahniCoyote]

Great Video.. Only problem I am having is my virus control only shows output for usb 1 (L&R) and usb 2 (L& R). the usb 3 is grayed out? Cheers

[@MikeBensonmichael2pointO]

Great tutorial. Very clear presentation. Could you show how to better integrate the Virus TI in Bitwig Studio. Parts 1-2 for sounds; Part 3 as a vocoder; and Part 4 as an effects send. Cheers.

[@SoundDesignTutorials]

Sorry, But i haven't worked out how to set it up properly in Bitwig Myself Yet.. I Have a tutorial on how to send audio through the virus effects though. I Ableton again..kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5magpxmoaaVqdE

[@shaihuluud]

This tutorial is awesome! Thanks dude!

[@lunaticapsy]

So no way to work more than 3 virus tracks at the same time if virus is connected via usb¿?

[@SparkleBarf]

+Lupin Ownstyle That makes no sense to me either...I thought there are 16 channels?

[@willp3754]

It is not true that you cannot automate the individual parts - first, you have to click 'configure' on the plugin, then select the parameter you want to automate, from any part. All the automation is drawn or recorded into the track that the plugin lives on. You can separately automate individual part parameters there once they have been configured, though. Maybe this was not possible when this video was made but it certainly is now.

[@aslegu]

Brilliant Tutorial - closest I've gotten to get the TI2 to work with Live. I still got some impressive noise before the sounds - on all 3 channels. Any idea what might cause this?

[@aslegu]

I will reply myself... as I fixed it. Turned out the midiisetup on my mac was pretty messed up with all the synths I have had coming and going, so clean it up and rebooted the TI2 and voila! :)

[@psyfu9707]

Very good video . It's secound time I watch , because I forgot how to do it ?😅😅

[@BloodyCrz]

Hello there SDT, any ideas about use more than 3 lines with virus? as the the software show 16 lines i was wondering if ther's any chance to reach 4/5 instead of 3.

[@felixdorn21]

would interest me a lot too!

[@genezisdj]

finaly soon its willl be mineee

[@stenlyspa1325]

Hey, thenks for this tutorial! can i ask quickly - what is the point to hava 16timbrel synth if you only can use 3? what you are doing with the others? and what is the reason for you to switch from virus ti snow to virus ti? thanks!

[@Steve-Tr1Bz]

You can use all 16 via midi cable, usb midi only can have 3 due to virus using usb for both midi and audio

[@chrisc9339]

Hi mate. Thanks for the video. Find them all really helpful and bought your Virus course from ADSR:) Everything went OK for me but all the USB options are greyed out for me. Not a massive issue but can only route 2 channels through Live. Would you know why. I do have the Virus plugged into my MacBook via a powered D-Link USB hub, not sure if this could be the problem.

[@chrisc9339]

I meant all the USB3 optioned are greyed out, USB 1&2 are fine.

[@milk_bath]

Same issue here.

[@STETIX]

Go to Patch Utility in the top right corner, make sure USB audio mode is on 3 outs/

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

Is it possible to setup all 16 parts of the Virus TI2 via USB and if so would we do it like you did for the first 3 midi channels?

[@jonasvandyck5553]

I bought a Virus ti snow, but failed to get it working in fl studio so far. pc crashes when I try to change the soundcard in the options in fl studio. I have a scarlet 2i2 and i'm pretty happy with it... Any idea how to do this in fl studio?

[@SoundDesignTutorials]

sorry mate, I only have Ableton...

[@matthealien]

only 1 audio to midi channel pops up , any ideas ?

[@jackthepiot]

What do you think about RME babyface soundcard? Can i have ableton running and watch KZbin at the same time? Thanks

[@BenFinlay]

babyface is ok for starting out, but i sold mine within 6 months and bought the metric halo lio-8; way more advanced

[@PilferMusic]

when you plug it into the USB port built into your PC it's not in a HUB it's on a (typically) PCIe slot. if you use an external "hub" you will run into issues with your Virus TI - at least I have.

[@robertomolina1990]

PilferMusic been a long time but i got a pcie card dedicated to the virus and some issues went away, but I still get a single fast dropout every like 45sec-1min ,

[@kevinmelton3515]

Hey Man, Are you running Ableton 10 and has this changed how you set up the Virus in Ableton? Would a update video showing the new way be possible? Thanks!

[@SoundDesignTutorials]

Kevin Melton I’m still running Ableton 9 mate.. but this will work the same with 10👍

[@flawlessbeautyil]

i had really bad syncing problems with the virus via USB and MIDI - did anyone encounter this?

[@rhinoskin7550]

10 years later.. Lol. Do you have your Virus going with BitWig 5?

[@erkydi]

New Virus TI owner here, does that mean I only need to connect USB from virus to pc to allow DAW to receive the audio? OR do I still need to connect audio out to audio interface? Thanks

[@FOXGaming22]

Jus the usb . 👍

[@erkydi]

@@FOXGaming22 awesome!! thanks!

[@FOXGaming22]

@@erkydi some people use a combination of both. Midi over usb and audio out to your soundcard.. I have never needed this as the 3 "parts" over usb is enough as you have to bounce to audio anyway. 👍

[@erkydi]

@@FOXGaming22 thanks! right now im just trying to find a good 37 keybed midi controller, but its hard

[@FOXGaming22]

@@erkydi you have the snow then?

[@FeatherGlow1]

Any chance of a similar tutorial for Cubase?

[@SoundDesignTutorials]

Sorry I don't have Cubase?

[@420dankdelivery4]

i can't get my ableton to read the virus

[@TeleporterM11]

How many wires did you need to hook it up

[@milk_bath]

1 USB cable

[@pizzamaker74]

RME Babyface with totalmix allows you to record from the internet

[@thomasincardona8618]

Very nice tutorial! But there is one thing I don't understand: How to assign a midi channel to each part of the virus? I did exactly what you told, and it works, but there is always bugs. Is it possible that midi conflicts make problems? Thanks!

[@music-drive]

Personally i think a better way of setting up the Virus is to use the "External Instrument" device for each of the 3 channels rather than separate midi and audio tracks.

[@SoundDesignTutorials]

yep, That is another way. But i think to use the external instrument plug in the virus would have to physically be patched into your soundcard via stereo audio cables.. for it to show as an input inside the external instrument.. This is a way you can use all 16 channels of the virus, but you would probably need a mixer and a lot of cables.. That's the Beauty of Ableton there are many ways to achieve the same result.. This is my preferred way as i only use the usb cable to connect it to my pc . that's it.. Everything else is dealt with within Ableton...

[@music-drive]

Sound Design Tutorials No, no, not at all. That's whats so great about the External Instrument device, it's versatility. The audio can be routed from "virtual" outputs as well as physical ones (it certainly picks up the 3 virtual outputs from my Virus snow). So it can be used to control and route external gear, as well as routing multitimbral instruments such as Kontakt, Maschine and the Virus (it can even be used for Rewire channels). It's probably my favorite feature within Live because of this, it allows you make Live your "hub" for all the different bits of kit and software apps.

[@SoundDesignTutorials]

I Didn't know that and i've been using live for a while now... when i clik on the audio from section of the external instrument, i only get a list of in puts on my soundcard... ? Maybe be you could let me know how to do it.. i'm sure i would use it to set up multiple outs for kontakt or battery? i could do more tuts on these ?

[@music-drive]

Sound Design Tutorials It's quite simple really. Obviously you have to have the plugin open already. Then open an external instrument device and select the plugin (in this case the Virus) in the midi part of the External Instrument interface. Once you've done this the virtual outputs will become available in the audio section. Like i say, this is the same for multitimbral instruments such as Kontakt and Battery as well.

[@voliteon]

@Gareth Thomas I'm glad SDT did this tutorial and not you. Your explanation is anything but "quite simple". I don't doubt it's possible, but you're not very good at providing clear instructions.

[@danslemonde163]

i didn't find those buttons to push on the midi sync !?

[@SoundDesignTutorials]

Merizak Karim on the far right in arrangement view yo havw 4 buttons io - R - M and D , make sure the io button is yellow by clicking on it..!

[@danslemonde163]

Its already yellow

[@SoundDesignTutorials]

hover the mouse between the Lanes labelled virus 1 and virus 2 then drag down to stretch the lane longer you should see them then.

[@ravemaster2000]

how do i set it up like this in bitwig

[@ravemaster2000]

please make a video for bitwig