KVR Audio

jontah · Post by **jontah** » Wed May 23, 2012 2:05 pm

Hey,

so I've been looking at this for a very long time now.. I actually bought Nexus 2 for MAC and sold it a couple of months later (it contained an eLicencer and came without presets).

Now, looking at the homepage of REFX, I see that, if I'd like to have the full version of Nexus 2 on MAC, aswell as all the expansion presets, that would cost me €2.169!!! (2,743.20 USD!!!!). Alright, it's a great rompler and all that. But REEEEEALLY? 2.169EURO?

And even without trying it!

So, I was wondering, if there's ANY possible chance to get this to MAC, WITHOUT having to pay the ridiculous amount of 2.169Euro....

I'm not asking for a crack or so, just wondering what you guys would have done, or if there's any alternative to Nexus 2, because it DOES contain some sweet sounds that are really hard to get with some other synths, unless you are extremely pro at designing sounds yourself..

thanks

cyphersuit · Post by **cyphersuit** » Wed May 23, 2012 2:09 pm

i bought nexus alone for around 250.

then, month by month, some expansions.

you do not need them all to start making sweet nexus music.

jontah · Post by **jontah** » Wed May 23, 2012 2:13 pm

cyphersuit wrote:i bought nexus alone for around 250.

then, month by month, some expansions.

you do not need them all to start making sweet nexus music.

You've got a point there.. but it's kinda sad to be limited, and what's even more sad is that it's costing more than any softsynth I know, out there..

btw, I wonder.. is iLok and eLicencer the same type of key? I really don't want to have 2 different usb dongles in order to run the softsynths..

if not, is it possible to merge these two together in some kind of way?

cyphersuit · Post by **cyphersuit** » Wed May 23, 2012 2:23 pm

ilok and elicenser are two different things.

having ilok1, ilok2 and elicenser means for me to be running around with three dongles.

unfortunately, you cannot merge licenses to one usb stick.

Kaboom75 · Post by **Kaboom75** » Wed May 23, 2012 3:49 pm

Buy An Access Virus Ti 2 Desktop instead pluss Omnisphere and Soundtoys native.

cyphersuit · Post by **cyphersuit** » Wed May 23, 2012 3:53 pm

Soundtoys only if you are on 32 bit... just sayin'

jontah · Post by **jontah** » Wed May 23, 2012 4:01 pm

Kaboom75 wrote:Buy An Access Virus Ti 2 Desktop instead pluss Omnisphere and Soundtoys native.

Got an Acess Virus TI SNOW already! But I don't find any good presets for it yet, any recommendations?

payt69 · Post by **payt69** » Thu May 31, 2012 9:57 am

My advice is really simple: learn to program the sounds you want on the Virus. Invest Time instead of Money, learn a skill and eliminate the need to keep on buying expansion packs and silly romplers that provide the latest whim.

Kaboom75 · Post by **Kaboom75** » Thu May 31, 2012 12:58 pm

or

u-HE Diva & ACE for bass and arps
U-HE Zebra for anything
Soundtoys native for effects
Omnisphere for pads

Adam Szaboo has amazing trance & dance presets for Zebra http://www.adamszabo.com/zebra2-soundset/

Loads of presets you can buy for Zebra for dance music and Omnisphere has alot of amazing pads if you are not ready for programming synths yet in Omnisphere you can choose samples to layer together. Soundtoys native is great for changing the premade sounds of synths so you have your own sound.

Soundtoys can run in a 64bit DAW with Jbridge if you're using Windows.

Cyforce · Post by **Cyforce** » Thu May 31, 2012 1:42 pm

jontah wrote:
Kaboom75 wrote:Buy An Access Virus Ti 2 Desktop instead pluss Omnisphere and Soundtoys native.
Got an Acess Virus TI SNOW already! But I don't find any good presets for it yet, any recommendations?

Their are a lot of great soundbanks out for Virus TI.

Ummet Ozcan
http://www.ummetozcan.com/soundset/virus-ti-soundset/

Kamui Vol.1 & 2
(available @ trackitdown)

CFA-Sound Thrillogy-1
http://soundcloud.com/cfa-sound/demo-th ... 1-virus-ti
http://www.resonance-sound.com/sounds/4 ... logy1.html

CFA-Sound V-Bass
http://soundcloud.com/cfa-sound/v-bass- ... i-soundset
http://www.resonance-sound.com/sounds/72/v_bass.html

Sounds of Revolution Revolution Virus TI Vol.1 & 2
http://www.resonance-sound.com/sounds/1 ... c__ti.html
http://www.resonance-sound.com/sounds/8 ... vol_2.html

Mystery Island

Vengeance Sound

Ernesto vs Bastian have also done one Virus TI soundset, and there are surely some more good soundsets out there

reFX Nexus 2 for MAC