IMO 'Minimonsta' is probably the best sounding VSTi around at the moment..
Out of the people whove tried the demo... who has got a Virus??? In all honesty how does the sound compare..
From a performance point of view its still more practical to own a Virus (as the mini is killing my 3.06 P4 CPU) but im just talking about pure sound quality here...
Is the Minimonsta as good as Access Virus?
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- KVRer
- 5 posts since 3 Sep, 2004
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- KVRist
- 382 posts since 6 Jan, 2004 from Switzerland
my dog looks like my cat. perhaps it's infected with a virus 
well ultra analog and minimonsta are the best soft-synths which are out at the moment if you go for the virus like analog sound.
well ultra analog and minimonsta are the best soft-synths which are out at the moment if you go for the virus like analog sound.
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- KVRian
- 1045 posts since 23 Jul, 2001 from Jersey Is Where America's At
Minimonsta actually sounds way better than the virus and will get you way more sounds...in fact it can create every sound the Virus can and do it better 
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What? This was a joke thread right...
In seriousness, (if you are being serious) they're completely different monsters entirely and comparing the two would be moot. Does Minimonsta sound good? Yeah. Does a Virus? Yup. Do they sound similar? Nope. Can one replace the other? Depends on who's using them and how.
. What? This was a joke thread right...
In seriousness, (if you are being serious) they're completely different monsters entirely and comparing the two would be moot. Does Minimonsta sound good? Yeah. Does a Virus? Yup. Do they sound similar? Nope. Can one replace the other? Depends on who's using them and how.
I'm sorry this post wasn't about techno.
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- KVRer
- Topic Starter
- 5 posts since 3 Sep, 2004
yeah I am being serious...
I know fully well that they are different synths, IMO the Virus has more features & sound possabilities than the Mini, but Im talking from a general tone point of view here.. to me the mini is very smooth sounding & is the closest to analogue ive heard so far (& yeah the Ultra Analogue is really good as well)... ive never actually used a Virus.. so I dont know how they compare really (just heard the low res demos on the Access site)
just thought the mini was a big step up in the quest for analogue sounding software synths thats all...
I know fully well that they are different synths, IMO the Virus has more features & sound possabilities than the Mini, but Im talking from a general tone point of view here.. to me the mini is very smooth sounding & is the closest to analogue ive heard so far (& yeah the Ultra Analogue is really good as well)... ive never actually used a Virus.. so I dont know how they compare really (just heard the low res demos on the Access site)
just thought the mini was a big step up in the quest for analogue sounding software synths thats all...
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- KVRist
- 65 posts since 29 Jan, 2005
a bit tought to compare, but here are some nice virus sounds.
http://www.soundwizard.de/Sounds/www.ve ... chleis.mp3
i guess some of these uses the moog filter in os 6.5, and that would be a bit fairer to compare with the minimonsta i suppose (which kicks ass btw!)
ed: this soundset also uses the moog filter on some patches apparantly, a bit more trancey stuff but nice: http://www.soundwizard.de/Sounds/www.ve ... chleis.mp3
u can find some more on this page: http://www.vengeance-sound.com/eng/inde ... xHOME.html
http://www.soundwizard.de/Sounds/www.ve ... chleis.mp3
i guess some of these uses the moog filter in os 6.5, and that would be a bit fairer to compare with the minimonsta i suppose (which kicks ass btw!)
ed: this soundset also uses the moog filter on some patches apparantly, a bit more trancey stuff but nice: http://www.soundwizard.de/Sounds/www.ve ... chleis.mp3
u can find some more on this page: http://www.vengeance-sound.com/eng/inde ... xHOME.html
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- KVRAF
- 2336 posts since 13 Oct, 2002 from Terra Firma
The Virus is a great synth. I have the hardware Virus C and a Poco Virus B. It just has soooo many presets that every analog synth sound imaginable is catered for by the presets alone. You won't be disappointed by it, believe me. Now that the TI is available there is nothing in hardware that can touch it as far as analog emu's are concerned. The sound of the Virus is awesome. Demo it at your local music store to get a real feel for it. Mp3's can never do it justice.ct43 wrote:yeah I am being serious...
I know fully well that they are different synths, IMO the Virus has more features & sound possabilities than the Mini, but Im talking from a general tone point of view here.. to me the mini is very smooth sounding & is the closest to analogue ive heard so far (& yeah the Ultra Analogue is really good as well)... ive never actually used a Virus.. so I dont know how they compare really (just heard the low res demos on the Access site)
just thought the mini was a big step up in the quest for analogue sounding software synths thats all...
Minimonsta is a lovely synth. Well worth the money. I think it's unfair to compare it with a Virus. The Virus can do so much more soundwise. The quality of sound is good in both synths. Two wonderful synths IMO.
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- Banned
- 18651 posts since 2 Oct, 2001 from England
Could you physically make decent multi samples (mutli notes, not velocities) and would you be prepared to, so i could make a few banks for Orions Sampler. ?munchkin wrote:The Virus is a great synth. I have the hardware Virus C and a Poco Virus B. It just has soooo many presets that every analog synth sound imaginable is catered for by the presets alone. You won't be disappointed by it, believe me. Now that the TI is available there is nothing in hardware that can touch it as far as analog emu's are concerned. The sound of the Virus is awesome. Demo it at your local music store to get a real feel for it. Mp3's can never do it justice.ct43 wrote:yeah I am being serious...
I know fully well that they are different synths, IMO the Virus has more features & sound possabilities than the Mini, but Im talking from a general tone point of view here.. to me the mini is very smooth sounding & is the closest to analogue ive heard so far (& yeah the Ultra Analogue is really good as well)... ive never actually used a Virus.. so I dont know how they compare really (just heard the low res demos on the Access site)
just thought the mini was a big step up in the quest for analogue sounding software synths thats all...
Minimonsta is a lovely synth. Well worth the money. I think it's unfair to compare it with a Virus. The Virus can do so much more soundwise. The quality of sound is good in both synths. Two wonderful synths IMO.
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- KVRian
- 1166 posts since 16 Aug, 2004
I really dont think either make a good host IMO.
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original flipper original flipper https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=8999
- KVRAF
- 2544 posts since 14 Sep, 2003 from Essex
HI
IMO this is a less than straight foward question because to run the Vius you need specific hardware - which means you are talking about a substantial price difference.
I have a Poco/Virus combination and I can run multiple instances at no cost to my computers CPU, this in itself makes a comparisson difficult - IE the Virus will not impact on resources, how can you compare this to the Moog EMU that will eat your CPU for breakfast?
The Virus will cost you 2-5 times more than the Moog.
IMO the Virus has a unique sound that I like above all else that I have heard or own - I also like a bunch of other synths - but the Moog can not hope to create the sounds that the Virus is capable of due to the more advanced and flexable sound sculpturing capabilities of the Virus.
PS - the 'does it sound analogue' thing does nothing for me and I can't understand why people are concerned by it?
Blimey it is merely a synthetic approach to making a noise, as is all electronic sound - why not concern yourself with 'does the sound please me'?
Flipper.
IMO this is a less than straight foward question because to run the Vius you need specific hardware - which means you are talking about a substantial price difference.
I have a Poco/Virus combination and I can run multiple instances at no cost to my computers CPU, this in itself makes a comparisson difficult - IE the Virus will not impact on resources, how can you compare this to the Moog EMU that will eat your CPU for breakfast?
The Virus will cost you 2-5 times more than the Moog.
IMO the Virus has a unique sound that I like above all else that I have heard or own - I also like a bunch of other synths - but the Moog can not hope to create the sounds that the Virus is capable of due to the more advanced and flexable sound sculpturing capabilities of the Virus.
PS - the 'does it sound analogue' thing does nothing for me and I can't understand why people are concerned by it?
Blimey it is merely a synthetic approach to making a noise, as is all electronic sound - why not concern yourself with 'does the sound please me'?
Flipper.
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- KVRist
- 440 posts since 11 Jul, 2003
Oh my God, someone had to make it.ct43 wrote:IMO 'Minimonsta' is probably the best sounding VSTi around at the moment..
Out of the people whove tried the demo... who has got a Virus??? In all honesty how does the sound compare..
From a performance point of view its still more practical to own a Virus (as the mini is killing my 3.06 P4 CPU) but im just talking about pure sound quality here...
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- KVRer
- Topic Starter
- 5 posts since 3 Sep, 2004
the Virus might cost you more than the mini, but it looks like to get anything like decent performance at the monent you would need to run it on its own dedicated PC (and a faster one than I have got at that)...so that would really bump the price up..
I like analogue synths & I like digital synths... but to me the mini has very smooth sounding oscilators + the filter is very very good as well... synths dont have to sound 'analogue' like you say, they just have to sound good... but as I say if you do want the analogue sound in software (which I do) then surely you would be asking the qusetion, does it sound analogue?
I like analogue synths & I like digital synths... but to me the mini has very smooth sounding oscilators + the filter is very very good as well... synths dont have to sound 'analogue' like you say, they just have to sound good... but as I say if you do want the analogue sound in software (which I do) then surely you would be asking the qusetion, does it sound analogue?
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- KVRAF
- 2874 posts since 22 Oct, 2002 from "somewhere between digital and analog"
No!
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- KVRer
- Topic Starter
- 5 posts since 3 Sep, 2004
I really dont think you guys understand my point here...Kriminal wrote:I think its ridiculousmunchkin wrote:I think it's unfair to compare it with a Virus.