Trying to stay away from buying virus ti any soft synths sound as good or better?

[cryophonik]

Hey guys I'm trying to get as close to "analog" fat sounding synths as possible with out getting a virus ti.

This doesn't make sense to me, neither as someone who has owned numerous Viruses nor as someone who has owned countless analog synths. If you want an analog sounding synth, shouldn't the question be "I'm trying to get as close to "analog" fat sounding synths as possible without buying an actual analog synth"?

The Virus is a great synth, but it's not analog and really doesn't pretend to be. In other words, not too many people are going to buy a Virus primarily to fool people into thinking that they're actually hearing a Moog, Jupiter, Juno, Oberheim, Prophet, etc. That's not its strength.

That said, yeah, this has been discussed to death and there are countless soft synths that will cover Virus territory. I suggest doing a search.

[digitalboytn]

The Virus is just code with a box,some knobs,buttons and a keyboard thrown in plus a D/A convertor so that you can get all of that digital goodness out into the analog world...

It's packaged beautifully and that tactile sexiness is also a seducer for the senses and helps to seal the deal ...

Some people like to "touch" things and "possess" them and psychologists have many things to say on this matter....

I believe that you can get far better and more flexible results out of any number of soft synths,a computer and a good quality audio interface...

Much more flexible....Try surfing the net on a Virus

Diva is the talk of the town and an obvious choice these days,but I agree with the other posters who have mentioned Zebra and Z3TA+ 2...

Both wonderful sounding synths - but don't forget Rapture too

In fact the original Z3ta+ was intended to be a hardware synth,but the idea was scrapped because of the market move away from physical synths..

But if it had ended up being hardware,it would have been some code with a box,some knobs,buttons and a keyboard thrown in plus a D/A convertor...

Just like a Virus

[pzhuravel]

OMG I just listened to DIVA demos... I think I'm I'm love.. How did I not own this synth yet Is beyond me...
I guess I have some testing to do...
I just sold my powercore virus and was hoping to replace it with something as good..

[pzhuravel]

Zebra 2 and Diva combined in a mix is really great add Soundtoys effects and you have something really special to work with.
Have a listen to Adam Szabo Zebra presets http://www.adamszabo.com/zebra2-soundset/

Just listened to diva's demos I'm in love. How I don't own this yet is beyond me.. So I have some demoing to do:) I sold my poco virus and need to replace it with something.. Diva will definitely be one synth hard to beat

[Teksonik]

Nothing in the virtual scene matches the sound

Yep there it is....didn't take long. My response to these daily threads from now on will be just buy a Virus and leave us alone.....

[digitalboytn]

Is there anything crazy good for ambient chilout music Outthere?

Buy a fridge and paint it with psychedelic swirls

[pzhuravel]

Nothing in the virtual scene matches the sound

Yep there it is....didn't take long. My response to these daily threads from now on will be just buy a Virus and leave us alone.....

I don't really care fOr the knobs not to pay so much for d/a for witch my I/O interface has a stellar D/A. If I can't find anything then yea I'll get a TI but from the looks of it TI may just loose in this battle. Not for sonic qualities but sonic comparrison vs the price tag:)

[xamido]

If i have the money, it's virus all day long. So sexy and.........
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I think that's it. If i buy it, it's only because of the looks. I own snow though and digital is what it is.

[pzhuravel]

If i have the money, it's virus all day long. So sexy and.........
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I think that's it. If i buy it, it's only because of the looks. I own snow though.

How does snow stacks up to powercore do you know?

[xamido]

If i have the money, it's virus all day long. So sexy and.........
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I think that's it. If i buy it, it's only because of the looks. I own snow though.

How does snow stacks up to powercore do you know?

Own virus c and snow only. Based on my experience there's not much different in term of sound wise. For me you should only get virus if you want the hardware experience, not for the sound (especially if you aim for analog sound).

Btw i think sylenth sound the closest to virus (of all the synth i've owned before).

[pzhuravel]

If i have the money, it's virus all day long. So sexy and.........
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I think that's it. If i buy it, it's only because of the looks. I own snow though.

How does snow stacks up to powercore do you know?

Own virus c and snow only. Based on my experience there's not much different in term of sound wise. For me you should only get virus if you want the hardware experience, not for the sound (especially if you aim for analog sound).

Btw i think sylenth sound the closest to virus (of all the synth i've owned before).

Ok maybe I'm having different understanding about analog. To me analog = fat and warm sounding.
That's the impression I got from poco virus..
Does ti sound the same?

I heard sylenth and it sounded pretty good but not good enough for "gotta have it" factor perhaps because thats not what I was looking for. After listening to diva I'm completely floored. I'm def checking out the rest of their products.
And it's a complete +1 on soundtoys! Best investment I made in years.

[pzhuravel]

Is there anything crazy good for ambient chilout music Outthere?

Buy a fridge and paint it with psychedelic swirls

Lmao already own one.. Doesn't do it for me anymore heheheh

[mcnoone]

After listening to diva I'm completely floored. I'm def checking out the rest of their products.

With more flooring to come actually.
It's just a start.
You certainly got the system specs to run it with no cpu problems as well.

edit:If you try Zebra, it can load presets.
You can get a lot of them here.
http://www.u-he.com/PatchLib/zebra.html

[Teksonik]

The mistake people make in these "Sounds like a Virus" threads is they tend to want a comparison to only one vsti. I've just had a play with Alchemy ( a much under rated synth when it comes to this type of sound) with Dune, Sylenth1, plus Z3ta 2 and the sound was beyond glorious. If you think of each plugin as an "oscillator" in a larger instrument and your computer as a hardware synth the sounds you can get by layering and stacking plugins is phenomenal. Does any one vsti sound exactly like a Virus? That's debatable but if you start layering some of the great soft synths available on the market now the edge has to go with the computer based synth over the dedicated box synth especially when price becomes a factor even when taking into consideration the cost of a good cpu/soundcard/midi controller keyboard.......all in my opinion of course.....

[mcnoone]

If you think of each plugin as an "oscillator" in a larger instrument and your computer as a hardware synth the sounds you can get by layering and stacking plugins is phenomenal.

I love doing that too.
Have a few instances of different synths then go through trying out different combinations is a blast. Getting the levels adjusted right too.
A lot of wow moments come from doing that.