Its like this now with music: Trance that doesn't put you in a trance. Minimal that isn't minimal at all. Chillout that doesn't chill you out at all. well i'd agree with you there, but i'm sorry your assesment of the virusb as only usefull as a psytrance synth is total nonesense. its a synth, so yo...

Physical modelling for realistic sounds my arse, you can create other-worldly sounds with it no problem. Re the virus, Exactly, it sounds thin - its ideal for psy. If there is no such thing as minimal sounds - well, just use psy-trance arps and farts then :-) There is no such thing as minimal as a s...

I had a virus b, its good for psy-trance (its very well known within the psy producers community) but i wouldn't say its got many minimal sounds in it as far as it goes, although i know there is a vast number of presets for it. I really think its a trance synth more than anything to be honest. I've ...

I just bought max for live and propellerheads record AND i've got 3 weeks off from next week.. bring it on!!

Dont jump right into vinyl - its a very costly expense and counter-intuitive in the modern age, you need to have a vision, test it out with your market and see what kind of response you get with digital first.

Its got a bit of punchy compression on there as well i reckon

daveashe, in what kind of way more possibilities, more intuitive? In terms of the interface, i think it is more intuitive as i find the speed of getting your idea in your head onto the computer is very quick, once you have your loops set up, you can quickly assign midi controllers and just hit reco...