Access Virus TI Sounds - One of the Most Interesting Synthesizers

Access Virus TI Sounds - Part 1 - One of the Most Interesting Synthesizers video upload by Friendly Noise

"First introduced in 1997, the Access Virus and all his following variations are without doubt one of the most iconic and used synthesizers in the 21st century. The last versions of the Virus are full of details with a real musical function, like three oscillators, three LFOs, dual multimode filters (+ comb and formant modes), great modulation matrix and effect section, FM, ring modulation, wavetable, Hypersaw (kind of Rolandish-Supersaw)… to name a few features. With that power, the Virus can cover all the basics for different kinds of musical styles. A 16 part multimode and great polyphony can deliver all the sounds you need for whole songs… providing you like the characteristic sound of the Virus. Some love it, some hate it. Was the amazing polyphony achieved at the cost of the high end? The Virus is not the brightest synth in the town, but how much do you care about that?

The sounds are illustrated with pictures of my own Virus. There is no video, because those are old recordings, made long time ago before I started recording videos. The purpose of the recordings was exclusively for personal use, a way to remember sounds I liked. Some of the recordings can be useful today in order to get familiar with the sound of the featured instruments, so I decided to upload them. In fact, no video is an advantage: you can do other things while just listening to the sounds. :-)

Video sections:

Virus Presets
00:06 Veldisa BC
00:34 Spring HC
00:50 WavePad BC
01:19 TIBell SV
02:26 Riptide HS
02:48 TriblZapMS
03:27 MnstrSW2MS
04:16 GritFunkBC
04:48 SlowSilkMS
05:34 BadMouthBC

My Presets
06:28 Autobahn sounds
07:54 Big Pad
11:05 Noisy sounds
14:34 Resonating short delay"

Access Virus TI Sounds - Part 2 - Self Programmed Sounds

00:06 Virus Arpeggio with Roland SH-101 melody
02:06 Tangerine Dream-like Intro 1
03:45 Tangerine Dream-like Intro 2
06:13 Emulating Sounds from Kraftwerk’s Kometenmelodie
08:16 A Pad With Pulsating Phaser
11:03 Using Multimode
12:56 Sequence With High Resonance
13:26 Self Oscillation
15:22 Distorted Sounds
19:08 Last Track For An Missing Recording


Access Virus TI Sounds Part 3 - Self Programmed Sounds Including Sound Comparison With Roland SH-101

00:06 Nice pad with internal effects
01:39 Virus or SH-101 Part 1
02:21 Virus or SH-101 Part 2
03:29 Octavius Wavetable Part 1
05:06 Octavius Wavetable Part 2
06:00 Powerful Arpeggio
08:05 Hypersaw Waveform
09:11 Organ Sounds
11:00 Original Virus Filter
14:20 Resonant Filter with Sample and Hold Modulation and Delay
16:39 FM Sound with Digital Distortion
18:35 Ring Modulation
21:32 A Last Pad"