Access Music - Virus Comparison Chart

  HARDWARE SYNTHS   SOFTWARE SYNTHS   DISCONTINUED PRODUCTS
  Virus C Virus KC Indigo 2 Virus Classic   Virus Powercore  Indigo TDM    Rack XL Rack Classic Virus B Virus KB Indigo VIRUS TDM Virus A
Main Oscillators 3 3 3 3   3 3   3 2 3 3 3 2 2
Sub Oscillators + + +  +   + +   + +  + + +  +
Polyphony 32* 32* 32* 24*   16** 20**   32* 16 24 24 24 16*** 12
Multitimbral parts 16 16 16 16   4** 8**   16 16 16 16 16 n.a. 16
Filters
2 independent multimode filters: lowpass, hipass, bandpass, band reject, parallel, split & 2 serial modes with up to 36db/voice (6  poles)
Mini Moog Style "Analog" Filter + + + -   - -   + - - - - - -
Filter Saturation Stage + + + +   + +   + + + + + + +
LFOs
3 LFOs With 68 Waveforms
2 2
FM Modes 5 5 5 5   5 5   5 1 5 5 5 1 1
Mod Matrix Sources 6 6 6 3   3 3   6 3 3 3 3 3 3
Mod Matrix Desitnations 9 9 9 6   6 6   9 6 6 6 6 6 6
 
Effects
Equalizer

(16) One Band EQ Per Part Low, High (Frequency/Gain) + Fully Parametric Mid (Frequency/Gain/Q)

-   - -   + - - - - - -
Phaser

16 (one 6-Stage Stereo Phaser Per Part)

16   4**** 8   16 16 16 16 16    
Chorus 16 16 16 16   4**** 8**   16 16 16 16 16 8** 4
Analog Boost 16 16 16 16   4**** 8**   16 16 16 16 16   16 
Ring Modulator 16 16 16  16   4**** 8**   16 16  16 16  16    
Distortion

16 (1 Per Part): Distortion, Rectifier, Wave Shaper, Bit/Sample Rate Reducer, Lowpass, Highpass

  4**** 8** 16 (1 per Part)       
Globla Reverb/Delay + + + +   + +   + + + + + -/+ -/+
Simultaneous FX 98 98 98 82         98

66

82 82 82   22
Vocoder

32 Band Vocoder With Realitime Control Of All Parameters

  +   + + + + +
Surround Sound Capabilities + + + +         +   + + +    
 
Hardware
Outputs 6 6 6 6   6*** 2***   6 4 6 6 6   6
Rear Stereo Input + + + +         + + + + +   +
Front Mono Input                 + +          
D/A 24 Bit 24 Bit 24 Bit 24 Bit         24 Bit 24 Bit 24 Bit 24 Bit 24 Bit   20 Bit
A/D 18 Bit 18 Bit 18 Bit 18 Bit         18 Bit 18 Bit 18 Bit 18 Bit 18 Bit   18 Bit
Knobs 32 32 32 32         5 5 32 32 32   32
Buttons 35 35 35 31         12 12 31 31 31   27
LEDs 69 69 69 62         16 16 62 62 62   62
Soft Knobs

2 Definable Controls, Freely Assignable, Globally Or Per Program, Nameable

  Not Nameable   Not Nameable
Keyboard  

61 Keys, Semi-weigthed

37 Keys Synth Action

                61 Keys 37 Keys    
Aftertouch Rcv Send/Rcv Send/Rcv Rcv     Rcv   Rcv Rcv Rcv Send/Rcv Rcv Rcv Rcv
Rack Mounting Kit - - - +   - -   - - - - - - -
Power Supply Ext. Int. Int. Ext.         Int Ext. Ext. Int. Int.   Ext.
 

* The third oscillator can reduce polyphony by up to 8 voices
** These settings are on "per DSP" basis and are increased directly by the number of available processors
*** Per instance
*
*** Per instance, number of instances depends on the licensing level