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Access Music has released OS4 for the Virus TI, the award-winning hardware synthesizer with Total Integration plug-in technology.

New in OS4 for Virus TI

• Overdrive Stomp Boxes — OS4 for the entire Virus TI line of synthesizers brings 6 more distortion flavors to the table, modeled on vintage guitar distortion pedals. Every one of these classic pedals is famous for its distinctive character and has been exploited by some of the greatest guitar heroes of all time. The virtual stomp boxes feature carefully modeled distortion curves and tonal characteristics and include tone controls where appropriate.
  • Mint Overdrive – The sound of this one just screams tubes – a very special kind of overdrive which results in a wonderful smokey tone. Good for achieving a subtle distortion effect whilst still retaining headroom for dynamics.
  • Curry Overdrive – A more extreme distortion, like in the original, this does not feature a Tone control.
  • Saffron Overdrive – The ‘orange’ one. A very harsh distortion, popular with the grunge movement.
  • Onion Overdrive – A big distortion effect famous for its fuzzy character.
  • Pepper Overdrive – A clear, powerful distortion that’s perfect for making leads cut right through the mix. Tone control to soften sound with a lowpass filter.
  • Chili Overdrive – A classic “fuzzbox” overdrive. No tone control, just in-your-face fuzz.
• Vowel Filter — This effect is a simple and effective way to vocalize any sound similar to the way a talk box or vocoder would do.
• Comb Filter — The new comb filter creates everything from subtle, pitched overtones to extreme time-warped deconstruction of any given patch.
• Arpeggiator To Matrix — OS4 for the Virus TI series introduces a powerful new feature that allows you use the arpeggiator pattern to modulate any of the parameters available to the modulation matrix. You can use this to create dynamic, rhythmical patterns within a sound, similar to what you can achieve with a step sequencer.

The Virus TI OS4 is now available to download for registered users.

More information: Access Music / Virus TI OS4

Access Music has announced OS4 for the entire Virus TI series at the NAMM Show 2010 in Anaheim, California.

With TIOS4, the next operating system for the entire Virus TI series of synthesizers, your chances to need additional effects are becoming slim. Six meticulously modeled overdrive stomp boxes greatly complement with the existing arsenal of distortion algorithms in the effect section.

The new speaker cabinet emulation is a fantastic and easy-to-use toolkit to add further character; especially to roaring acid lead and sync sounds. You like retro style? Our new Vowel filter will be your best friend, offering a sonic pallet from Talk Box to WahWah sounds.

The Comb filter puts the metallic shine on your patches known from many glitch and progressive tracks. And The new arpeggiator allows you to modulate any of the parameters available to the modulation matrix.

New in OS4 for Virus TI

• Stomp Box Effects — OS4 for the entire Virus TI line of synthesizers brings 6 more distortion flavors to the table, modeled on vintage guitar distortion pedals. Every one of these classic pedals is famous for its distinctive character and has been exploited by some of the greatest guitar heroes of all time. The virtual stomp boxes feature carefully modeled distortion curves and tonal characteristics and include tone controls where appropriate.
  • Mint Overdrive: The sound of this one just screams tubes – a very special kind of overdrive which results in a wonderful smokey tone. Good for achieving a subtle distortion effect whilst still retaining headroom for dynamics.
  • Curry Overdrive: A more extreme distortion – like in the original, this does not feature a Tone control.
  • Saffron Overdrive: The ‘orange’ one. A very harsh distortion, popular with the grunge movement.
  • Onion Overdrive: A big distortion effect famous for its fuzzy character.
  • Pepper Overdrive: A clear, powerful distortion that’s perfect for making leads cut right through the mix. Tone control to soften sound with a lowpass filter.
  • Chili Overdrive: A classic “fuzzbox” overdrive. No tone control, just in-your-face fuzz.
• Speaker Cabinet — To compliment the new vintage distortions, a speaker cabinet simulation was added to the effect section. The new effect type greatly helps to fine tune the frequency response of any sound and to give it more focus in the mix.
• Vowel Filter Effect — This effect is a simple and effective way to vocalize any sound similar to the way a talk box or vocoder would do.
• Comb Filter Effect — The new comb filter creates everything from subtle, pitched overtones to extreme time-warped deconstruction of any given patch.
• Arp To Matrix — OS4 for the Virus TI series introduces a powerful new feature that allows you use the arpeggiator pattern to modulate any of the parameters available to the modulation matrix. You can use this to create dynamic, rhythmical patterns within a sound, similar to what you can achieve with a step sequencer.

OS4 will be available in Q1/2010 to all Virus TI users as a free update.

More information: Access Music

FatLoud has announced the release of PRO Series: Urban Synths, a collection of 105 synth loops plus 13 one-shot chords/hits, custom programmed and played on instruments like Access Virus, Novation X-Station, Korg M3, and more.

‘Urban Synths’ is the second title in FatLoud’s PRO Series which is designed for producers who need loops and samples, rather than construction kits.

Urban Synths features

• 750+MB of multi-format material (WAV, REX, Acid, AIFF, Apple Loops, Reason 4.0 ReFill) ready to use in your favourite sampler or sequencer, hardware or sofware.
• 105 loops & 13 one-shot hits/chords, 24bit / 44,1kHz material.
• Royalty-Free: All loops & samples in this library are licensed to you ‘Royalty-Free’ so you can use them into your commercial compositions with no extra costs.

Urban Synths is available to purchase as an instant download, priced at 17.95 EUR.

More information: FatLoud

TC Electronic has released version 2.0.4 of the Virus PowerCore, a virtual analog synthesizer for Windows and Mac, based on Access Music’s award-winning Virus Indigo hardware synthesizer.

Access Virus version 2 introduces new features as well as a large number of improvements in regards to performance and stability.

In order to meet users demands of a more bandwidth efficient version, we are now including a new stereo version of the Virus. It requires significantly less bandwidth and proves especially useful for PowerCore users working with multiple instances of the plug-in. Program change is now fully supported, and improves of the workflow for all users.

Version 2.0 addresses a number of instabilities in regards to timing, especially in regards to the arpeggiator, the LFO and any other component synced to clock. It also addresses issues found with certain host applications, such as reare cases of crackling, hanging notes and minor graphical issues.

The 2.0 upgrade is free for all Virus PowerCore users.

More information: TC Electronic

Dominik Felsmann has released the Kamui Virus Soundset, a soundset for Virus synthesizers.

As one half of Kamui, Dominik has released dozens of tracks and remixes and he is regularly DJing at festivals & clubs in Europe, Asia, Australia and America.

Dominik about the soundset:

Mostly dance oriented (electro house trance hardstyle…) – I tried to minimize the amount of standard patches (e.g. pads, arp sounds, supersaw leads..) and rather focused on sounds that inspire you while you play them. Also contains a couple of the patches we used in our productions.

Used quite a lot of the Rectifier & Shaper distortions which creates sounds that haven’t been used too much in today’s dance music – in the end i wanted it to be the virus bank that you use for inspiration, not the one that you use to fill up your productions.

The Kamui Virus Soundset features 127 patches programmed on a Virus C (compatible with all Virus models) and is available for purchase for 24.99 GBP / 29.17 EUR / 40.66 USD.

Visit Trackitdown.net for more information and a demo audio clip.

Access Music has released OS3 for its Virus TI products.

After an extensive public beta test phase OS3 is ready to roll. The new operating system for the entire Virus TI product line introduces new and existing effects such as additional distortion types, a tape delay and last but not least a ring shifter.

The new version is recommended for every user and can be downloaded free of charge as of today.

We also launched the next public beta cycle for OS version 3.0.2 which will focus on stability and performance. The new OS version is available for public testing today.

Visit Access Music for more information.