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What would you prefer - new features or a standalone VC editor?

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Saturday, March 3rd 2012, 5:24pm

What would you prefer - new features or a standalone VC editor?

It's cool that Access continues to add new features to the Virus TI - and at no cost to customers. But I have to think that if users had the choice, most of them would prefer having a standalone MIDI (including MIDI over USB) version of Virus Control rather than a couple of extra envelopes and a few new filter effects.

It seems like a no brainer - a version of Virus Control that actually works vs. more features on an already feature-rich instrument.

Access could eliminate probably 80% of their support issues with this one simple step. And I say simple because it just involves sending sys-ex data (and/or NRPM's) between the Virus and the editor. This isn't rocket science. The hard parts - designing the GUI and implementing OS file handling - are already done.

The significantly lower support costs would almost certainly more than pay for the small investment in the standalone editor. It's a win for everyone. The only thing holding this back is Access' apparent arrogant intransigence and unwillingness to admit that they can't get the current plug-in version of Virus Control to work (for most users) after 5 years of trying.

Thoughts?
Hardware: 27" iMac Core i7, Virus TI2 keyboard, Matrix-1000, MicroWave w/Access programmer, MKS-50, Nord Rack, Nord Rack 3, Prophet '08 rack, Pulse, XV-5080
Software: Mach Five 3, NI Komplete, Omnisphere/Trilogy/Stylus RMX, VSL Special Edition plus assorted softsynths running in Logic 9

This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "MusicMaven" (Mar 3rd 2012, 8:59pm)

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