Access Virus C
The Access Virus C is a modern virtual analog synthesizer. Virtual meaning that it’s not actually analog, but rather emulates the analog character. Perhaps it doesn’t sound quite as warm and organic as a real analog synthesizer, but its a great synthesizer and it goes far beyond the capabilities of an old analog synthesizer, both sound wise and feature wise. I consider the Virus is a classic amongst virtual synths.
I think the Virus is one of the best Virtual Analog synthesizers ever produced. Its very powerful and has a huge array of sounds and modulation options. The Virus does about any type of analog and digital sound you’d wish for. Fortunately there’s plenty of knobs for the most important parameters, so programming is pretty straightforward. Access certainly did a great job here.
All though the original factory presets suggest that it’s primarily aimed for the Trance/Techno/Industrial marked, it’s quite perfect for synthpop or any other electronic genre for that matter. Some characterize the sound of the Virus as dark compared to other virtual analog synthesizers. I’m not sure I agree, but I love the sound and the Virus is quite the centerpiece in the sound production of Antilles. This version is the desktop version without keys.
The Virus C has been succeeded by the Virus TI and TI2 series synthesizers, adding more sounds, memory, effects, features and programmability, but the Virus C still remains a very powerful synthesizer.
Audio samples to come…