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Originally Posted by shadowfac  The Virus is a synth, and a very flexible one. It does have its own character, but in general, it can cover a very wide range of sounds, and as long as one has the skill to program it, it doesn't have to sound like anyone else.
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If you're not into programming your own sounds, and need a huge source of presets for not much money, then NI Komplete 5 for $399 may be the best choice right now. You get, according to the marketing babble, 11 synths, over 7500 presets, and access to a huge user library. |
I *highly* recommend learning to program rather than preset surfing - especially through such huge libraries. I'm not knocking Komplete, or other collections - or people who use preset libraries, but I think it's much more rewarding and efficient to program what I need on the fly - which you can do fairly quickly if you spend the time learning to program your machines. I find digging through a huge number of sounds looking for something specific to be a distraction. Besides, the virus is a deep and very flexible machine that you are unlikely to get tired of exploring.