In this way, the so‑called Virus and KB were born. By embracing these, Access have been able to build turbo‑charged Viruses (Virii?) with increased polyphony and effects far beyond the scope of the original model. But there's only so far you can go with software upgrades, and in the time since the original Virus was released, newer, faster DSP chips have become available. The free, web‑downloadable upgrades weren't minor OS tweaks, either - some serious features have been added, among them a classy 32‑band vocoder, of which more anon. Since its preview in November 1997's Sound On Sound, the Access Virus analogue modelling synth has continued to evolve, courtesy of the admirable efforts of the Access programming team (and an operating system that can be instantly upgraded via the synth's MIDI port). ![]() ![]() The Virus modelled analogue synth has received a hardware upgrade to complement its ever‑evolving software feature set, and is now available in a keyboard version.
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