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The Access Virus TI 2 has been discontinued: is this the end of the line for one of the synths of the century?

We’d suspected it for a while, but it now seems that the Access Virus synth, once the gold standard for virtual analogue instruments, has been discontinued.

A report on cites an interview with Christoph Kemper of Kemper Amps fame (as well as being the mastermind behind the Virus). He confirmed that the Virus TI 2, the final model in the range, has been out of production for a few months.

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