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Digidesign's TDM cards use the same Motorola DSP chips as the hardware Virus, and the code behind the sound engine that runs on them is the same in each case. And for all the arguments about whether the Virus really captures the analogue 'sound', there can be no question about the authenticity of its recreation in software.

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It's also been stuffed onto a CD-ROM and sold as a TDM plug-in for Mac and PC Pro Tools systems.

Originally a desktop module, it's since sprouted keyboards of varying dimensions, been shoehorned into a 1U rack, and painted any number of different colours. The Access Virus was among the first 'virtual analogues', and has gone through a number of incarnations over the years. There are plenty of modern digital synths around that are claimed to provide authentic analogue sounds, and there's plenty of debate over whether any of them actually succeed. Just as Access's hardware Virus synth was followed by the snazzy Virus Indigo, so the TDM plug-in version for Pro Tools has benefited from an upgrade to Indigo status, making it more infectious than ever. The Oscillator screen of the Virus Indigo TDM plug-in - a familiar sight to anyone acquainted with the old Virus TDM, or indeed the hardware synth.