You can use this synth for all types of music, although there seems to be a huge following who use it specifically for dance etc. Indeed, the presets are geared towards dance, so you may need to tweak/program your own to get the sound your after. In all honesty, one cannot fault this synth....but it may not be everyones cup of tea. Check it out at the local music shop or listen to the online demo's. You can't really go wrong with it so why not buy it?

*UPDATE* Either buy a second hand Virus C for cheap or buy the new TI version (should be released any week now). I hope this helps.

if you are into trance/hardhouse then this is your do it all box

if your not then you might be disappointed with this box, take a real good listen to all of the provided audio samples on their site, cause if you have an ear for what REAL analog sounds like then you will be as disappointed as i was.....

there is aliasing in the highs, and the "bassy" sounds sound like cheesy crap, no warmth what so ever.(does not come anywhere close analog bass)

like i said before, this is a trance box. period. if you are looking for blips bleeps and warm sounds other than pads this is not the machine for u. you will be wasting your money.

i suggest the dave smith poly evolver-that is a synthesizer.

good luck

Bad points: Noticable aliasing in the higher registers - this is a problem with most VA's but seems especially bad with the Virus. The oscillators, to my ears, sound thin, and no amount of unison detune adds any 'fatness' to the overall sound. This means that as an analogue emulation it is somewhat lacking. It can't do real hard, punchy bass, or fizzling, spitting analogue leads. To me, it doesn't really pull off the analogue impersonations; if you put it alongside real analogue (and some VA's and, indeed, some VSTi's) its short comings in that department become obvious.

It is, however, a very flexible synth, and can produce a far greater variety of sounds than just plain analogue. Some people love its wide 'cinematic' sound. Though I really liked the filters, I think that on the whole, its just a little over hyped. I'm giving it a 3 out of 5 purely because it has 'Simulated Analogue' written on the front and as such is unconvincing.