These are four new instruments: the Buchla Easel, V, Clavinet V, CMI (Fairlight) V and DX7 V.
We haven’t reviewed V Collection as a complete package before – but have covered several of the instruments or their iOS versions separately – so I’ll take this opportunity to detail some of the rest of the collection as well as the new additions for version 6. And it was Arturia which led the way back in the soft day with its V-Collection, the sixth incarnation of which is on test here.
There are stacks of freebie vintage synths – DX, OB, Minis and more – and iOS devices are spoilt rotten with some incredible titles from Korg, IK and Arturia.
Yet for many of us, software was – and still is – the only way to get those vintage sounds and luckily, there are many, many soft ways to do just that. Of course, hardware has since ‘resumed play’, coming back with something of a vengeance as some of those classic companies get rebooted for the 21st century – think Moog, Oberheim, Sequential/DSI and ARP by Korg – and some are reborn in the fantastic yet complex world of the Eurorack/modular synth. The Yamaha CS-80 is arguably the most coveted, but Minimoogs, ARPs, Prophets, Rolands and Korgs all still have grown men drooling and wobbling at the knees for their lush – or tearing – analogue sounds. We were – and still are – talking tens of thousands of pounds for some examples of the real thing.
When the music-production world went software bonkers – that is, everyone and his dog (including me) thought that we should all be making music with laptops and nothing else – one of the first targets for emulation in the software environment was the vintage synth. * All banks available at official Sound Bank Store.Price €499 Contact Arturia | Source Distribution | 02 V Collection 6 key features: With V Collection 5, you own a complete stable of the greatest thoroughbred keyboards of all time. Each one of them has inspired countless hits-and we can’t wait to see what you do with 17 of them. V Collection 5 gives you every classic keyboard you’ve ever dreamed of owning.ĭo you prefer a Stage 73 or a Wurli? Did that classic song have a B3, Continental or Farfisa? Would a Mini, 2600, Modular or Matrix sit better in this track? Now you don’t have to choose, because V Collection 5 puts every major keyboard you’ve ever lusted after right at your fingertips, all with faithful realism. With over 5000 designer presets, the included Analog Lab 2 makes it easy to harness all that power to find just the right sounds for your sessions and gigs. We also took giant leaps in augmenting them with features the hardware inventors never dreamed of-like bringing polyphony to the mono synths you’ve always loved. Our award-winning modeling technology faithfully reproduces the way the original components behaved, delivering the very soul of these instruments in a way that samples simply can’t. V Collection 5 is your one-stop dream collection of the legendary keyboards behind many of the hits ranging from 60 years ago to 6 minutes ago. Arturia V Collection 5 v5.3.0 UNLOCKED-R2R PLATFORM : WiN32/64 SiZE :3.55 GBĪrturia V Collection 5 v5.3.0 UNLOCKED-R2R