#Arturia v collection 5 2017 software#
But let us not kid ourselves, the draw to the product is the wide array of software emulations to classic synthesizers. This is not something I am really focused on, but these are useful if you do not have other software that models or samples these instruments. I have personally used their electric piano and organ instruments in the past, so the are in no way disposable. In addition to all this, Arturia introduces several new organs and pianos.
#Arturia v collection 5 2017 update#
Arturia made a major update which ended up in a big improvement. So we have a better looking and sounding synths, with some new features, that take less of a CPU hit. The other major aspect I noticed is the Arturia plugin synths are less resource intensive on the CPU compared to previous versions. There are other places here and there that saw new functionality, but the list is likely long and more incremental. This may be a deviation from the Modular V being true to the original Moog Modular, but this is a major improvement in functionality, and more reflective of modern modular synths. It may seem like a small thing, but it really does help expand the utility of the instrument. The modular V now features FM on the oscillators. There are also new features, this is most noticeable in the Modular V, which saw some important updates. But for some instruments, namely the Prophet 5/VS, there is a considerable bump up in quality and they are closer to the real thing. This is not to say Arturia’s synths sounded bad to begin with. While some of this is likely refactoring of the algorithms that underlie these synthesizers, it means the sound has improved, sometimes significantly. There were some other tweaks as well along the way, many of the instruments also saw an update to their synthesis engine. This makes the entire experience of using these software instruments better. The UI is much more crisp, exploring patches is much easier. In addition to changing the size, they also updated the UI itself.
The size is now adjustable! Much rejoicing! This made creating patches a bit more of a pain. Thankfully the era of the tiny-hard to read Arturia’s is over. While it was pretty easy to navigate the mini (their version of the minimoog), it was difficult to read things such as the CS-80 V, Modular V, etc. The long frustrating aspect of Arturia instruments is while they sounded pretty good, the UI was frustratingly small at times.
The major improvement that everybody who previously used Arturia’s plugins will notice immediately is the UI.
The second, more importantly Arturia brought back one of the world’s most exclusive and complex digital synthesizers, the Synclavier.īefore I get to the Synclavier, let me start with the fact they basically updated every single synth in their product line. Two things happened, and I am legitimately impressed. The first is they basically revamped their entire line of synthesizers. Even though there has been various iterations and new additions to the keyboards that are part of the software instrument collection. Normally I would not spend time reviewing it, the product has been around a long time. Arturia recently released a new version of its long running V Collection.