UVI Digital Synsations (SY77, M1, VFX, D50), free with Korg controllers

[donato]

BUT, their price point is way too high.

Agreed. People always say this because, well, it's so true. If they'd half their prices they'd probably have at least four times the sales (probably a lot more than that). Whoever is in charge of their pricing is borderline idiotic.

[MIDICH1]

BUT, their price point is way too high.

Agreed. People always say this because, well, it's so true. If they'd half their prices they'd probably have at least four times the sales (probably a lot more than that). Whoever is in charge of their pricing is borderline idiotic.

Got to agree. At $199, I'd be more likely to pull the trigger on the Korg Legacy which has:
Korg M1 with all of the "Expansion card" sounds
Korg WaveStation with all RAM/ROM banks
Korg Mono/Poly
Korg PolySix
Korg MS-20
Korg's MDE-X Effects Suite, featuring 19 of Korg's World-Class effects

The UVI does have synths that are enticing, but they're not emulations like Korg's. I don't even see that they've sampled the Korg M1 expansions. Frankly, 500 patches for that many synths is rather underwhelming, too.

If it was $99....

[manandmusic]

Summary:
Size: 24 GB library
Content: 501 presets, 18,988 samples

24 GB for 501 presets - it's GB-mania!

[nexusdawn]

Cool, but why a korg m1, when you can get Korg Legacy M1 with all the factory cards?

Have an old m1, a bit more stereo field, but otherwise the legacy korg is not only just as good, but even better, improved editing, filter resonance (which wasnt in the hardware), and as mentioned lots of ROM/card samples.

[jsp1979]

Cool, but why a korg m1, when you can get Korg Legacy M1 with all the factory cards?

Have an old m1, a bit more stereo field, but otherwise the legacy korg is not only just as good, but even better, improved editing, filter resonance (which wasnt in the hardware), and as mentioned lots of ROM/card samples.

This is exactly what I thought when I saw the announcement.

[mholloway]

24 gigs for 501 presets does some pretty nuts!

the inclusion of the M1 is useless, given the quality of Korg's soft-synth emulation.


also, these are NOT emulations, nor does the content even replicate factory banks of originals: these are 501 presets 'created from' the originals. as a result, there is nothing comprehensive about it.

i'm interested in the content made from SY-77 and VFX simply because content from these synths does not exist anywhere else, neither in soft-synth nor sample-library form.

again, though, 24 gigs??? weird.

[uv77mc]

Ordered, will review when I will have it !

[MrDuke]

UVI has been busy lately!

BUT, their price point is way too high.

Despite all this attention I'm paying to them, I haven't bought a single thing from UVI... yet. Mostly because of the price...

-M

I'm with you. I'm craving pretty badly for Synth Legends, Digital Synsations, JX3P and The Beast. Their Rhodes packs are sweet too. But if I bought all those, the cost would ramp up to $1000! (or more?!) Insane.

Oh - and the fact that these are always something like 20 to 50 Gb is a major bummer too.

I don't mind an another sampler plugin - in fact, I thought about buying MF3 as a replacement for Kontakt (which it can't be, since it doesn't read most Kontakt libraries)...in terms of useability, Kontakt is pretty bad.

[mkdr]

Crazy price..
Crazy size..
iLok..
I already have half of the HW..
iLok..

[uv77mc]

Hi all,

is there someone who ordered it at JRRShop and who received the links ?

Thanks

[Numanoid]

is there someone who ordered it at JRRShop and who received the links ?

u-oh? Not the same problem again now, with OEM sellers selling the product before they have got it from the distributor, like was the case around x-mas with another UVI library?

[Numanoid]

Just got the newsletter from UVI

There is now a demo version available with 4 presets, that interested can check out.

Not many, but it gives access to try out the interface and tweaking possibilites I gather.

[Skorpius]

Hi all,

is there someone who ordered it at JRRShop and who received the links ?

Thanks

I ordered the UVX-3P a couple of weeks ago. I received the download links and the serial.

Since I ordered early, I got the UVX-3P for 79 $ minus the FORUM voucher.

[Skorpius]

Despite all this attention I'm paying to them, I haven't bought a single thing from UVI... yet. Mostly because of the price, and my lack of interest in using another player interface. But sampling an SY-77 and VFX has definitely got my interest piqued. If anybody buys this, please chime in with your thoughts on the quality of the content.

I bought their JX3-P emulation a few weeks ago - and it comes so close to the sound of the real hardware that it's hard to tell a difference. I had been looking for a real JX3-P emulation for years and testing various synths in that respect. But none of the others could reproduce this silky satin pad sound that I love so much. You can also download a demo of their UVX-3P. It has only three patches, but those were enough to make me buy the thing. And I'm glad I did.

Here's the official link to the Synsations demo (from the newsletter I got this morning):

http://bit.ly/ds-demo

Of course their instruments aren't cheap, but the ones I've tested are definitely worth the prize. Other real emulations I know of (e. g. OPX-PRO II) aren't exactly cheaper, either. But I admit I'm also waiting for a special deal or promotion: Next thing I'm intending to buy is their "Retro Organs".

[Brittlestem]

Has this been discontinued or is my browser playing up? Can't see it on the site anywhere...