Arturia VCollection 7 Official thread

[dune_rave]

Although I love the Arturia V collection I'd like them to come out with a Diva style Frankenstein's monster softsynth where you could mix and match some of the unique features of the V Collection synths. They add some of that stuff to pigments e.g. the Matrix filters, but I'd rather they didn't over-complicate the Pigments interface, my favourite thing about it is seeing just about everything either there already or just one click away.

they've created their own Frankenstein's monster, and it is called Pigments.

[Vortifex]

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[WatchTheGuitar]

Although I love the Arturia V collection I'd like them to come out with a Diva style Frankenstein's monster softsynth where you could mix and match some of the unique features of the V Collection synths. They add some of that stuff to pigments e.g. the Matrix filters, but I'd rather they didn't over-complicate the Pigments interface, my favourite thing about it is seeing just about everything either there already or just one click away.

they've created their own Frankenstein's monster, and it is called Pigments.

Did you even read what you quoted?

[PatchAdamz]

I'd like to see Arturia go way old-school in V-Collection 8, with Theremin and Clavioline models.
Also a Moog/Bode 7702 vocoder and/or Sennheiser Vocoder VSM201.

I have a feeling there will be some tasty new synths.

[telecode]

I'd like to see Arturia go way old-school in V-Collection 8, with Theremin and Clavioline models.
Also a Moog/Bode 7702 vocoder and/or Sennheiser Vocoder VSM201.

I have a feeling there will be some tasty new synths.

it seems that are more focused on FX these days. all we need now is a guitar sim package from them to mix it up.

[JJWL]

Is there any reason to get V Collection instead of Analog Labs if I only want to tweak presets and not create sounds?

[WatchTheGuitar]

Is there any reason to get V Collection instead of Analog Labs if I only want to tweak presets and not create sounds?

The V Collection synths are a hell of a lot more tweakable. You only get a few macro things to tweak on most Analog Labs presets e.g. the CS-80 preset has just about every knob and switch plus a hidden panel with even more settings, whereas the CS-80 in Analog Lab and get about a dozen things you have control over, although you can at least control the normal ADSR envelope.

[JJWL]

whereas the CS-80 in Analog Lab and get about a dozen things you have control over

As a newb, a dozen things to tweak sounds like plenty.

[planetearth]

whereas the CS-80 in Analog Lab and get about a dozen things you have control over

As a newb, a dozen things to tweak sounds like plenty.

You can use any of Arturia's synths for 15 minutes at a time, with no restrictions other than you can't save custom presets. You might find there are some tweaks you'd like to make -- especially if you're trying to emulate specific sounds you've heard the original hardware could make. If you decide you just don't need all the options, you're not out any money...but you can still return to the "full" version of the synth for free whenever you want (for 15 minutes at a time, of course).

Steve

[billybuck]

For those who use an Arturia controller with the V Collection, how well integrated are the controls? For example, will cutoff generally be assigned to the same dial etc. I'm looking to reduce mouse clicking and get a more hands-on experience, and I was thinking a good controller with good software integration would be a good compromise between ITB and expensive hardware that I can't afford.

I’d say so-so with the Keylab 49 MKII. Arturia has factory-mapped their 8 knobs and 8 sliders to usually sensible things (filter cutoff, reverb mix, etc) but the locations aren’t always consistent as you switch between instruments in the collection. Of course, you can do your own custom mappings, but this means throwing out the factory settings and starting from scratch on every instrument.

Overall, I’d recommend their controllers for use with the collection, but I have a few gripes. One is that the drum pads really require a hard thump, meaning that it’s hard to get a good velocity-sensitive performance out of them, even after adjusting their response in software. The first version of the Keylab (MKI) had much better pads. Another is when using the Arturias as general MIDI controllers with third-party instruments, there are no buttons that can be mapped as program change increment/decrement. You can map specific program change values to specific buttons, but that means you have a whopping 8 presets at your disposal (unless you also dedicate use of the pads to PC). I’ve tried using a knob for program change, but due to the 128 potential values and small knobs, it’s hard to reliably land on a specific preset.

One other issue is that when you have more than one instance of any Arturia instrument in a DAW, it occasionally gets confused and doesn’t report the correct preset name, etc for the armed instrument to the LCD screen. The controls still work, but you’re flying blind.

The key bed seems fine to me. I’m not at all a virtuoso, but they seem responsive and feel solid.

[jdoo]

Maybe worth a bump.. V Collection 7 is on Black Friday sale now. My price $99. I have V Collection 6, and since all the instruments are already playable in Analog Lab .. and the ones in VC6 were free updates a year ago -- it comes down to picking up edit capability for CZ V, Mellotron V, and Synthi V. For ~ $33/piece... kind of a no-brainer here.

Anyway - the deal is on Arturia's site..

(This probably also means V Collection 8 is around the corner.. )

[WatchTheGuitar]

This probably also means V Collection 8 is around the corner..

Yeah I'm waiting on that as I've got some form of the Mellotron, CZ and Synthi already from other things (UVI Mello, VirtualCZ, Xils 4) so not worth it just for those 3. Add the Oberheim and a few others I'm interested in and I'll probably play ball next time round.

[LoveEnigma18]

It seems they are also working on a significant Analog Lab update, as some issues that I reported in the last few months were reproduced but were not fixed in the minor updates released so far as they apparently needed changes at deeper level.

So, V Collection 8 is highly likely in the second week of December.

[Zipede]

So, V Collection 8 is highly likely in the second week of December.

Why do you think it will be released then?
Do I need to change my Santa list?

[SHall1000]

Be warned, think I’m right the upgrade from 6 to 7 was €199 on first release. Had to wait awhile for it to drop to 99.