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Echoes in the Attic · Mon Oct 09, 2023 11:35 am

stoopicus wrote: Sun Oct 08, 2023 1:28 am
Septic Underground wrote: Tue Oct 03, 2023 2:29 pm My absolute favs in the V collection are the SQ80, DX7 V and the OB XA V.
The Jupiter is good too. I mean all of them are good but the Jupiter stands out.

I actually owned an ESQ-1 back in the day and SQ-80 V is almost perfect. I loaded up some old SYSEX dumps on it and they were perfect. Agree with you, it's my favorite in V Collection.

Lots of people archived the original SQ-80 and ESQ-1 builtins and Voice Crystals. Very easy to find online.

I don't think the jup-8 is great. Improvement over the last one for sure, but when there's a competitor out there like tal, the the arturia version tends to be a bit meh.

I do like their digital synths best.

Scotty · Post by **Scotty** » Mon Oct 09, 2023 11:40 am

Not to be pedantic but they did include Spark in V Collection 4 but removed it after that point.

chintimin wrote: Fri Oct 06, 2023 9:02 pm The one thing to note is that they DO always end up bundling everything into V and FX collection versions - only pigments and spark aren't part of it yet.

stoopicus · Post by **stoopicus** » Mon Oct 09, 2023 12:32 pm

Echoes in the Attic wrote: Mon Oct 09, 2023 11:35 am but when there's a competitor out there like tal, the the arturia version tends to be a bit meh.

Well... that's fair but I wasn't really thinking about it that way. Similarly, I would think DX7 V was great whether or not Dexed exists as well.

Tal is a fantastic sounding Jup-8. But I wasn't really comparing; more like, I think the Arturia Jupiter V is a great sounding synth that nails a lot of the original's sound and feel, even if there is outstanding competition out there.

stoopicus · Post by **stoopicus** » Mon Oct 09, 2023 12:35 pm

Cepheus wrote: Mon Oct 09, 2023 6:26 am Considering synths....nobody mentioned the Kurzweil K2000 with its VAST synthesis engine. It is from 1991 and a classic synth found on many records.

Korg M1 is another notable miss in there. However that's probably more about Korg not allowing it than anything else as it's one of their premier plugins.

SHall1000 · Post by **SHall1000** » Tue Oct 10, 2023 6:23 pm

dreyam wrote: Wed May 10, 2023 2:11 pm
Zipede wrote: Tue May 09, 2023 9:50 pm
nanostream wrote: Tue May 09, 2023 6:39 pm
dreyam wrote: Tue May 09, 2023 4:02 pm Okay this ain't so much some predictions as a wish list, I guess. I recently sold off my (very rare) Korg PS3100 (absolutely huge sound and very unique), so it would be awesome if Arturia would take on a recreation of the PS series, maybe the massive PS3300 (essentially three 3100s in a single unit.)
I had to look it up:

The PS-3100 Analogue Synthesiser has monstrous polyphony - one built-in VCO, VCF, VCA, and EG for each of the keys on the keyboard for a total of 48 synthesizer circuits and polyphony!
The PS3300 is even more crazy, lol. Certainly a fun synth!
If you want to explore more, Full Bucket make very good free versions of the 3100, 3200 and 3300, certainly fun synths worth checking out.
I did download Full Bucket's PS series and yes, they are good approximations. They wouldn't fool anyone in an A/B comparison, though. I think it'd be great if Arturia took them on.

Cherry audio beat Arturia to the Korg 3300.

https://www.gearnews.com/cherry-audio- ... le-rarity/

egbert101 · Post by **egbert101** » Tue Oct 10, 2023 7:51 pm

Would be hilarious if Arturia also release a Korg PS-3300.

stoopicus · Post by **stoopicus** » Tue Oct 10, 2023 9:37 pm

Totally. Personally I just want an alternative to Korg's M1 plugin but it would be pretty funny if they added something earlier in addition to the MS-20 V. Or funnier, if they made MS-20 V polyphonic. Which actually they might have (dunno, I'm still on V Collection 8 + SQ-80V).

fmr · Post by **fmr** » Wed Oct 11, 2023 9:40 am

stoopicus wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2023 9:37 pm Or funnier, if they made MS-20 V polyphonic. Which actually they might have (dunno, I'm still on V Collection 8 + SQ-80V).

MS-20 V "IS" polyphonic (up to six voices). What's your point? You can download the demo and check yourself. It doesn't matter which V Collection version you are: https://www.arturia.com/products/softwa ... v/overview

stoopicus · Post by **stoopicus** » Wed Oct 11, 2023 11:50 am

My point is that the primary difference between the PS-3xxx series and the original MS-20 is that the PS were polyphonic, large, complex machines and the MS was simpler, monophonic and small. So Arturia's being polyphonic (which I did not know) is kind of funny.

fmr · Post by **fmr** » Wed Oct 11, 2023 1:38 pm

stoopicus wrote: Wed Oct 11, 2023 11:50 am My point is that the primary difference between the PS-3xxx series and the original MS-20 is that the PS were polyphonic, large, complex machines and the MS was simpler, monophonic and small. So Arturia's being polyphonic (which I did not know) is kind of funny.

They are completely different. To start with, you have like three synths in a single package in the PS-3300 (with the MS-20, you have just one - a closer comparison would be with the PS-3100). But even then, the synth engine of the PS synth modules (one in the PS-3100, three in the PS-3300) is more complex.

yessongs · Post by **yessongs** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 2:05 am

How about an ASM Hydrasynth.

Simon56 · Post by **Simon56** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 2:06 am

The Arturia implementation of SQ80 V is a great realisation and expansion of the original. I would love to see them go further and try and expand it for the ensoniq VFX as well similar to the way they have with the Sequential Prophet models. There are thousands of system excusive files out there for the VFX as there are for the SQ80 and ESQ1 it would be so great to have all these covered.

DashOfLime · Post by **DashOfLime** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 3:49 am

PebbleInAStream wrote: Mon Aug 28, 2023 6:16 pm
kinkajou wrote: Mon Aug 28, 2023 4:41 pm It's not included... yet. Maybe in V10
I kinda wish they'd let us know. Was considering buying Minifreak while it was on sale, but didn't want to pay just to have to pay for it again if I want to update to V10, assuming it will come out near the end of the year like everyone expects it to.

You dont pay again. Ive now purchased multiple instruments on launch day and have always had the V Collection price drop by that amount if its included. They also let you sell the standalone license.

PebbleInAStream · Post by **PebbleInAStream** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 12:48 pm

DashOfLime wrote: Wed Oct 18, 2023 3:49 am
PebbleInAStream wrote: Mon Aug 28, 2023 6:16 pm
kinkajou wrote: Mon Aug 28, 2023 4:41 pm It's not included... yet. Maybe in V10
I kinda wish they'd let us know. Was considering buying Minifreak while it was on sale, but didn't want to pay just to have to pay for it again if I want to update to V10, assuming it will come out near the end of the year like everyone expects it to.
You dont pay again. Ive now purchased multiple instruments on launch day and have always had the V Collection price drop by that amount if its included. They also let you sell the standalone license.

Ah, good to know, thanks for the heads up. Maybe I'll grab Minifreak V second-hand anyways then if I see a good deal...

Septic Underground · Post by **Septic Underground** » Wed Oct 18, 2023 2:29 pm

Minifreak V is a great little synth, I love to 'freak' with it, not so much options (VCF is a bit mediocre type), but many osc models, it's great for electro/detroit stuff, dont let this one slip under the radar. A lot of the timbres can be done with the OSC models, that takes a bit away of the pain of the filter. Also the ENVs etc are a bit to get used to, but they are okay I think It is a lot cooler than pigments to play around with (imo ofc). Pigments can be seen as the big brother with many more options, but I always goto Minifreak and not Pigments.

Arturia V Collection 10. Predictions.