Official Arturia VCollection5 thread

[stardustmedia]

I think this is an opportune moment to unsubscribe from this thread. For the record, I'm very happy with my Synclavier.

/Joachim

Oh, hell, yes, it's fun
Really dig all those new plugins. Although I wasn't yet able to "test" them fully. I will by using them in the upcoming projects.

[wagtunes]

Amazing what an update can do.

When I first got the Arturia V3 in the beginning of 2014, stupid me didn't demo it first because I'd never had problems with GUIs before. Well, when I got it and couldn't read anything other than the SEM, I was a bit annoyed (at myself) and pretty much let the whole collection sit on my hard drive for over 2 years, hardly ever touching anything.

Fast forward to 2106 and I am now in the process of putting 4 sound libraries together

Synclavier
ARP 2600 (the ARPs collection)
Moog Modular
Matrix 12

Once I'm done with my ArcSyn library (should be on May 30th) these 4 synths will be taking up all my time to the exclusion of everything else.

Yeah, what a difference an update makes.

[projectdan]

I got a good offer price by email to buy the collection for 299 Euros, unfortunately I am skint right now. Good chance I will buy the collection at a later date when its on sale, I especially want the Synclavier.

[vic_france]

Has anyone put the Arturia B3 to the test?

I would appreciate reading someone's experiences / thoughts about the Arturia B3 ...
how does is compare to the sample based Kontakt libraries for example...
is it in the same league as the Sonic-core B2003?
How about the discontinued B4 by NI?
How does is stack up against any of the tonewheel organs mentioned in this thread? http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic ... sc&start=0

Well, opinions are just opinions (unless they are mine, of course ), but I really like B3 V (I have done quite a bit of comparison here.. using same drawbar settings etc. (including using only their own Leslie)., with Guido's VB3, N.I.'s B4 II, N.I.'s VIntage Organ B3, AIR's DB-33, AcousticSamples' B-5, Steinberg HALionSonic's Model C (excellent, btw.. never gets a mention here ), and Apple's Vintage B3.
They all have their strengths and weaknesses, depending upon the style of music you are trying to get out of them (and these "A/B" comparisons did give me a few surprises ).
Never had my hands on a Scope system, so I can't comment on the B2003 (although I know it has an excellent reputation)
Some did need a little help from external EQ, to make the comparison a bit easier (for example, the DB-33 needed a bit of bass boost), and.. B3 V needed some extra treble.. even when its own "Brilliance" parameter was set to max.. and, currently, the PreAmp Drive is hardly working at all (it already has a support ticket ), but fortunately there is also the "Overdrive"pedal box module.

You can download the B3 V as a demo anyways, and get 20 mins per session (non-saveable), so see what you think, for yourself .
As I have already hinted in this topic, I am very happy indeed with the V5 upgrade (and its asking price )

[exmatproton]

Amazing what an update can do.

When I first got the Arturia V3 in the beginning of 2014, stupid me didn't demo it first because I'd never had problems with GUIs before. Well, when I got it and couldn't read anything other than the SEM, I was a bit annoyed (at myself) and pretty much let the whole collection sit on my hard drive for over 2 years, hardly ever touching anything.

Fast forward to 2106 and I am now in the process of putting 4 sound libraries together

Synclavier
ARP 2600 (the ARPs collection)
Moog Modular
Matrix 12

Once I'm done with my ArcSyn library (should be on May 30th) these 4 synths will be taking up all my time to the exclusion of everything else.

Yeah, what a difference an update makes.

I particularly love the new (Matrix12..not really new), Modular and mini. Awesome to play with.
And i love the new Mini sound. Have to get playing for real on to the ARP2600 just yet. And for some reason, on the ARP and Prophet, the Block waveform is acting weird sometimes (it is playing like a pulse in the beginning, and turning really fast to a block: i hope Arturia will fix that), but other then that; great update (with some other small niggles on CS80 and SEM)

[Numanoid]

I'm just sick of people who keep saying Arturia's synths sound like shit and don't even resemble the instruments they're emulating. It's a load of BS. Those people are few, but loud, and seem to post everywhere in this forum about how much Arturia's synths suck.

I think Arturia synths sounds great.

I'm just saying that if the packaging indicates that a certain product is emulated, then the product needs to reflect that, otherwise it becomes a gimmick

Buying a Ford Cortina and getting a Ford Mustang. The Ford Mustang is the better product, but if I wanted a Ford Cortina, I wanted a Ford Cortina...

Did Bob Moog himself not endorse the Mini V and Modular V.
but HEY!! I'm sure random internet users know better than the designer of the synth himself.
Are they perfect? No. No-one, including myself, is claiming that. They're damn good tho.

I take any endorsement with a pinch of salt

[Scotty]

Thanks Vic... This is kind of stuff I want to read about in this thread. I hope the official thread can get back on track. I'll give it a workout for sure. I have the Sonic-core and the Plugiator B-2003 so I will give them a run beside the Arturia. Should be interesting. I'm really interested in the leslie emulation as well.

Has anyone put the Arturia B3 to the test?

I would appreciate reading someone's experiences / thoughts about the Arturia B3 ...
how does is compare to the sample based Kontakt libraries for example...
is it in the same league as the Sonic-core B2003?
How about the discontinued B4 by NI?
How does is stack up against any of the tonewheel organs mentioned in this thread? http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic ... sc&start=0

Well, opinions are just opinions (unless they are mine, of course ), but I really like B3 V (I have done quite a bit of comparison here.. using same drawbar settings etc. (including using only their own Leslie)., with Guido's VB3, N.I.'s B4 II, N.I.'s VIntage Organ B3, AIR's DB-33, AcousticSamples' B-5, Steinberg HALionSonic's Model C (excellent, btw.. never gets a mention here ), and Apple's Vintage B3.
They all have their strengths and weaknesses, depending upon the style of music you are trying to get out of them (and these "A/B" comparisons did give me a few surprises ).
Never had my hands on a Scope system, so I can't comment on the B2003 (although I know it has an excellent reputation)
Some did need a little help from external EQ, to make the comparison a bit easier (for example, the DB-33 needed a bit of bass boost), and.. B3 V needed some extra treble.. even when its own "Brilliance" parameter was set to max.. and, currently, the PreAmp Drive is hardly working at all (it already has a support ticket ), but fortunately there is also the "Overdrive"pedal box module.

You can download the B3 V as a demo anyways, and get 20 mins per session (non-saveable), so see what you think, for yourself .
As I have already hinted in this topic, I am very happy indeed with the V5 upgrade (and its asking price )

[aMUSEd]

Has anyone put the Arturia B3 to the test?

I would appreciate reading someone's experiences / thoughts about the Arturia B3 ...
how does is compare to the sample based Kontakt libraries for example...
is it in the same league as the Sonic-core B2003?
How about the discontinued B4 by NI?
How does is stack up against any of the tonewheel organs mentioned in this thread? http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic ... sc&start=0

Soniccore - no, not in my view, the Sonic Core is one of my 2 favourites, the other being the Logic EVB3.

I think it is miles better than the recent AirMusic one though, a bit softer sounding than the NI one but I do like it, out of currently developed native Hammonds, other than the Logic one, it's the best imho.

[fmr]

I think Arturia synths sounds great.

I'm just saying that if the packaging indicates that a certain product is emulated, then the product needs to reflect that, otherwise it becomes a gimmick

Buying a Ford Cortina and getting a Ford Mustang. The Ford Mustang is the better product, but if I wanted a Ford Cortina, I wanted a Ford Cortina...

I never had any Moog, ARP or SCI synth, so, I can't stand for the sound of the originals. But I remember when Minimoog V was launched (may years ago) Gordon Reid performed a very thorough review, published in SOS. He made several measures of the software, and compared with the original. He found some diferences. Arturia addressed the remarks, and launched a version 1.5 a couple of months later. Reid himself aknowledged that, after the revisions, the Minimoog V became very close to the original hardware. Are tehre better emulatrions in the market currently? Perhaps, but Monark is mono, while the MIni V is polyphonic. To me, that makes a difference (although I also have Monark, as well as DIVA, for which I even programmed several patches included - nothing prevents me to have all of them).

The Moog Modular V was the first emulation launched by Arturia, followed a little later by the CS-80. So, these two are the senior members of the collection. I still think the the current Modular V is one of the best of the collection. The CS-80 was always one of those synths that I barely touched because of the tiny controls (as well as the Júpiter-8). Yet I tried to program the factory patches in the Júpiter-8 V last summer, and I came to very close and satisfactory results. With the current patch manager and bigger UIs, I see myself exploring those two much more.

So, yes, we get the Ford Cortina, although it comes with some bells and whistles that usually are not part of the standard Cortinas, but if we want and care, we can get the Cortina behaviour (as well as the MUstang behaviour, eventually).

[Scotty]

Thanks for responding.

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I think it is miles better than the recent AirMusic one though, a bit softer sounding than the NI one but I do like it, out of currently developed native Hammonds, other than the Logic one, it's the best imho.[/quote]

[Scotty]

I really appreciate it when someone goes back and revises their opinion when warranted instead of holding firm to save face. That is when a dialogue is at its best. - Scotty

The criticism of the Arturia pianos is way over the top. I have Pianoteq and the Arturia Piano compares to it quite favourably. Download the demo, add some reverb, open and close the lid and you'll be pleasantly surprised. It isn't a Pianoteq killer but neither is it crushed to the floor like some featherweight being hit by Tyson which is what some of these comments would lead you to believe.

I actually retract my criticism I had for it earlier once I tweaked the 3 band EQ curve to boost the highs - By default the EQ mixer that comes with the Arturia Pianos sounds like you've got a cold, everything just sounded so muffled but a quick click on the mixer tab and playing with the far right node and it actually does real well in comparison, especially for their first attempt !

[4damind]

The B3 and also the Farfisa is very nice... The Farfisa remembers me a lot of something heard in Jarre's "Oxygene". To be honest, I find this organs more interesting than the Synclavier.

[aMUSEd]

I love the Farfisa

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