Reply To: Arturia V-Collection 8 is $60

[mustakatu]

@dsteinschneider thanks for the heads up on Surrealistic MG-1 Plus, didn’t recall it was free, registered it now. I’m accustomed to think there’s almost always a better emulation than Arturia’s on every synth existed. Like this:

Oberheims — GForce

Prophets — u-he Repro

Yamaha DX7 — Plogue chipsynth OPS7

Roland Juno-106 — Softube Model 84

Roland TB-303 — D16 Phoscyon 2

ARP Odyssey — GForce Oddity3 / Axxess

minimoog — UAD minimoog / GForce Minimonsta / Softube Model 72

But then there are keys, and you tend to be more drawn to them, so there’s a big chance you’ll find something special for you there. Personally I love Mellotron V for the ability to use your own samples, unlike in GForce’s version. But again, I didn’t explore organs and electric pianos market much. My basic rule is “try the others and then try Arturia”. Their sound seems to be overprocessed no matter what, and that’s what I like about CA, they are more honest in that sense. Did you demo Audiothing’s recents Philicorda and Wurly?

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