The Jupiter 8 and Rhodes instruments are also getting upgrades. It adds emulations of the Juno-60 and E-MU Emulator II as well as a 16-channel vocoder. In short, it’s a pretty comprehensive collection.Īrturia V Collection 8 is somehow even more comprehensive. It also included recreations of the Synthi AKS, Casio CZ-1, Mellotron M400, Fairlight CMI, Yamaha DX7, Buchla Easel, ARP 2600, Roland Jupiter 8, Minimoog, Moog Modular, Oberheim Matrix 12 and SEM, Sequential Prophet 5, Solina String, Synclavier, Hohner Clavinet, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer 200A, Hammond B3, Farfisa Compact, Vox Continental and an acoustic piano. For example, even if you could find a Yamaha CS-80 for sale, it would probably cost about the same as a small sedan.

Version seven which launched in mid 2019 included 23 instruments, many of them basically unobtainable in vintage physical form. That being said, even at the new higher sticker price V Collection is a hell of a bargain.

Though, there is some bad news, the price of V Collection is going from $499 to $599.

(The fact that they frequently go on sale for half price doesn’t hurt, either.) And today both are getting major upgrades. In the world of softsynths Arturia’s V Collection and Analog Lab are two of the best bangs for your musical buck.

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