First Prev 2 of 3 Go to page. This is also the highest price I would pay for this update. Logic Pro X, Studio One 3 Pro, Melodyne 4 Studio, NI Komplete 11, Arturia V-Collection 7, Korg Legacy and Digital Collection, IK Total Studio MAX Hamer Duotone, Brian Moore i213, Taylor 710 BCE, Mesa Recto Pre + 20/20, 68 Bandmaster, Kemper Profiling Amp, Roland VG-99 Mackie Onyx 1640 Its easy to envision buying 2 or 3 of these separately to fill out a rig. https://splice.com/blog/difference-between-v-collection-analog-lab analog lab 5 has 4000 less presets and V collection 8 did not loose any (unless i am mistaken) so in that case this arturia marketing nonsense is towards customers forcing them to upgrade as they will not have presets unless you keep installed analog lab 4 with another installation of analog lab 5 to 30 Hz (which is in the low end of the audible range)’, that and the new unison mode is now 100% faithful to how the original behaves (with the same subtractive voice management) . instruments. Want to compare your new patch to the original? This only benefits the software pirates. Decided to upgrade. Nah. Dec 8, 2020 #1 3 new instruments + updates! Arturia has great products, including *Step series, the FX Collection, the *Brute series… But they make it sound like they take their customers and users for granted as profit centres. One can only assume that Arturia don't want it's loyal customers to buy any upgrades. I have some NFRs of these instruments and generally don’t like any of them as much as Omni or U-he. VC7 users receive Analog Lab 5 for free. The free version of Vital is a worthy alternative to Pigments and the inexpensive Cherry Audio synths also support MPE. Or software versions of MicroFreak engines. L. lumcas Senior Member. 1; 2; 3; Next. This is one of many instances where a company treats their supposedly valued existing customer base like hostages. HeliaVox Active Member. Was upgrading every release before that. Update for free using the Arturia Software Center. How? • The iconic Emulator II V sampler • The Vocoder V (made famous by Daft Punk) • The Jun-O6 V (one of the top selling synths of all time) • The classic OB-Xa V … Applied Acoustic Systems has a rather solid lineup as well at a reasonable price, though those synths are like Arturia’s in not supporting MPE. Pigments remains the only Arturia softsynth which supports it. It was only available as a separate purchase until now. 4 out of the 28 instruments are new–approximately 14% of the bundle. Arturia are demanding 40% of that as an upgrade price even if, like me, you own V7. Not in my case.. Its annoying! Shiny is always nice but not always needed. ROLAND, Plugin Alliance…). Featuring 24 software titles, including Mellotron V, Prophet V, DX7 V, Jup-8 V, CS-80 V and more; Arturia’s proprietary technologies, TAE® and Phi®, ensure that each instrument sounds and behaves exactly like the original Arturia’s upgrade pricing scheme for this collection rubbed me the wrong way 2 years ago, and I haven’t updated since. If that sounds a little high, just do the math and consider that each instrument in the bundle costs less than $22. They wanted me to pay another 99 bucks to grab it. Sure, some people who’ve been in this for a while might be fine with this yearly expansion of a few extra emulations of beloved synths. I got confused because the torrent version included the Oberheim, too. They will guide you through the I just paid $99 to upgrade from V6 to V7 on Black Friday, now they want to charge me another $199 for V8 and it’s been less than two weeks! on V Collection. OTOH, If someone wants to live in a singular environment like this for a big space opera, its not as if they’d be lacking much. I couldn’t resist the new Jupiter-8, Juno and OB-Xa emulations. The OB-Xa V was already part of the collection, though. Also, I notice that everyone here one is quoting “$200” ??? You've read the reviews, you've heard the demos, you've watched the videos, and you've seen the awards. 50% of the retail price is totally unrealistic for an 1 version number upgrade. But I hope most people don’t allow themselves to be fleeced by this garbage corporate behavior. parameters and abilities of the core instruments of V Collection 7. At least until I can afford a better processor and more ram. Logic Pro X, Studio One 3 Pro, Melodyne 4 Studio, NI Komplete 11, Arturia V-Collection 7, Korg Legacy and Digital Collection, IK Total Studio MAX Hamer Duotone, Brian Moore i213, Taylor 710 BCE, Mesa Recto Pre + 20/20, 68 Bandmaster, Kemper Profiling Amp, Roland VG-99 Mackie Onyx 1640 It’s 69 euros for me to upgrade to analog lab 5…. Just had a whole discussion with a former student who’s just getting into electronic music, A whole part was about Arturia’s controller. Not happy with your changes? 299 EUR from v6+Pigments+FX+Brute is too much for me atm. Reactions: Jimi1983, Toowoombaus, crumjack and 3 others. Good news for Native Instrument Kontrol owners, now V Collection 7 is fully NKS compliant, Take a tour of the great new features found in V Collection 7.1 with Jacob, our product specialist. So pricing remains a key issue to keep in mind. Arturia’s passionate team are always hard at work making sure you have the best music-making experience possible. Ah, I see. I won’t be publishing my findings, though, or making any public statements as to how they compare. V Collection 7.1 is an important update that doesn’t just improve the There are plenty of SINGLE plugin synths released every year for 200$, Arturia are asking 200$ for four…. The entire bundle currently costs $499 and has 28 instruments. Hz (incredibly slow!) $200 as an upgrade price is totally, egregiously unreasonable. Copyright © document.write(new Date().getFullYear()); Arturia Tous droits réservés / Jup-8 V4 – The polyphonic flagship reborn with a colossal new sound and modulation engine. I have plenty of other synths to keep me busy. Arturia V Collection 8 released. The next step is to mash all this modelling tech together into ONE instrument, in which the user can pick and choose the components to use, ala Diva style. The software is ok but the pricing is ridiculous. Did you purchase the OB-Xa? You never know before trying . It feels very entitled to ask for Arturia to sell their premium software for rock bottom budget prices (which under 50$ is) at launch, not to mention they will be very cheap if you wait until next summer’s sales…. Messages 8,545. Due to the inclusion of more instruments, sounds and workflow improvements, the collection will now be priced at €599 as standard. V Collection 7 is the most comprehensive virtual anthology of classic synths and keyboards ever made. Return and Refund policy, More info why the difference? So this is my perception of life. Rarely buy anything full price any more to be honest. Last year they stated they would NOT offer any discount on version 6, myself and I presume many users held off and Arturia had another sale and I then updated. Arturia’s New V-Collection 8, is a huge upgrade from V-Collection 7 *featuring FOUR new incredible synths. We thought so. December 8, 2020 December 8, 2020 synthhead Software Synthesizers & Samplers , Virtual Instruments Arturia , Arturia V Collection , software synthesizers , Virtual Instruments a bit much for an update! Their prices are gonna drop, but 200$ is not unreasonable for a launch price at all. The upgrade prices are absurd. 499$ is VERY cheap for that amoung of instruments, 199$ is comparatively cheap. Home VST INSTRUMENT Arturia - V Collection 8 v2020.12 STANDALONE, VSTi, VSTi3, AAX x64 Arturia - V Collection 8 v2020.12 STANDALONE, VSTi, … In recent years, Arturia’s V Collection has grown into a substantial resource, with emulations of numerous monosynths, polysynths, samplers, pianos, organs and other keyboards, the original of any one of which (with the possible exception of the CZ1) would cost more than the whole collection. Next Last. Check out the main page for more information on our flagship software instrument compendium. Looks like they want $200 to upgrade and get the four new instruments. Software Center sucks! For several years, they have released the new version after Black Friday sales end. I’ve had the V collection, since V2 and it’s always the same. Featuring 24 software titles, including Mellotron V, Prophet V, DX7 V, Jup-8 V, CS-80 V and more; Arturia’s proprietary technologies, TAE® and Phi®, ensure that each instrument sounds and … Pigments is great… so… do that please, Arturia! I thought it’d be more like 199 EUR. Arturia’s passionate team are always hard at work making sure you have the best music-making And your life is behind you. Arturia today introduced V Collection 8, the latest version of their virtual instrument bundle. Arturia V Collection 8 is a big update of its vintage synth collection featuring 4 new plugins (OB-Xa, Vocoder V, Emulator II V, Jun-6V), updates & more. Manual for the new one says for the lfo: ‘,the frequency range goes from .035 It was only rolled in with this version. V Collection 7 is the most comprehensive virtual anthology of classic synths and keyboards ever made. Man just contact the support, tell them that, you surely could get the upgrade for the difference. A must-have in your collection of virtual instruments for composing or performing live. But Damn! I’ve been with them since V3, and have paid them more over the years to keep upgrading than someone just diving in now.Yikes! This one – can only import them.. It’s a sample player!! Maybe ver 9..? The updated Arturia Software Center now streamlines the whole process: register your products, download them, and activate in one easy to use app. Yes, Arturia offers steep discounts twice a year (one of those just ended a few days ago). I’ll wait until it’s $99, $199 is… ambitious… on their part. . Some major shifts in softsynth and plugin pricing have started. Instead, I want to get rid of my license of an outdated version, and not invest anything more into Arturia. V Collection 8 is Arturia's flagship title and has become the absolute reference point for software synth and keyboard emulations. …just to retaliate for Behringer’s “Swing debacle” three weeks ago. Not quite a pricewar but $29 is the new $150. Synth & Software I can’t think of a more bountiful collection of virtual instruments than Arturia’s V Collection 8 – at least not until V Collection 9. ZEN-Core might not be everyone’s cup of tea but ROLAND now makes it central to a strategy which integrates their hardware (including the just-announced AE-30 Aerophone “Pro”). Arturia V Collection 8 Update. Arturia V Collection 8 is somehow even more comprehensive. Hadn’t noticed this release. They have a 16-18 month release cycle between major versions. Agreed – I tend to skip a version on both this bundle and NI Komplete, and even then, only buy during a sale. Also Analog Lab 5 update and 700 new patches. If I wanted to upgrade it would be $149 …. The biggest artists of our time, their producers, their engineers, and their studios love the sound of our software instruments, and their vibrant sounds are found in countless chart-toppers and hit film scores. Analog Lab could eventually be a factor in such purchase decisions. The V Collection 7 upgrade from V6 looks underwhelming to me even at 1/2 price, at … I recommended their Moog Modular V to a friend who cranked it through good speakers and it sounded very much like my MiniMoog, kaboom! The same goes for NI bundle or rob papen bundles sometimes is waiting one year much better for your wallet…. What??? Mine is too ($299) – probably because I skipped V7 upgrade. But this time I will wait a year and update than for the same price to V9. Featuring 4 new incredible synths – the iconic Emulator II V sampler, the Vocoder V (made famous by Daft Punk), the Jun-O6 V (one of the top selling synths of all time), and the classic OB-Xa V as in “Jump”. Data privacy policy / In the end, we figured it’s best to focus on using the iPad as controller for now, and using a large Yamaha keyboard for performance. It’s kind of soured me to the whole software instrument thing. The original can record samples. Arturia V Collection 8This is the latest in Arturia’s amazing collection of virtual instruments. Messages 8,500. If so, that is why. I caved. The performance hub for all V Collection instruments is now better than ever, with a refined performance mode and workflow-enhancing tweaks to the interface. Personally, I’ll wait till the summer or next Fall when they have a sale, but I refuse to give them more than $100 per upgrade. Life is like going to the ocean. I do notice they dropped a bunch of updates on Most of the existing instruments. Vocoder V – a 16-channel vocoder, supercharged with its own sampler and synth engine. But growing older you see the other side, and towards the end of your life you go onto this other side. Totally agree. Intro upgrade is never the best, hold-out for six to eight months and you’ll pay half or less, depending on how long you hold out. Like I said, there are several single 200$ plugin instruments of comparable quality released every year. But they expect that people pay a significant upgrade price every year, which puts the subscription model in perspective (e.g. If you are interested in vintage synthesizers, but you don’t have the money to finance them, you have to work with plugins. It’s the biggest upgrade to the series since it was originally released. I own a bunch of hardware and these are my first software instruments. their VST´s volumes are too low, compared to other VSTs. Some of the new ones are pretty good, but a lot of the stuff is for some reason very uninspiring to me. You call that “comparatively cheap”? experience possible. It has the problem that it starts downloading an update and it gets stuck! (btw It’s the same with the Fairlight CMI – and their Synclavier as well if I remember this correctly.. got the V-Collection 7 here… I still think the Moog Modular Vis the best they have come up with so far.. what started them out.. ). Legal notices / OB was released about 5 days after I purchased the collection. Become a synth-master in no time with in-app tutorials. I haven't seen any pirated v6 yet, but pirated copies of … Lay off the glue. Shocking when I could be a new customer and pick it up for a $100 more. Arturia and Native instruments always offer their current software upgrade at an attractive price just before announcing the next one. Being able to drop user samples into their Mellotron & Emulator is yuge, if you want to fiddle with it. I’ve never had that issue. Having played a lot of the originals, I know that Arturia gets the character of each instrument right. It’s pretty much a sign that a new version is coming. V Collection 8 introduces new instruments and completely reworks some old favourites. V Collection 8 combines beautiful pianos, immense organs, earth-shaking analog synths, essential digital music makers – the origins of iconic sound, brought across the threshold into the virtual realm with … Now it's time to take the plunge. V Collection 7.1 is an important update that doesn’t just improve the software, it will improve your creative abilities, and boost your confidence when using software instruments. If it was a reasonable $99 from the get-go, I’d have paid each time. Skipping this one for sure and it’s not even MacOS BS or M1 ready…. V Collection 7 furnishes all of Arturia’s classic emulations—14 synths and 9 other keyboards, plus Analog Lab 4—in a bundle that retails for $499. They did that 15 years ago.. with the “origin” that never found its audience… too early maybe? I like Arturia’s products, but this upgrade pricing is so bad it’s actually insulting. Logic Pro X, Studio One 3 Pro, Melodyne 4 Studio, NI Komplete 11, Arturia V-Collection 7, Korg Legacy and Digital Collection, IK Total Studio MAX Hamer Duotone, Brian Moore i213, Taylor 710 BCE, Mesa Recto Pre + 20/20, 68 Bandmaster, Kemper Profiling Amp, Roland VG-99 Mackie Onyx 1640 I have zero need for more emulations of old things, especially at the price point. Rest of the content doesn’t interest me at all… 200$ is a comparatively cheap price for four premium analog modelled instruments. People: don’t buy it until they get real with their pricing, which they definitely will if enough people don’t cave and just pay through the nose. I hardly use Arturia. Yep, got it without paying a cent. There are many emulations of legendary synths on the market. V Collection 7.1 is a free update for all V Collection 7 owners Arturia’s passionate team is always hard at work making sure you have the best music-making experience possible. Stage-73 V2 – EP classic with redesigned physical modeling. And there is nothing. Or go ahead and shell out that exorbitant price if you’re so eager to overpay. Use it until V9, then upgrade. V Collection 8 is available now with an intro price of $499 (normally $599). Flick back and Thought for sure they would just add it on. So Arturia asking the same amount for four instruments is comparatively reasonable. software, it will improve your creative abilities, and boost your confidence when using software Thread starter tjontheroad; Start date Dec 8, 2020; tjontheroad Just Wanna Be Misunderstood. Imagine if they emulate a Behringer Neutron next! The new version introduces 4 new instruments: V Collection 8 is available now with an intro price of $499 (normally $599). 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