This can be especially useful for composers who spend most of their time meticulously plotting a beautiful piece and need an elegant solution to hear it played back. The V Collection 7’s 24 instruments could be expounded upon ad infinitum, but for the sake of brevity and usefulness we’ll break them down by category: 10 Analog Synths The JUP-8VĪrturia’s analog synthesizer offering includes 10 recreations of popular units spanning decades of production. The JUP-8V (pictured above) is a replica of the Roland Jupiter-8, and after dialing it in for just a bit, can absolutely nail the sounds of Michael Jackson’s Thriller.Įach instrument is presented with a photorealistic GUI and all of its original controls intact, so any users fortunate enough to have played the real thing will be familiar with its operation.

The Mini V3 is actually a collaboration with the iconic Bob Moog, and a faithful adaptation that preserves the spirit of the original.

If your MIDI controller has pitch bend or modulation wheels, you’ll find that the software responds well and allows for nuanced playing.Įven with just these two units, you could reproduce countless tones found on records from the last 50 years, from ABBA to Zappa and all stops in between.

In addition to ripping sounds, the V Collection 7 also acts as a sort of archival tool, preserving for a new generation the history of its instruments. One such offering is the CMI V, a reproduction of the Fairlight CMI (Computer Musical Instrument), which was the first commercially available digital sampling system in the world.

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