2019-07-01_Computer_Music

NEWRELEASES •COMMENT •INDUSTRY HAPPENINGS

Arturia’svirtualvintagesynth library keeps growing with more classics added

Arturia V Collection 7

You’dthinkArturiawouldberunning

outofideasforadditionstotheir

magnificentVCollectionbundleofclassic

synthemulations,which,asofthelast

update– version 6 (10/10, 254) – stands

at 21 innumber,includingMiniV,Modular

V,DX7V,CS-80VandJup-8V.But no! For

VCollection7,theGrenoble-based

softwarepowerhousehavedugup yet

anothertrioofsought-afterinstruments

forresurrectioninvirtualform.

MellotronV bringsthelegendary British

tapeloop-poweredkeyboard(Strawberry

FieldsForever,WatcherOfTheSkies, etc)

backtolife,completewithalltheoriginal

tapes(strings,flutes,brass,choiret al), plus

theabilitytoimportexternalsamples for

processingwithitstapeemulation. Synthi V

emulatesEMS’ratherfabulousportable

modularsystemfromtheearly70s, and

Arturiaclaimtohavecapturedits“wild,

unpredictablenature”through“advanced

componentmodelling”.Lastbutnot least,

noisenikswillnodoubtbechamping at the

bittofireupCZV,a reimaginingofCasio’s

awesomebudget-priced80sphase

distortionsynths,theCZ-101andCZ-1000,

whichincludesa “customeditor,huge

modulationpotentialandawesome effects”.

Aswellastheall-newadditions,V

Collection7 alsoadds 800 presetsto the

establishedinstruments,andmakes notable

improvementstoa coupleofthem. Analog

Lab– whichservesupa tonofpresets built

ValhallaDelayboaststhesameiconicGUIstylingasitsstablemates

ValhallaDSP ValhallaDelay

A newValhallaDSPrelease is always exciting, and

ValhallaDelaydeliverstheir “take on classic and

moderndelayandecho units” via seven delay Modes,

includingtapeechoes, BBD and pitchshifting delay

(forward/reverse).Single, Dual, Ratio, PingPong and

Quaddelay‘voicing’styles add yet more versatility,

andtheDiffusionsection smooths sounds for softer

delaysandfull-onreverb treatments.

AvailablenowforMac and PC, for $50.

valhalladsp.com

using all the V Collection synths, with

predefined macro controls (automatically

assigned to the knobs of Arturia’s MiniLab

controller keyboard) for tweaking – has been

updated to version 4, incorporating the

engines of the three newcomers. And the

engine of the B3 V Hammond organ has

beenoverhauled,“makingthemost

authentic,vibrantelectricorganvirtual

instrumentever”.

V Collection7 isoutnowforMacandPC,

priced€499,withtheupgradeat€199.We’ll

bereviewingit soon.

arturia.com

Three gorgeous new

synths make the V

Collection even better

value than it was already

10 / COMPUTER MUSIC / July 2019

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