V Collection 9 : Best collection out there

I was researching a few synth collections from other companies. Since I strongly oppose any subscription based software (apart from entertainment), Roland was straight out. Korg Collection was interesting, but underwhelming for the price.

Arturia nailed it with this one. I got the V Collection 9 on sale, but it is well worth its regular price. The software works flawlessly - tested on Cakewalk and Reaper.

And there's the sound...

Every synth sound immaculate, real, Mini moog recreation can crush walls ;). Vintage sampler recreations - Synclavier, Fairlight and Emulator are true gems here - these guys can even read original disk images. DX 7 recreation is (optionally) noisy as I remeber it was ;) and it can read original Sys-Ex data, of course.

Even the modelled Piano V (which has mixed reviews, to my surprise) with a bit of tweaking can sound realistic, both solo and in the mix. B-3, Stage e-piano, Wurlitzer, Mellotron, Farfisa, Vox and Solina are all uber-fantastic.

And don't forget Arturia's Augmented VOICES and STRINGS - a really nice touch and very usable instruments as well.

All of these synths are very easy to tweak, tutorials are included in each. Plus for adding arpeggiators and effects processors to most of them - as you can see, the collections very, very flexible and can be used in any music.

Arturia V Collection 9 is the best purchase I did for my studio. Worth it's weight in gold.