Hmmm, with NAMM coming up soon, hope to here more from Arturia. Does the DX7 load original data sysex from the ROM cards by Yamaha or are those included as presets?

both

Some tutorial videos :






The product page Arturia - Overview

can you guys do an origin 2 thats just a box that hosts these vst’s?

The way I feel just now I dont want to turn on a computer again but Id love these in a sound module

The Buchla model looks exactly like a real music easel...no copyright probs there..?

Thanks Kevin - Specifically, the preset names don't come up on the KL88 screen and the navigation also doesn't work - And as mentioned in the other thread by another poster, some of the sliders are mapped incorrectly.

Thanks again for looking into it!

Greg

thinking of getting onboard - have the v-collection 3, and also have an upgrade offer for $199 ... seems good but then again i pretty much never used the V3 despite paying £400 or so as i'm 99.9% OTB these days. but the digital stuff looks cool i have to say

my concern is that they drop the upgrade from V3 come January 10 ... would be great if someone from Arturia could let us know how long that upgrade will be possible?

That's a bargain if you're still on v3. Personally I think it's a rip-off as I only bought v5 a month ago so it seems really off that I have to pay the same upgrade price as someone who's been using an old version for years..

I think "rip-off" is a bit harsh.

You *are* getting 4 new instruments with this upgrade,
which works out to $50 each.

Those emulations don't write themselves.

I bought V5 upgrade for $99 last year, hopefully we'll see a better deal eventually, meanwhile V5 and the update will be enough till then.

My point is very simply about the timing of this, and the lack of grace period for new users.

Let's consider how other software vendors deal with their major updates:

Ableton Live has a major upgrade due in the new year, and they are now not only offering a discount on the current version, but anyone who purchases v9 currently will get a free upgrade to v10 when it’s released in Q1 2018 too. That’s 4+ months grace period.

Likewise when Spectrasonics released Omnisphere 2, there was a free upgrade for anyone who’d purchased v1 in the previous six months (or more IIRC).

Both of those were major version upgrades, but they show a lot of respect for their users and provide a very reasonable solution for new users so they won’t lose out on purchasing now.

I had no idea a major update was due for the V collection. Clearly any reasonable person, if they knew a major upgrade was imminent, would have waited a month to buy it? I certainly would have if I’d known that v6 was due. This is made even worse when I see people on forums such as this saying they’re still on v3 which has been out for *years* and they have been offered the same upgrade pricing as a brand new user such as myself who’s only just bought it a month ago..

I've barely had a few hours use from it yet so I think I have every right to feel a bit cheesed off!

I payed full price for v2, the upgrade price to V3, the upgrade price to V4, the upgrade price to v5 and I also received an upgrade offer from V5 to V6 for €199,00 (= $235). I agree it is a rip-off somehow, I guess I already paid 2 to 3 times the full price.

Or looking at it in another way: I get 4 new instruments for €199,00 (= $235), sonicspacerec goes from V3 (= 7 instruments) to V6 (= 21 instruments) = 14 new instruments for $199. I think this is not fair. I should pay less or sonicspacerec should pay more, no?

@ sonicspacerec: go for it while you still can

Simple answer is dont upgrade at all. My Analog Lab software was a free upgrade from V1

cheers! i'm definitely close to pulling the trigger. could be nice to investigate modern soft synths a bit more

i agree the price seems off for v5 upgrades especially, but i do recall the previous upgrade being available from v2-v4 -> v5 so i don't think the cheap price for v3->v6 is something new. but put that way - 14 new instruments - it does seem like a sweet deal

The way I see it at $50 bucks per each of the four instruments, that screams with bang for buck.

In your situation, I'd say it's more of a 'no brainer'.

This despite the fact that you're mostly OTB now.
You never know when something will be just the right trigger to get you back in.

I use both hard and soft, and wouldn't really want to be without either one.

Ugh I JUST bought Collection 5 a week ago. It's like Arturia doesn't want me to buy anyone else Christmas presents.

I hope not. The joy of the Origin, which I was lucky enough to play with, is in having a modular synth with modules from different companies. Including Arturia. Producing a VA which does both, letting us wire up modules and installing complete softsynths, that would be awesome.

It’s 199 for me, I also bought 4, then upgraded to 5....I also bought a MatrixBrute, Microbrute, Keystep and Beatstep Pro brand new...besides the Moog emulator, I’ve not used the software, so went through them again to check them out...and not going to spend that on the upgrade, no real value in it for me...think I’d rather pay for Roland Cloud, at least I get to use their plug outs in my System 1m

Yeah I suppose...Ive got a win 10 tablet lying about, Im going to see how it handles the collection..got a arturia factory 32 so some of the controls are premapped anyway, I wonder how the others are with a touchscreen.

My two kids names begin with A, so does Arturia yet I have to pay $199...its a disgrace

I'm in a similar boat, but honestly I was 99.9% sure an upgrade was coming which was why I assume that the boxed set I got was half price.

The way I see it, I still have all but one activation available and could probably sell the set for about hundred bucks to someone.... So I'm into the latest and greatest for $299 all in and I've had my fun with version 5 for a few months. Not a bad deal.

Or I could simply upgrade Analog Lab (free) and skip this upgrade cycle altogether and get the version seven upgrade for $199 in a year....

Between now and version 7 there will be a sale...Ive upgraded everytime since version 3, never paid $199...just enjoy 5 for a while

Just pretend v6 hasnt come out just now and be happy with your purchase...I bought komplete ultimate a couple of months before it went 50% off...now thats a chunk of change! Never bought a NI item at full price since, never will


Or drop Arturia a line Kevin et al are very nice, I missed a sale price by weeks once and they very nicely gave me it. It pays to maybe talk to them before getting bent, but I know where you are coming from.

On another forum, one of the Arturia guys said there's a 'grace period'.
If you're serious about getting V6, I'd contact them about it.

The other alternative is to dig into V5 for a while, and wait until there's a sale on V6.

The other, other alternative is to go hardware and forget about softsynths.

I did a V5 upgrade earlier this year, and was initially a little miffed.. but not so much any more. They have to draw the line somewhere. One thing that took the sting out of it.. is most of my V5 instruments updated tonight, including Analog Lab 3... which now includes V6 presets. Am going through the new instruments, to see if it's going to be worth having more of their patches, and access to editing more than the minimum stuff. At this point.. those seem like fine freebies for this update.

To restate - here are a bunch of new patches from the new instruments in the Analog Lab 3 update, that V5 users get free..

PS. THE DX-7 11-E.Piano is an excellent emulation. The controls (which mapped automatically to my Arturia Laboratory), allow for fine control of hammer timbre, and some other excellent shaping shtuff..

JDoo (very happy for the free upgrade to Analog Lab!)

I tried the Buchla V demo and it's too hard on my CPU (Cubase9.5 W7 I7 3.4GHZ 16GB) whereas U-HE Repro 5 became very usable with its Multicore enabling. The demo's expired now so are there any similar settings with the Buchla V? If not that'll probably be it.

worse for me, I named my first kid Arturia

Hi,

toward customers who bought the V Collection 5 in the last six weeks we are offering a grace period.

For those who bought through retail at 249Eur/$: they will be entitled to purchase the upgrade for 150€/$ (= 399 - 249)

For those who bought on Arturia - Home at full price: we will offer the upgrade for free.

This should be handled by direct email to sales_DOT_support_AT_arturia_DOT_com

What's going on with Arturia these days? They are really pushing it. Modern Arturia feels like Native Instruments back in the day. Lots of energy and creativity.

Congratulations to the development teams at Arturia. Not only does the new v6 Collection fall into the no-brainer category. The new Audiofuse audio card is also extremely interesting.

Whatever you guys are doing. Keep on doing it.

/C