Arturia V Collection 8

Arturia’s 8th iteration of their sumptuous plug in instrument suite boasts four new additions, 2 upgrades, a new Analog Lab and PatchWorks

It all started here, so say Arturia, French purveyors of what is, arguably, the biggest and, some say, best collection of software instruments available in a single place.

V Collection 8, announced today, expands its toolbox even further with the inclusion of four new instruments…

They have also updated two staples of the V Collection…

There’s also an updated Analog Lab…

And PatchWorks, a collection of curated patches…

The main features of V Collection 8 include…

Main Features

• Includes 28 software titles: Emulator II V, Vocoder V, Jun-6 V, OB-Xa V, Mellotron V, Synthi V, CZ V, Analog Lab V, Clavinet V, CMI V, DX7 V, Buchla Easel V, Synclavier V, B-3 V, Mini V, Piano V, Stage-73 V, Matrix-12 V, Farfisa V, Solina V, SEM V, Wurli V, Jup-8 V, ARP 2600 V, CS-80 V, Prophet V, VOX Continental V, Modular V
• More than 10000 high-quality and innovative sound presets.
• Analog Lab V – all presets of the V Collection 8 can be browsed and edited from a single interface
• All instruments share a common interface for browsing, editing (save, import, export, …)
• New In app tutorials allowing to quickly understand the instruments.
• High resolution graphic interfaces, compatible with very large displays
• Easy MIDI mapping to any keyboard controller.
• Arturia’s proprietary technologies, TAE® and Phi®, ensure that each instrument sounds and behaves exactly like the original.
• Easy install and license manager: Arturia Software Center.

We hope to have a closer look at V Collection 8 in the coming weeks. Existing V Collection owners should check their Arturia accounts for special upgrade prices, good through January 10th, 2021.

I’m very excited to try the Emulator II V, for obvious reasons and it will be good to see how the JUN-6V stands up to the Roland Cloud offering. Vocoder V is an obviously exciting proposition and the OB-Xa V, previously available as a standalone instrument, has already received many highly favourable reviews.

Arturia’s V Collection 8 will retail at the slightly higher price of €599 at launch, to reflect the expanded contents and improved workflows.

More info at Arturia’s website