#U he diva vs v collection 6 pro
Look no further for high-gloss 80s tones.Ĭheck out our review of TAL U-NO-LX Roland CloudĪnother multiple entrant, this time from one of the industry’s biggest players, who have virtualised eight (at the time of writing – new ones are added occasionally) of their own timeless analogues.Īlongside a sizeable catalogue of vaguely diverting ROMplers and the Zenology Pro modelling synth, subscribers to the Roland Cloud service get limitless access to Roland’s ’Legendary’ collection, featuring definitive emulations of the JX-3P, SH-101, SH-2, Juno-106, Jupiter-8, ProMars, System-100 and TB-303. Zero delay feedback filters yield a wholly convincing analogue character you get 12 voices, doubling the six of the original that legendary Juno chorus is in place and the addition of portamento and MPE support bring new levels of expressiveness. Of course, the latter is hardly a selling point in this day and age, but the sound of the Juno-60 is still a thing to behold – and Togu Audio Line’s virtual clone captures it to a T.įor those familiar with the real deal, TAL U-NO-LX delights at every turn with its lovingly recreated front panel and perfectly calibrated controls and while those raised on more contemporary designs might find the architecture and workflow puzzlingly simplistic, it won’t take long for its redoubtable charms to win over even the most ardent futurist. The price tag might seem high at first glance, but when you consider the sheer number of instruments involved (we’ve not even touched on the 15 equally brilliant digital synths, organs, pianos, etc) and their unarguable quality across the board, V-Collection 8 in fact represents value for money.Ĭheck out our review of V-Collection 8 GForce Oddity2Īmong the greatest synths of the 1980s, Roland’s Juno-60 was (and still is!) lauded for its bright, punchy sonics and the tuning stability of its groundbreaking digitally controlled oscillators (DCOs). What really get our circuits humming, though, are the more esoteric likes of OB-Xa V, Synthi V and Buchla Easel V, the last especially notable as a wonderfully weird source of out-there soundscapes and trippy textures. Obvious analogue highlights of V-Collection 8 include (Moog) Mini V and Modular V, ARP 2600 V, (Oberheim) SEM V, (Yamaha) CS-80 V and (Roland) Jun-6 V and Jup-8 V, all of which hit the mark in terms of sonic faithfulness and add a ton of empowering new functions and controls. We agonised long and hard over which of the 13 superb analogue synths from Arturia’s 28-strong smorgasbord of vintage keyboard emulations to put on our hit list, but in the end we just couldn’t decide – so we plumped for all of them!
The only downside is a hefty CPU hit, but if you’re good with that, it’s a must-have. The Modifications panel, meanwhile, provides a variety of under-the-hood and maths-based modulation options and two effects modules each offer a choice of Chorus, Phaser, Plate, Delay and Rotary processors.ĭIVA is as vital today as it was ten years ago, and we’ve yet to hear its bettered when it comes to raw analogue-ness. Key to DIVA’s staggeringly analogue sound are the filters, which employ a zero delay feedback design for exceptionally realistic resonance behaviour but the Trimmers panel also plays a major role in the authenticity of the thing, affording detailed control over analogue fluctuation and drift, per-voice detune and more. Rather, DIVA’s semi-modular architecture enables you to freely mix and match oscillators, filters and envelopes modelled on those of a range of hardware heavyweights – the Minimoog Model D, Korg MS20, Oberheim SEM, and Roland Alpha Juno, Juno-60, Jupiter-6, Jupiter-8 and JP-8000 – to create your own hybrid instruments. Still regarded by many as the last word in analogue emulation plugins, almost a decade after its release, u-he’s stunning ‘Dinosaur Impersonating Virtual Analogue’ stands apart from the rest of our contenders here in that it doesn’t, strictly speaking, emulate ‘ a classic synth’.
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