Members Unfed Posted June 19, 2006 Members Share Posted June 19, 2006 http://www.arturia.com/en/analogfac/analogfac.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tim gueguen Posted June 19, 2006 Members Share Posted June 19, 2006 I think someone already posted about this thing. In any case a lot of folks aren't too happy right now with Arturia over their new copy protection scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tim gueguen Posted June 20, 2006 Members Share Posted June 20, 2006 According to a post on Matrixsynth you can download the demo without the Arturia dongle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members orangefunk Posted June 20, 2006 Members Share Posted June 20, 2006 How do people find the CS80v? I found it quite thin! There were only a handul of patches that I really liked in the presets... some kind of String synth sound and a piano/organ layered sound... Is it really that close to a real CS80?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members warpus Posted June 20, 2006 Members Share Posted June 20, 2006 Is it me or do Arturia's soft synths all sound pretty much the same? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members orangefunk Posted June 20, 2006 Members Share Posted June 20, 2006 Originally posted by Plastic Baby I want your VL7 . Funnily enough I was just playing it now.... :-) I was playing Focus' "House of the King" on it.... One sold on ebay recently for less than Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members orangefunk Posted June 20, 2006 Members Share Posted June 20, 2006 Originally posted by warpus Is it me or do Arturia's soft synths all sound pretty much the same? Yeah, it makes sense I suppose... develop the DSP modules individually and then bolt together different configurations to make different synths... I wouldn't think any of Arturias range are that accurate, but they do have a sound to them I suppose. The Modular Moog was interesting but too complex for me. The Analog Factory is probably pretty much the same code repeated for the different modules... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members orangefunk Posted June 20, 2006 Members Share Posted June 20, 2006 Originally posted by Plastic Baby The cs80 was never known for being ultra phat, more thin but very clever. Yeah I always thought it sounded a bit 1982 Roger Limb and Paddy Kingsland Radiophonic Workshop like... It reminds me of something like the Solina String Ensemble at times but with more options... Totally agree about the bass end. Each to their own though... I love its brass and string sounds, at least on Vangelis and Jarre records.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Twilight Drone Posted June 20, 2006 Members Share Posted June 20, 2006 I'm not sure if I've got the same meaning of the word 'phat' but the CS80 low pad sound played by Vangelis on Mutiny on the Bounty (End Titles) is 'phat' like no other synth for me. The thundery sound, if you know what I mean, is probably played with only one key, as I saw on at least two Vangelis videos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members warpus Posted June 20, 2006 Members Share Posted June 20, 2006 Originally posted by orangefunk Yeah, it makes sense I suppose... develop the DSP modules individually and then bolt together different configurations to make different synths...I wouldn't think any of Arturias range are that accurate, but they do have a sound to them I suppose. The Modular Moog was interesting but too complex for me. The Analog Factory is probably pretty much the same code repeated for the different modules... I've listened to the mp3 demos of their new Prophet V and they don't sound anything like a Prophet 5 or a Prophet VS. I was actually more interested in the Prophet VS emulation as that is one of my all time favorite synths. But their version sounds nothing like what I remember a Prophet VS sounding like. If they labled the same demo as the Minimoog V demo, I wouldn't have been able to tell the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WhinyLittleRunt Posted June 20, 2006 Members Share Posted June 20, 2006 I actually purchased the dongle to get the Prophet V demo. After using it for about a week, I realized I couldn't use it. 1 - because it's a CPU hog and killed my G4 with layered sounds, 2 - because it really didn't sound like a Prophet 5 (never used a VS) except they got the "out of tune" scheme right... and 3 - the synchrosoft dongle itself caused all kinds of havoc with my computer, and made a real headache with Cubase (which uses its own dongle). So I gave up on it pretty quickly. Wasn't even worth sending back the dongle for 15 bucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Analog Kid Posted June 21, 2006 Members Share Posted June 21, 2006 downloading now. Hey, my first Universal Binary! Cant run the Intel version, but this is still a milestone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bartrom Posted June 21, 2006 Members Share Posted June 21, 2006 some of the sounds can be big and very expressive http://www.parsick.com/Indeed. The link should auto play music featuring CS-80 drones and brass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Analog Kid Posted June 21, 2006 Members Share Posted June 21, 2006 It's pretty cool as a jukebox of VA presets. In stand alone mode when i send a program change, instead of switching the patch, it seems to want to clip the VCA's instead. There are a lot of good sounds here, and it is free... I might use this one to get some of the sounds that my Moog Modular V cant make (yes the Arturia synths do in fact have some sonic differences between them) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members orangefunk Posted June 21, 2006 Members Share Posted June 21, 2006 so lets get this right... its a fully working demo except for no saving? Are there any time out restrictions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members orangefunk Posted June 21, 2006 Members Share Posted June 21, 2006 hmm... none of the moog synths work on my machine.. the ARP and CS80 are sounding pretty sick... love that Mister_Joe sound... very Weather Report "Havana" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members orangefunk Posted June 21, 2006 Members Share Posted June 21, 2006 Ahh.. for some reason it only installed CS80 and ARP datafiles.. very odd... will try again now.. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members orangefunk Posted June 21, 2006 Members Share Posted June 21, 2006 Mine crashes if I use the mouse erratically on the GUI keyboard... can anyone else confirm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members orangefunk Posted June 21, 2006 Members Share Posted June 21, 2006 Yeah took a long time for me too... I think it's because there are a lot of small files rather than a few small ones... I really like some of the Arp brass... I just wish it was aftertouch enabled... even the mod wheel doesn't work for a lot of the patches.... and whats with emulating the ARPs downward scanning... I would prefer to be able to disable that as it means that arpeggios on the upstroke have to be perfect.. Originally posted by Plastic Baby Don't use the mouse erratically, then Not noticed anything, was using it most of the day, the only thing that confused me was no documentation or info about it? and it took hours to load too and from smart media card? This is a softsynth demo that could be ideal for someone on a tight budget and needs old skool synth sounds, they can purchase the full program later, well done Arturia for not being too greedy. Saying that though, the greedy bastards disabled pro 5 and vs Only kidding, they did good This softsynth is so simple it reminds me of using synths without memory locations, your forced to be creative. The few controllers and parameters are just enough to get interesting new sounds. Could this be one of the most useful and interesting softsynth demos in ages. Im going to attempt an whole track with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NuSkoolTone Posted June 22, 2006 Members Share Posted June 22, 2006 Ya know for a moment, I actually thought this was a peice of hardware I could add to my rig. Mini keyboard and an LCD touch screen. Exciting idea! Then I saw the price and realized there was no way that was true..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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