![]() Step sequencers for notes and a modulation sequencer with three possible destinations and individual polarity controls add to the animation festival. Galaxy was a wacky but fun modulation feature that livened up version 3 patches, but it’s replaced by an additional LFO, more LFO waveform choices, and a more easily comprehended modulation mixer. The modulation section has been expanded, with an intriguing and extremely flexible Modulation Mixer that lets LFOs interact and combine in various ways. ![]() Version 4 of the Jupiter 8 adds Unison Detune and Dispersion controls that, depending on the mode you choose, produce subtle to drastic drifts in pitch or variations in timbre, pulse width, and resonance. ![]() Similarly, the Emulator II V offers Brightness, Timbre, Time, and Movement. These vary somewhat with each instrument, but for example the B3V organ’s four macros are Brightness, Time, Drive, and Vibrato. The new Macros feature provides quick access to the most likely controls you’ll use. Here are just some highlights of what the new version 8 brings to the table. The company’s stock-in-trade is faithful emulations of vintage synths, both analog and digital, while adding modern modulation features, polyphony, and more. It’s a novel host program in which you can control, split, layer, combine, and recombine the synths in a number of ways – practically an instrument in itself. They’ve also added new features to all of the instruments and revamped Analog Lab, their hosting software. This time around they’ve added Jun-6 V and Jup-8 V 4 (Roland synths), the Emulator II V sampler, Vocoder V, OB-Xa V ( that Oberheim synth), and Stage 73 E (a Rhodes electric piano).Īrturia sweetens the deal with new patches. Marty Cutler looks at the new additions to Arturia’s behemoth software “anthology” of famous instrumentsĪrturia adds more classic synths and keyboards to their bundle of 27 – twenty-seven! – plug-in vintage synthesizer emulations every year.
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