Thanks for your honest feedback about the new V Collection X update. I think that to justify such purchases I need to have the build of a real musician, to be a good composer and to be offered musical commissions, far from my abilities.īut I’m having fun and that’s also the goal. I forget the sound banks, but retirement requires me to stay with my old A-500 midi keyboard, I don’t really have the finances. I have the impression today that I am more of a virtual synth tester than a composer at the moment, I must admit that my musical universe is starting to expand. I also have to master the use of 33 quality instruments, Pigments which is not an easy task. In short, it will be easier to place it on my birthday or wait until BlackFriday next year. I also made the Pigment investment, my wife will kill me if I impose this on her again. Of course, for the upgrade with the following elements MiniFreak V, Acid V, CP-70 V, Augmented, BRASS, Augmented Woodwind is really interesting at 199€ (I doubt that the cumulative amount of each of the instruments is below that propose). Having benefited from a promotional upgrade. I’m not going to complain because I was lucky enough to contribute to those who invested the total amount for V collection 9 Obviously you have to make money and if I’m wrong you will make loads (I hope I am wrong)īut if I’m right, you need to ask yourselves which is better, say 100 existing customers prepared to pay €299 to upgrade or 1000 existing customers prepared to pay say €150 Hopefully I’m wrong and am a lone voice, and thousands will rush to upgrade, but I still think for most v collection lovers, their dream synths are already here. The problem for me is I look at the v9 and VX additions, and there’s nothing (except for sq80 that I already bought) in them that makes me even slightly feel “want”.Īnd at €299 euros, I can’t justify it either, for €150 I’d have bought instantly for the updates and to have a few things extra to play around with, but again, for me, nothing really screams out “want”. So when I saw a YouTube vid advertising Arturia VX, I thought, “wonder how much to upgrade, if I can buy it for €150 or less I’ll buy it now”īut I look, and to upgrade from v8 is €299 The three biggies I own are Komplete 14 collectors edition, Omnisphere and V8, between those (and I find I rarely use Omnisphere) I have virtually everything I need. So today I discover v collection X has been released. I suspect this also applies to those a lot younger than me, any classic synth they want, Arturia has already released in previous v collections? I think Arturia might have a problem here, I’m 60 next year, any synth I lusted over but couldn’t afford in the 80s, Arturia has already released. The upgraded piano v was also interesting but again, the amount of pianos I own from other manufacturers, well I couldn’t justify the price to upgrade When v9 was released, I already owned the sq80, the only other new synth I wouldn’t have minded owning was the korg ms-20, but while it looks interesting, it’s never been in my “must have/I want” list and to be honest, with the rest of the v8 collection and the other libraries such as Komplete that I own, I doubt I would have touched it. I also missed my sq80 so when Arturia launched that, I bought it. My first edition was v6, then v7, then v8. The full purchase price for v version X is a superb deal for someone who doesn’t own the v collection, absolutely no doubt in my mind about that.īut for me, the upgrade price is a little steep. I also know it’s my choice whether to upgrade or not. I know every release a few people complain about the price, this time I’m going to join them Hi, I see version X has just been released.
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