Arturia AstroLab

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Been using Arturia V Collection for many years. I planned to get an Arturia KeyLab MIDI keyboard for it, but good I waited.

The AstroLab has 1,000 Arturia V Collection and Pigments sounds, and since I have software licenses for both, I can load up to 10,000 presets from my Arturia software into the AstroLab, and don't need the computer to use them once loaded!

Just ordered the AstroLab today..

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AstroLab works great, complete integration with V Collection and Pigments, to go!
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Bumping back up.

I recently got into some synth drum machine stuff. Started with some cheap Behringer stuff (Model D is great) and an Arturia KeyStep.
I was looking at more hardware synth modules, when I figured out I can get Arturia V Collection X for $200. I've listened to comparisons, and the software is obviously lacking compared to hardware. But! It's pretty close, and there's no way I could amass a Rhodes, DXT, Juno, etc...
So I'm thinking the V Collection looks good. A lot of the presets sound great, and I reckon would lead to hours of fun.

Curious if you've messed with it much and would recommend?
 
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Bumping back up.

I recently got into some synth drum machine stuff. Started with some cheap Behringer stuff (Model D is great) and an Arturia KeyStep.
I was looking at more hardware synth modules, when I figured out I can get Arturia V Collection X for $200. I've listened to comparisons, and the software is obviously lacking compared to hardware. But! It's pretty close, and there's no way I could amass a Rhodes, DXT, Juno, etc...
So I'm thinking the V Collection looks good. A lot of the presets sound great, and I reckon would lead to hours of fun.

Curious if you've messed with it much and would recommend?
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Yes, I've been using V Collection for several years; it has a many classic synths and keys which would be difficult to cover in real hardware. The V collection is worth it IMO, I wait for the black friday sales to upgrade which was $99 to upgrade to the latest version, X (10) this year.


I also have Omnisphere 2 which has many classic synths, and worth a look. I've been using V Collection longer so I know it better. I used to have Komplete, but stopped using it; I prefer V Collection and Omnisphere for software keys/synths, and Omnisphere does more. I have a few other software synths I purchased along the way, but don't use much anymore (Uhe, Sugar Bytes, Image Line, ...)

I also have a Roland Fantom EX, with access to Roland Cloud which is whole other synth world; I'm getting into the hardware/software ecosystems lately, with Roland and Arturia; a hardware controller for Omnisphere 2 is not easy to find, I have one but it's a pain to configure, I'm always messing with the setup (Nektar Panorama P6)
 
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