Arturia V Collection vs the Real Hardware : Part 1

I'm an avid user of vintage synths and keyboards and also a fan of the Arturia V Collection. So I thought it would be fun to put them side by side.

No processing of audio is applied except for a dash of UAD EMT 140 Plate Reverb.

1. 1982 Roland Juno 6 vs Arturia Jun-6V
2. 1984 E-mu Emulator ii + HD vs Arturia Emulator IIV
3. 1984 Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 Rev 3.3 vs Arturia Prophet-5 V
4. 1974 Solina String Ensemble vs Arturia Solina V2
5. 1978 Rhodes Stage Piano Mk 1 73 vs Arturia Stage-73 V2

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[matt]

All of them sound great, thank you for showing the side by side!!

[craigsurette]

The models are more than good enough! Especially compared to the amount of money, space, and hassle the originals will cost you.
I might have lost some tiny bit of tone when i switched to software, but I do not miss having to use a minivan to go to jam with my friends, never mind dealing with spaghetti hell every time i set things up or took them down.

[Lantertronics]

One thing I noticed is there's an often slight volume difference between the hardware & software demos (this isn't really a complaint -- it's really hard to get this exactly adjusted in post). And our ears naturally gravitate toward liking something that's louder.

[Peter_S_]

Excellent comparisons!
This drives it home that emulations will effortlessly get you 96% of the way there but the real item has a depth and soul which is absent in the emulation.

[jp]

Just finally gave in and bought V-Collection, this video is making me super excited about it. Perfect demonstration.

[jaxman]

This video shows how close the originals are to the Arturia VSTs. I hardly notice any difference if any on this video. Great Job!

[sKLeTvM]

It may sound bragging, but I did own most of the hardware of the V-collection back in the days. (80's - 90's) Apart from the money I could have got today, I never regretted selling all thos synths. I still remember each time firing up my studio, some of the old stuff was broke, and csted me each time lots of money to get it repaired. Sound wise, we arrived at that stage that no one can tell the difference in a full music production. And last, there has always been that false myth about vintage being better, which is absolutely not. There are no 'better' synths. That is a complete misunderstanding of the matter and proves that a lot of people are just talking bs. Take a Juno 60 as example. people going (falsely) crazy about it, but after a few months they sell it again. Seems that its sound is rather boring without the chorus... that's why it's on sale a lot...

[Mikas_Emil]

Thats really impressive, actually. Thank you for doing this!!

[robertochehade]

Most of them sound really close. I think the only big difference is on the prophet and the Rhodes. Great vídeo by the way. Waiting for Part 2 🔥

[gibson]

Hardware sounds clearly better, as it should. VSTs do a good job though. Very nice mate :)

[thedoc]

yes I have them as well, I think they sound incredibly realistic. great tunes to demo. Riders was ace

[JeffyG]

No doubt in my mind. $400 for 34 vintage keyboards and synths that would otherwise cost $50K on the used market. End of discussion 😂

[dektrimusic]

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Thanks for the comparison and congrats on the selection of songs for the demo… amazing playlist

[johnsaunders]

That was excellent. Shows you how good the Arturia plugins are.

[Harrysound]

Wow I wasn’t expecting them to sound so good

[ewwitsantonio]

Awesome! Do a blind A B quiz for us and let's see who can truly hear the difference for part 2.... :)

[davidefuzzati]

Hmmm.... The Rhodes... If the setup was similar to the real one, well... It failed miserably. I mean, it's not a BAD tone per se, but totally different from the real one (and yes, i know that even on hardware counterparts from the same batch the sound might not be the same). The Solina, the Juno... Almost identical to the real ones. That said, great demo Luke, thanks a lot for sharing this.

[billjacobs]

The plug ins are getting close, but not there yet. Still better than they were just a few years ago. Thanks for sharing!

[darwiniandude]

Great comparison Luke, thanks for the effort :) For me I think the Solina and Rhodes are the most different - more soul in the real instruments.

[Iredidv]

If you take the recording process, preamps, mixer, normalisation etc.. in account, for me they are identical. Even dare to say some arturia emulations sound more pleasing to the ear, clearer.

Great vid, must’ve been a lot of work, thank you.

Ps an effect version comparison would be cool too 😊