Preview the updated Arturia V Collection 8.1 video.
Arturia let us know that they have updated V Collection, their collection of virtual instruments, with microtuning support, NKS compatibility and more.
What’s new in Arturia V Collection 8.1:
Microtuning compatibility – You can now explore microtonal tunings with OB-Xa V, Vocoder V, Emulator II V, Jup-8 V, and Jun-6 V, thanks to compatibility with ODDSound’s MTS-ESP, a microtuning software utility designed with the help of Aphex Twin.
NKS ready – Every title in V Collection is now ready for Native Kontrol Standard implementation.
OB-Xa V – updated with detailed analog voice dispersion, improved envelope behavior, VCO sync and more.
Analog Lab V accessibility – their all-in-one keyboard anthology has been updated with text-to-speech functionality, providing real-time audio feedback with every tweak and preset change – you can even configure it to respond to your MIDI controller adjustments.
More in-app tutorial updates – many of the in-app tutorials have been updated to be more informative and accessible.
MIDI / macro improvements – including MIDI CC assignment, macro customization, and a number of workflow improvements.
Cre8audio has introduced two new modules, created in partnership with Pittsburgh Modular Synthesizers, along with a new system for racking the company’s NiftyCase powered Eurorack cases.
The first of the modules developed with Pittsburgh Modular is Capt’n Big-O, an analog oscillator that they say is for people who like “massively big analog sounds”.
Capt’n Big-O offers a wide range of sonic possibilities, ranging from classic analog sounds to the more complex sounds Pittsburgh Modular is known for. So it generates sine, triangle, saw, and square waves, but it also lets you mangle them beyond recognition with a wave folder, drive circuit and frequency modulation.
Features:
100% analog, original design (not an oscillator on a chip)
Waveforms – sine, triangle, saw, and square
Wave folder/waveshaper – routed by default to sine but patchable to any waveform or external source
Drive circuit – essentially a 75x overdriven VCA (5V output)
Linear and exponential frequency modulation (FM)
Hard sync
Pulsewidth modulation
Frequency range of oscillator: full range – LFO through audible spectrum
The second of their modules created with Pittsburgh Modular is Mr. Phil Ter, which they say “lives up to its name as a VCA and envelope generator”, that also happens to be a classic transistor ladder filter.
Features:
Envelope
Voltage range: 0-10V
Gate trigger threshold voltage: +5V
Attack, Release, and Decay times 0-10s (slow). 0-5s (fast)
Easter egg mode – quantize itself to 7bit for a steppy sample & hold effect
Dual envelope outputs
Analog VCA
Analog Filter – classic low-pass transistor ladder filter design that will self-oscillate
Lastly, Cre8audio has introduced NiftyCASE BigEARS, birch wood end cheeks that let you stack two of the company’s NiftyCASES.
Each set of NiftyCASE BigEARS includes 2 wood sides, as well as all the mounting hardware needed to connect 2 NiftyCASES together.
All of the items are ‘imminently available’ from Cre8audio and Cre8audio dealers worldwide, with the following pricing:
The latest version of Live 11 Lite is now available.
Just announced by Ableton, this is a cutdown version of Live that contains several of the most recent update’s new features.
These include support for MPE-capable hardware and the MPE Control device – this enables you to edit the pitch, slide and pressure envelopes of each note.
Key new features include:
MIDI Polyphonic Expression: MPE lets you add bends, slides and pressure for each individual note in a chord, add subtle expression variations, morph between chords and create evolving sonic textures more easily.
Sounds and effects: Four effects – Chorus-Ensemble, Phaser-Flanger, Limiter, Saturator – bring a much wider range of sound shaping possibilities to Live Lite. The upgrades to the Live Core Library that came with Live 11 are also now available for Live Lite, new sounds, drum kits, Racks, Grooves, loops and MIDI clips.
More functionality: You can now add up to 16 Scenes for more varied arrangements and space to experiment with ideas. And with Tempo Following, Live listens to and adjusts its tempo based on incoming audio from another musician or other gear like drum machines in real time.
There are new audio effects, as well – Phaser-Flanger, Limiter and Saturator – and you can now use up to 16 Scenes in the Session View, giving you scope to put down ideas and create more varied arrangements.
Another useful addition is Tempo Following – Live will ‘listen’ to incoming audio and adjust its tempo accordingly – and the core Live library has been expandedwith more sounds, drum kits, Racks, Grooves, loops and MIDI clips. Some of the device updates made in Live 11 like, Redux and Chorus-Ensemble are available.
You can also add some new Follow Actions – these can now be linked to a clip’s length and applied to Scenes and the good news is that it is a free one for existing Live Lite users.
Live Lite is included in the purchase of a wide range of hardware products. But, owners of any previous version of Live Lite can upgrade for free.
