Arturia V Collection vs the Real Hardware : Part 1

[@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.

[@craigsurette3438]

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.

[@lukemillionmusic]

The most important part of music is your vision and you use whatever tools you have at your disposal to bring it to life. It can be software or hardware, you just need to get it down. Hardware synths are beautiful but they do come at a cost and with continual upkeep!

[@alistairfletcher6187]

I think his friends go to his place to jam 😉

[@craigsurette3438]

@@alistairfletcher6187 Sadly, no. I had less to move than the drummer, by a lot, so i had to take the hit for the team. Now, many years and several bands later, my kit consists of a laptop and a controller and fits in a backpack.I ask for a stereo pair to give to the house sound guy at soundcheck, and that's it for when we play out. Its vastly less hassle this way, and sounds 99.9% as good as my hardware setup back in the late80s/early 90s, especially if i make sure to include the little things like channel strip models and amp simulation etc for getting all the nuances right.

[@robmlisanti]

i own quite a few of Arturia products and they all sound amazing especially when you get them on sale😅😅

[@djellisdee]

Agree 100% - if the software instrument emulations can get you to 99% of the original sound, saving tens of thousands of dollars and lots of physical space in your music studio is totally worth it. I have been very happy with the Arturia software instrument emulations, as well as those from Cherry Audio, Native Instruments, Rhodes, Uhe, UA, etc. Music producers are extremely lucky with what we have at our disposal these days, and for a very reasonable price.

[@matt1645]

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

[@jaxman1235]

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

[@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.

[@mikelsikel73]

Generally agree. There is probably a real psychological lift if (say) one was performing live and you had a whole setup of classic keyboards to switch between. And maybe a feel thing. On the other hand, it is a lot to lug around! So even live it may be better just to have a solid laptop and run the emulator(s) like this Arturia software…

[@joechapman8208]

True, but I think that will change. There's no point in an emulation that's 4% better but costs twice the resources, especially if the userbase is likely to misperceive that as poor optimisation, so companies have to wait until research shows the userbase's computers having significantly jumped in power. We already see that in how much better emulations become every 5 years or so.

[@legeartis78]

@@joechapman8208we have been waiting the last 20 years for that to change and the wait goes on. Its like waiting for fusion reactor. We’re always almost there… but we will never get there😅

[@joechapman8208]

@@legeartis78 We are getting there, though! Softube take the step up every few years. The Liquidsonics reverbs. With a good computer by today's standards, you can run as many instances of their effects as you would have expected to run of much less complex equivalents in the past on a machine of the day. Zynaptiq's Orange Vocoder IV is a great example of this: it was clearly working and ready to release years ago, with hints dropped every time it was live-demo'ed at trade shows that you'd need a good computer for it, but they didn't put it out until this year.

[@dossetts]

I think we should remember that there are 4% (I'm not sure how we're quantifying that, but for the sake if argument we'll go with it) or greater differences between *hardware* instances of these synths. We're also not talking about EQ and environment and the effects of time or monitors vs onboard speakers or... ad infinitum. It's not like there is some Platonic ideal of these analog synths with which to compare Arturia's emulations at the 100% metric. 😃

[@sK3LeTvM1]

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...

[@halcreasy4707]

Musicians prefer VSTs; artists prefer instruments.

[@WarpedBlinds]

​@@halcreasy4707 bad take my guy

[@sevchyk]

Can you show those recordings where no one can make a difference?

[@jp99301]

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

[@Mikas_Emil]

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

[@Mikas_Emil]

I think the Rhodes fell through, but the others are so close.

[@baricello56]

Agreed. Always wondered how close they were. There are better Rhodes plugins though.

[@DarthAxiom71]

Sounds perfect to me. I picked up V collection X and a Keylab 61 mk2 a while ago. What a great combination. The sound and feel and response is spot on to me. Not to mention the added features (effects, arpeggiators, modulation, etc) they added make them even better than the originals. Great products, Arturia keep up the good work!

[@syntheticvisionsmusic]

Stunning, scultured beauty and timeless. I am always amazed at Tomita and Carlos, so fantastic. The art of the analogue is not dead. Fab job. Well done. ❤

[@gibson2623]

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

[@Allious131]

No it didn't they sounded the same

[@billysanchez-eh6nn]

@@Allious131 nope there is a big difference as much as i love vsts

[@gibson2623]

@@Allious131 You are def. This is not for you. Get another hobby

[@jeno.javori_music]

@@Allious131 Hi, with good speakers you can hear the slight difference. -

[@jeno.javori_music]

@@gibson2623 :D:D

[@theturtleproject]

Arturia know their stuff, awesome

[@johnsaunders6510]

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

[@_mickmccarthy]

Looking forward to Part 2!

[@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 😊

[@thedoc1210]

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

[@dektrimusic]

0:40 Don't ask me What you know is true Don't have to tell you I love your precious heart Thanks for the comparison and congrats on the selection of songs for the demo… amazing playlist

[@philmarsh5593]

Good comparison, I think. Showing that any differences are so minor as to be negligible really. There is nothing LIKE PLAYING the real thing - but soundwise, the software in the studio will do the job.

[@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 🔥

[@khnoum3130]

Pour le Rhodes, chaque Rhodes est différents donc c'est difficile de juger, mais c'est vrai que les instruments de ce genre on encore des progrès à faire dans l'émulation.

[@CFox.7]

Bro they are not going to be identical to any real model chosen for comparison except the exact piece of kit Arturia used to make the plugin. All hardware synths have slight variances in sonic output

[@scottmccloud4231]

bravissimo! Thanks for helping me make up my mind. Take my money Arturia!

[@Harrysound]

Wow I wasn’t expecting them to sound so good

[@tto0508]

Songs: Take on Me - a-ha (played on a Roland Juno-6) Never Tear Us Apart - INXS (played on an E-mu Emulator II) Robot Rock - Daft Punk (played on a SCI Prophet-5) I Want To Break Free - Queen (played on an ARP Solina) Riders on the Storm - The Doors (played on a Rhodes Stage-73)

[@vimfuego8827]

Solina is 'I want to break wind'

[@tto0508]

@@vimfuego8827 who sang dat

[@vimfuego8827]

@@tto0508 Queen

[@ronricherson6685]

I believe it's the circuitry and that gave the original instruments their bite. I can hear the difference. And since I had the first Roland synth in 1972 and have owned tons of synths I can attest there is a distinct "edge" to the originals that was almost raw at times. Also, I worked in music stores and got very acquainted with many of the Arturia instruments that replicate them (not duplicate). The software engine for any manufacturer will create a certain "sameness" to even the most disparate synths (such as DX-7 vs Jupiter 8). However, I cannot deny that I love owning software versions of instruments I could have never afforded back in the day--which are just as expensive on the open market today. I imagine we're talking $200,000 or more (when you consider instruments like the Synclavier which I was tempted to buy in the early 80's at over $10,000 at the time). The other nice thing about Arturia is the effects. The original DX-7 was DRY. Another issue is stability. Because the oscillators were voltage controlled, they would waver in pitch. Very nice demonstration! It was cool.

[@SR1Records]

The makes of those hardware synths did a really good job making them sound like Arteria's soft synths! They almost sound identical! (lol)

[@user82938]

I find that the analog emulations still fall apart at the extreme high and low ends. The middle range is very usable, but if you want super low growl or super high airy plinks, you have to use real analog.

[@lukemillionmusic]

I think you can improve that with clever processing on the software counterparts. Sometimes I actually find the hardware synths too big in sound to fit in a mix and find myself doing drastic EQ cuts to make them sit in.

[@user82938]

@@lukemillionmusic No, if you play the highest possible note on an analog synth, and then play the same note on the emulation, you will hear what I mean. It's not something you can fix with EQ, it's a limitation of the digital technology. For the most part, you can use emulations if you don't need those super high tones, but it's good to have some analog on hand when you want a really bright chrip or bleep.

[@aceyage]

@@user82938Bullshit. You just don't know how to do it.

[@RogerBrenon]

@@user82938 That's easily solved by just using a sample player. Period.

[@zdave6083]

​@@RogerBrenonno "period " about it. Samples are lifeless and unresponsive.

[@robotjeans]

This was a great demonstration, I've been thinking about getting a hardware synth and as I already own the Arturia V Collection I can see there is really no reason for me a hobbyist to give in to the GAS. Thanks

[@Acrimonious_Snake]

I wish people on YT would pay as much attention to the music as they do to the subtle differences between VST and hardware audio.

[@wavester46]

Like Luke I'm from Adelaide and my mint Rhodes Mark2 and Juno 60 I sold in 1998 are probably sitting in someone's studio here. Do I miss them? F#%k yeah...

[@ewwitsantonio]

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

[@billjacobs5577]

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

[@bonchbonch]

I believe emulations got there years ago and that one can't pick out which is which in a properly conducted blind comparison.

[@gibsonflyingv2820]

@@bonchbonch Time and time again people in blind test comparisons on KZbin have been able to tell the difference.

[@bonchbonch]

​@@gibsonflyingv2820 Nah, hardware advocates like to claim there are all these blind tests where people can tell, but these tests never materialize.

[@crabber338]

As usual: The difference is most apparent when there are quick filter cutoff changes with a fair amount of resonance as this is computationally taxing. The Arturia prophet is not bad but lacks the pleasing character of the real prophet with some settings. It's still very impressive how close and spot on most of the sounds are, and these nuances would be even less apparent if treated and in a mix.

[@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 😂

[@lukemillionmusic]

Probably would be closer to $300-400k if you were to buy all 34 vintage units! So definitely is more affordable haha

[@drewsleyy3836]

I do think that the last Rhodes example showed one weakness that's common amongst most VSTs -- keyboards like Rhodes, Wurli, etc usually don't have quite the same attack and tactility as their real life counterparts. In the context of a mix, they're usually good enough, but you may need to supplement those sounds in particular with other plugins (or the real thing when possible). But the synths? Incredible

[@davidefuzzati8249]

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.

[@lukemillionmusic]

Thanks Davide. I put the Rhodes difference down to the inconsistency in my Hardware version. Every key has its own variation with pickup distance and action which adds to the magic. I think with processing of the Arturia plugin you could get more vibe if you run it through saturation etc. but the rest weee very impressive 😊

[@midnightmix2692]

The rhodes in arturia has always been kinda lackluster. I would instead grab scarbee keys or keyscape, much more authentic sampled sounds compared to the physical modelling stuff with arturia.

[@thedoc1210]

The Arturia Rhodes has a lot of presets, I agree it isn't quite as good as the real thing but handy to have.

[@darryldouglas6004]

@@lukemillionmusic I think it did quite well. Anytime you do a comparison you will get people who hyperbolically say the VST is so far away as to be irritating. Not the case at all. 😃

[@mrdemosounddesign4710]

I agree about the Juno and Solina. Just listening on a phone but both sound spot on

[@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.

[@helisoma]

i did a comparison of my Juno-6 and the Roland Juno-60 VST and there are differences...it's hard to describe but just a different depth ...they can be very close depending on the "patch" (i recreate patches using the Juno-60 manual)

[@ronhutcherson9845]

They sound great but I was surprised that I tell a difference, even with my small speakers. The virtual versions were usually thinner, especially with the Rhodes. Perhaps something different in the analog recording path? Perhaps it doesn’t matter why. This was really cool. Thanks.

[@khnoum3130]

Chaque Rhodes est différent, pour en avoir possédés plusieurs du même model je peut vous dire que la différence était flagrante d'un Rhodes à l'autre. Mais il est vrai que pour les piano et autre instruments acoustiques/electro acoustique les emulations sonnent en grande partie moins bien que l'original.

[@rockstar-technology]

There’s no getting around the fact that the emulation is inferior. For some reason people in KZbin comment sections love to deny it though. Trust your ears.

[@samusbros66]

Beautiful!!! I think Rhodes are the best, and all emulation even with their limitations sound amazing

[@SebasAdamo]

Great comparison. When first listening on my phone, the plugin versions sounded thinner than the real hardware. However after listening on hifi headphones, the diference for some comparisons is almost abscent. Just the volume of the plugins which sometimes seems to be lower compared to the hardware.

[@steelkeez7700]

Awesome now I have to go get it!

[@spencerw6773]

the main differences are in the acoustic electric instruments like the rhodes. the samplers are the best because it’s all digital to begin with. the analog synths are very close but somehow feel like they’re missing high frequency content. i wonder if those would sound closer at higher samples rates because the high frequency smearing could be a result of aliasing

[@zdave6083]

Spot on, bro. Anyone who can't hear the difference are probably suffering from loss of high freqs in their hearing.

[@kaboozle]

Very nice! I was convinced the least by the Rhodes. Maybe the new Rhodes plugin has some value after all!

[@edrift3d]

For me they are really close and in the mix for the most part will be fine. I do miss the impulsive knob fiddling and happy accidents that frequently result from it. Like others have said there is some fullness missing. Still plan on buying another Rev 2 to replace the one I had to sell one day.

[@Prod.Countryjames]

I noticed more of a difference with the Rhode then anything, but still sounds amazing and clean.

[@floatinganarchychannel3204]

Thanks for this ❤

[@jsmacks11]

All of these sound pretty good. The Rhodes sound the most off, (sounding plasticky at times), but even then I'm not sure i could tell with a blind test. The hardware EMU sounds a bit brighter than the Arturia. But otherwise seemed pretty close. Juno sounded spot on. Prophet 5 slight differences but close enough I think where I couldn't tell which one I like better.

[@oblitafier]

I've said it before, but your programming is 😙👌

[@taxmoneyyy]

Fantastic comparison. A million thanks!

[@OMNI_INFINITY]

So that sound is a pro 5. Thanks for showing that.

[@marklawrence909]

VST's are improving al the time. I still use a few originals, but even some of the Behringer clones are good sounding too (even if some don't agree with their morals).

[@doubletriangle22]

These are great to hear. I’d be interested in a blind test and adding a touch of saturation to the emulations turning their built in fx off e.g the Rhodes felt shinier in the plug-in but could roughen that up may be indistinguishable. Juno and Emulator couldn’t really hear a difference. People on here saying they hear the difference hard to say how much of that is in your head. Blind test might be closer than you think and harder to say

[@lukemillionmusic]

I was thinking about doing a video showing how specific processing can make the software sound more like their hardware counterparts. You can definitely get them closer. The sounds in this video are completely dry.

[@falconbravo66]

0:14 I see the difference without headphones ✅

[@patrickpoggensee6333]

What a nice video. Well done ❤

[@Lantertronics]

It would be interesting to run this as a blind listening test. I compared a real Sequential Prophet VS with the Arturia Prophet VS on my channel and asked people to tell me which is the real hardware, and so far no one has really guessed more than random chance. ;)

[@mustafatolgatokucu]

Its hard to catch the power of analog prophet 5 😀 Lead sound for juno is nearly identical but I believe pad sound might be differ. Difficul to copy the intensity of the hardware. Still, samplers like emulator 2 rocks on digital. Fun to watch these comparisons, waiting for next. Thank you.

[@lukemillionmusic]

Thank you 🙏 Next video will be up soon!

[@SethPincus]

Glorious GAS relief!

[@JanPeeters]

The Arturia emulations sound great and very close but to my ears they all miss some depth and sparkle. Maybe solveable with some tape emulation, eq or saturation.

[@musicproductionstreams8021]

Hello! Thanks for doing this. And i highly recommend you trying the U-he Repo-5, it has the best emualtion sounds in the synth software market for sure. Thanks again for what you've been doing!

[@SebasAdamo]

I heard the same for a long time. However also saw quite some comments that the latest Arturia Prophet V version seems to be even better than Repro 5.

[@tripthelightfantastic6519]

Thats impressive.

[@jaystay1514]

Solina and juno are spot on

[@budgetkeyboardist]

Luke, this is fantastic. Just subscribed. Can't wait to check out your other videos!

[@charls.the.composer]

Estuve esperando este video por añoooos! muchas gracias!

[@Autistic_Artist]

The thing I wonder is the difference in person as the analog signal and sound has been digitized and squashed by KZbin

[@xxPenjoxx]

Holy smokes, they are impressive! Thanks for showing them side by side

[@Abruzzo333]

The Emulator II had the biggest contrast for me. Which is somewhat surprising. Might be able to get it closer with a little EQing but the hardware just sounds fantastic.

[@dagahanfdm]

To me it seems that VST just needs a bit of EQ and it's identical. Also we should take into account, that even two different Emulator units doesn't sound same!

[@Juggii]

Thanks for making this video! Very helpful :)!

[@banigrisson]

They all sound very different. Sometimes I like one or the other. But I can't Imagine someone preferring that digital rhodes over the acoustic one.

[@CollinBarlage]

I feel like the difference in tone could be solved by a slight eq? do more please :)

[@lorenzokeyboard]

It's incredible! Arturia is really close to the original!

[@norakat]

Something about hardware Emulator II that sounds in your face. Noticed on another comparison demo too.

[@josuefox]

Great demo. I wish you lied to us by switching the audio ( harware demo playing the emulation audio and vice versa) .. It would shush some people lol .. Seriously it sounds the same.

[@lukemillionmusic]

I did consider that haha

[@ebeyslough]

Someone somewhere in the comments section is going to claim they can absolutely hear the difference between the VST and the real hardware version, even in a mix. I ain’t gonna scroll to find them but tell me I’m wrong.

[@kronosbalmond6472]

Great comparison. This shows how cool the real ones are compared to Emulations. One thing is, in the Emulator II V I see that you used the preset named Marcato Strings. Is it available in library or a custom preset. If its a custom preset, what did you do to achieve that sound? Once again, amazing video and keep up with the great work.

[@professoredit]

that preset is on the original and arturia version.

[@ChristopherJenkins73]

$500.00 or $50k? ❤ Excellent Comparison Video's Thanks! 👊🏻✊🏻

[@Lfunk1983]

Imagine you did a “blindfold” test where you have to name the real vs software and guess. Answers at end of video. I’ve seen a few of those vids on Andertons and they’re pretty entertaining.

[@jazzybeeff]

Wow. This is better than i expected. But i wonder that to get the same sound the settings are exactly the same as hardware or you get the same sound with different settings on software. Thank you

[@DavGreg]

Have some of the Arturias but also have the Rhodes V8 which is better. Also have the GForce Obies.

[@DruDilly]

Was a little disappointed by the lowend on the Prophet emulation. Were the settings the same?

[@H-4-D3423]

Interesting comments. There will always be both, but I feel that real synths are going to sell in fewer numbers in years to come. Prices for some are getting a real p1ss take. The place I live at isn't a constant enough heat for classic analogue gear to stay tuned. Even famous musicians who have earned their life income from music use their hardware and software too. That speaks volumes. If I earned lots of money, had lots of space, and could afford to buy and maintain old stuff then I'd be tempted to own a few - but don't satisfy any of those scenarios lol. There are on some synths subtle differences, but as many have said - in a full track, it would be harder to pick the differences in a full mix. The issue is, this debate is locked in the hear and now. The truth is, every year or two - Arturia launch new rewritten code, offering better simulations. Andertons Music YT channel did a blind test with a bunch of peeps, and they didn't all get their answers right in blind tests in a studio through room monitors whilst sat in the same room lol. There's space for both. Some ppl have little choice but to go with software. Gr8 vid!!

[@SanctusKain]

Could you please try to have the synth oversampled? I really feel like oversampling will bring this comparison even closed. If you ever have the time i would highly appreciate it. What i can say is that the DX and the Jun from Arturia get a mid more of the warmth and mids back when oversampled. I suspect they are still not at the hardware level but I think that the oversampling might bring them closer.

[@eddiexx]

Luke, you think you could please list the most simple/easiest synths in the collection to understand to master fully? i want to start making my own sounds but it easily becomes a bit overwhelming the amount of features on them. Cheers

[@howlinberry1645]

Close enough!!

[@cruncherx86]

Everything pretty close, in descending order. The last is the most different.

[@FG-Supercharged]

Not sure what these would have sounded like in real-life but I'd say KZbin mashed the sound enough to be a "just OK" comparison. Seriously though, I wouldn't care what was playing in a song so long as I enjoyed the song and the instrument player's take on it.

[@seyfodiaz5723]

Very interesting!

[@NathanChisholm041]

I love my Arturia V Collection 9 running within Bitwig. It's amazing to have all these iconic synths in a laptop any time! They sound spot on too and while not quite as punchy as the hardware its still very close enough. Which Vst is you favorite mate? Mines the OP-Xa

[@aphexish]

Wow that emulator is amazing.

[@DojoOfCool]

With all the advances in chips over the last couple decades the difference between software and hardware is so small it's not worth bothering with the cost and issues of using hardware. Plus most important the audience at gigs doesn't know or even care if something reminds them of a song they liked their happy so no need to sweat the details.

[@csilt]

Listening on nice Neumann NDH 30 headphones. The hardware definitely sounds better.

[@soundmechanicssd]

Cool... I knew the Arturia synths were close. I'd like to hear more comparisons please.... MiniMoog?

[@lukemillionmusic]

Don't have a MiniMoog at the moment, but I will have another video in a few days 😀

[@komplexsoundmatrix5611]

I use Arturias instruments with some secret sauce hardware emulated vst fx that increase the sound even more. To 🔥

[@campar1043]

the korg collection has pretty much the same instruments as the arturia v collection, which one sounds better?

[@adam872]

We've gotten to the point that the emulated versions sound near enough as makes no difference. Thanks for this.

[@callsome1]

The difference is very much noticeable in Emulator ii, the real thing has a "consistent" low end, we can hear it throughout the note that's being played while the Arturia thing seems to be lacking that quality, also it sounded quite dull. To be considered is the fact that the hardware costs a fortune while the digital counterpart is relatively much affordable. These minute differences won't be noticeable in the mix anyway if you glue it the "right way" :P

[@davewozere2k9]

I think if they were in the mix you wouldn't notice, they tick the box. But for the musician playing them individually, the real ones give a richness that feels more inspiring and less flat.

[@ThomasDoubting5]

well id say they are very well modelled indeed

[@craigsurette3438]

i wonder how accurate these models sound, if you were to run them loud into the same mixer/outboard and into the same monitors into the same room etc as the hardware? I spent a lot of time with a Juno106, played through either an old Ross amp or through a Roland JC120, and in my garage studio It sounded HUGE! I tried for years once i switched to plug ins to nail that level of ballsy present tone i had going on and always failed miserably I found out the hard way , that a bunch of "that sound" from old hardware was simply the result of how you heard the synth and the amplifier interacting with the room, vs going straight into the board and into headphones. A guitar plugged straight into the board and recorded that way sounds weak dull and lifeless too...The difference was the sum of the signal chain and how they interacted was greater than the parts

[@lukemillionmusic]

I agree. The way sounds were/are recorded have a huge impact on the final result you hear.

[@crikisthat]

0:49 whats the name of the song

[@Goearthtour]

Wow you cannot tell the difference at all! Thanks for this video. Do you think Arturia will ever have a special sale price for the V collection? I hope so.

[@lukemillionmusic]

Keep an eye out for sales! 😊

[@klinkske]

Hardware wins every time. It s pretty obvious. Really love inxs, it was my wedding song openingsdance. The string synth is so good, i need one

[@lukemillionmusic]

My Emulator II actually used to belong to INXS! Got it when they were clearing out a storage unit of old gear :)