Exploring Arturia's Massive "V 6" Collection

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This video has been banned and later automatically edited for using a brief clip demonstrating a DX7's use in Laura Branigan's music. I sincerely apologize to both Laura Branigan and WMG for damaging your business, as I'm sure millions of people have just listened to a 5 second clip of "Self-Control" with me talking about FM synthesis over it on loop rather than just typing the song title into KZfaq and listening to it that way. YOU ARE DOING THE LORD'S WORK WITH YOUR NOT AT ALL PEDANTIC AND RIDICULOUS COPYRIGHT TAKE DOWNS WMG!
I promised myself I'd make this video under 30 minutes long. I failed. If you have a stick, don't shake it at Arturia's V Collection, because there's too many synths.

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@BennJordan 6 жыл бұрын

Hey guys. I'm sorry about my NOT mentioning of Dieter Doepfer. Of course Doepfer is a huge, vital player in the invention and evolution of Eurorack. I was just referring to Buchla Vs. Moog's interpretation of early modular synthesizers. My focus for that part of the video wasn't on the history of modular synthesis, but just how a Buchla differs from the more common subtraction groundwork originally laid out by Bob Moog. Dieter, if you're reading this, I'm sorry and I hope you've spent all my money over the years on something really cool, like a Jet Ski or one of those robotic mattresses that adjusts to the contour of your body.

@synthplayer1563 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the clarification. I like your channel and your style. :-)

@Roderick_Legato 5 жыл бұрын

"Bob Moog invented what we now know as Eurorack." Just an instance of the bizarre trend of equating "modular" with Eurorack. 32:39 Look! It's a giant Eurorack!

@adamjcohn 4 жыл бұрын

Benn and Gear LOL! You’re frighten hysterical. DM me.

@stirling6767 4 жыл бұрын

I have one of these mattresses and I'm realizing what I could've done with all that money now. Im an idiot.

@ChrisWoodBandit 3 жыл бұрын

Was the arp 2600 used by queen making the Flash Gordan soundtrack I wonder? Because when you played that filter it sounded exactly like one of the coolest parts of that soundtrack, when Ming the Merciless walked in and set everybody straight.. including his own daughter. If you heard that filter.....that meant your ass.

@sinane.y Жыл бұрын

Hey Benn, you probably won't read this, given that it's an old video, but I just want to let you know that this video, along with your VCV video, effectively changed my life by getting me interested in synthesis and sound design. Four years later and it's one of my main passions in life. Thank you for opening my eyes to this fascinating world

@sinane.y Жыл бұрын

And don't sell yourself short, personally I think you've accomplished more than just a fraction of what Pat Metheny has :)

@BarryWarne 6 жыл бұрын

did I mention I owned two CS-80s? One for left hand and one for right hand.

@zoolook3264 5 жыл бұрын

And a Jarre-style laser harp for each foot ;) Lucky you, those things weighed a tonne !!!

@DarkSideofSynth 5 жыл бұрын

What a poor beggar! Man, I own one for every phalanx (finger and toes) and I use rare dynosaur blood to keep them in tune during odd days, and unicorn blood during even days, like a boss! :))))

@klaasj7808 5 жыл бұрын

@@DarkSideofSynth haha love it.

@KristianWontroba 4 жыл бұрын

A Fairlight CMI in every room my friend.

@CaptJackAubreyOfTheRoyalNavy 6 жыл бұрын

That noir shot at 2:40... Natural light shining through venetian blinds into smoke filled air, gently stirred by a slow ceiling fan. Nailed it!

@jfklmk13447 6 жыл бұрын

Amazing work man! You should make like a 60 hour long masterclass with all of these synths

@longfade 5 жыл бұрын

Oh man, this is great. Most gear reviews make me want to go out and buy gear, but your stuff is so musical that I just want to run home and make music. Outstanding presentation, and tons of fun! Extra points for that Bladerunner homage, and especially the Pat Metheny clip. Brilliant. Thanks man.

@yareshs 6 жыл бұрын

Man, I've always liked your videos but you've truly outdone yourself with this one!

@xaqary 6 жыл бұрын

Nailed it

@VKJ85 6 жыл бұрын

Exactly! :)

@mache3984 4 жыл бұрын

The thing i absolutely love about this collection is that you can actually see what you're hearing. I don't want to get a doctorate degree on virtual instruments to learn how to use them. This helps immeasurably both with inspiration and workflow.

@williamoregan9646 2 жыл бұрын

Lovin your video and especiallly your irreverent and tongue in cheek delivery at times while still imparting genuine knowledge about the v6 collection ( enjoying this while I isolate with covid) Continue the good work. Regards from Ireland Bill

@spngckinc 6 жыл бұрын

Man, I'm so glad I found this channel. These reviews are great, love the mix of humor and serious demos.

@brendonsmith8025 5 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video, thank you for sharing. Your synth channel and youtuber persona is great! keep the content comin! :)

@Logan912 6 жыл бұрын

Between the CS-80, Fairlight CMI, Jupiter 8, this collection saves *at least* $30k if you're even able to find any of them on the used market (and just forget about looking for a Synclavier unless you hit the lottery,) and they all are highly detailed and sound incredibly convincing! Those three alone make Arturia's softsynth collection worth it, and everything else is a very nice bonus. Plus, the Fairlight is sort of my personal "holy synth" (well, technically a sampler) because I'm a Mark Mothersbaugh fan, and Terminator 2 is one of my top 3 favorite movies (technically T2 was CMIII and Emulator II, but the CMIIx is the closest thing and significant in its own right.)

@evetsnitram8866 5 жыл бұрын

Back in '82 I remember opening up an issue of either Musician or Keyboard and saw a two page add for the Fairlight for only $40G.

@xaqary 6 жыл бұрын

Favorite Arturia demo hands down. Way digging the work you're doin' on your channel!

@donkeybizle 6 жыл бұрын

Dude your video AND audio production are top notch. Subbed for sure!

@DJSILKWOLF 5 жыл бұрын

I just finally picked this up this week on sale and it's brilliant. The cost to worth ratio is insane. Even if they never do an update ever again, I'll gladly be deep into these synths for decades still to come. Great demo and great use of humor sprinkled in. DX7 part is hiliarious. haha. Subscribing now. Keep it up.

@OPTIONALWATCH 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video. For all I know you could make them 1 hr and I would still watch them. I think this video in particular is important to me. I've purchased the V Collection about 2 years ago but I have other software I work with and haven't been spending time with it . This video definitely help me get to know what I have and it keeps me trying to find sound possibilities by exploring what you're doing with them.

@Soundtraxtv 4 жыл бұрын

I own Arturia "V 6" Collection and you've shown me I haven't any scratched the surface. Thanks for sharing.

@fretnoize 5 жыл бұрын

This video clinched it for me for a purchase early last month during a sale. Thanks for the review!

@stevehofer3482 5 жыл бұрын

You did a great job with this video. It had to be incredibly difficult what to leave in and what to leave out. You made great decisions, and your explanations are great.

@AndyVonal 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Benn, just sort of stumbled across this. I have never used soft synths, being a bit of a hardware guy and doing as much as possible "out of the box"....with boxes.... I just wanted to say that I found you style of presentation so amusing and engaging that you had me hooked. I watched the whole thing fro beginning to end. As a result I now want to investigate the possibilities of soft synths. I guess for those of us on limited budgets they are a bit of a "no-brainer". And you have a new subscriber. Looking forward to watching more of your videos.

@DavidSmith-ne1zp 2 жыл бұрын

I thoroughly enjoyed this overview of the synths included in this inspiring collection!

@adamjcohn 4 жыл бұрын

That. Was. The. Best. Review. Ever. I laughed, I cried but mostly laughed. So well done and I never did that one period a word sentence. Awesome content!

@BobIrving2 4 жыл бұрын

Best intro to this suite I've seen. Wish you'd do more!

@justinupchurch1773 6 жыл бұрын

These are so good man, you deserve a hell of a lot more views!

@TheAdamMalcolm 5 жыл бұрын

Already own v-6, but this video showed me so much that I’ve not even looked at! Thanks, I always upgrade my arturia in the Black Friday discount period every year, it’s worth it

@TheSpeenort 2 жыл бұрын

You have taken this old guy down memory lane. I have had my hands on a good number of those hardware synths.

@TheMirolab Жыл бұрын

Arturia's "Collection" has grown a lot in the last few years, and it's worth noting that you get about $200 off the full "Collection" if you've purchased a Keylab controller. Analog Lab comes with the controller. It has many of the sounds, but you can't edit them. I just recently bought the whole Collection so that I could have full editing of the sounds. It is amazing.

@MichaelBlueMusic 3 жыл бұрын

Going back and watching these as I prepare to buy the new release. It’s difficult for me to find reviewers I can get much out of, for various reasons. But I find yours to be funny, informative and without any of the annoyances so many other reviewers have. That CS-80 bit, wow. If you haven’t already, you could do an entire video on just that. Amazing. Anyways, thanks for all you do and keep up the great work. 👍

@nickvareymusic 3 жыл бұрын

14:03 Oh damn, that pad sounds beautiful

@plumcharlie 4 жыл бұрын

Man... I love your channel. Just when I think I want to make KZfaq videos I watch yours and think about how much harder I need to try.

@martinmeyer7494 6 жыл бұрын

Hey Benn, I just discovered and subscribed to your channel. Great stuff! Your videos are so well done, full of insights and humor. Keep it up!

@TheDaniman888 6 жыл бұрын

Great video! Would love to see videos exploring each synth more in depth! It was very entertaining to see the noodles!

@stevehofer3482 5 жыл бұрын

I have the V Collection 6. What I find striking about this edition of the package is that the DX-7 was in some ways equal to or superior to the Synclavier even though the Synclavier cost 10-100 times as much. (To be fair, the more expensive packages for the Synclavier included sampling, recording to disc, sequencing etc. It is also striking how bad the raw Fairlight samples sound. That people were able to make listenable hit records out of these sounds shows the craftsmanship and artistry of the people making those records.

@eanroad 6 жыл бұрын

Great job! This was alot of fun to watch and enjoyed your non pretentious approach. Cheers!

@br00klynkiwi77 5 жыл бұрын

Just bought this for $200 on sale! I haven't tried it yet but I think I'm gonna enjoy it. If it's good enough for frank ocean and mike dean, it's good enough for me.

@MrBitterman75 5 жыл бұрын

Subscribed. This is just sooo entertaining review, love your sense of humor. Cheers

@sauce_aux 5 жыл бұрын

The vapor wave comment 😂😂😂😂😂😂 and that synclavier kind of reminds me of the blofeld in the FM realm pretty rad!

@tomgoodson345 5 жыл бұрын

Great vid, bro. All the ammo I needed to pull the trigger on V Collection 7.

@alf3k1 5 жыл бұрын

You are freaking creative!! Just love it :-)

@specialkcitizen6263 5 жыл бұрын

Subbed, for the effort , the humor, and the beard and the dog:)

@Zaubrer488 5 жыл бұрын

god I miss your videos. I know you still make them, but holy moly they are great and I wish you had the time to do them regularly.

@daroujo 6 жыл бұрын

This is like the 5th video of yours that I watch. And man am I fucking hooked. Your videos are amazing. Informative, entertaining, funny, creative, and they make me want to make more music and art. So good job sir.

@cahenglish 6 жыл бұрын

I like you - do you realize that you may be the only guy on KZfaq that says a purchase/acquisition might just be for "fun?" Thanks, bro.

@jesuslovestoastyaya 6 жыл бұрын

Where has this channel been all my life?? :D

@iqnill 5 жыл бұрын

The person at Arturia who thought that the interface MUST look like the original and not be scaleable needs a few years in an uranium mine reeducation facility somewhere beyond the arctic circle.

@zachhaywood1564 2 жыл бұрын

Scaleable? I'm new to the synth world and don't quite yet know all the terms.

@bananermat3798 2 жыл бұрын

@@zachhaywood1564 Fit on a computer screen

@adriatic.vineyards Жыл бұрын

@@zachhaywood1564 it's not even a music term, it just means resizable -- like how you can resize an image to better fit a phone screen vs a monitor.

@matteady6086 5 жыл бұрын

Love this! Excellent overview good job!

@williamsharkey 2 жыл бұрын

Great parody Benn. - could feel the Blade Runner love. RIP Vangelis. Lovely demo. Didn't consider that Arturia's collection had anything worth taking a look at. Your CS-80 demo was moving.

@nomik 6 жыл бұрын

One of the best reviews out there!

@noisecrime 8 ай бұрын

Whilst I don't think I ever want to experience virtual Benn ever again, this is easily my favourite look at the Arturia Collection. The Blade Runner spoof was sublime, alone with the other weird historical clips, but best of all was just letting the synths do the talking, with occasional interjections of additional information.

@alterearth7022 5 жыл бұрын

Getting this today on the black friday sales and I am beyond excited. CS-80 and the Jupiter look great.

@samiirai Жыл бұрын

I just wanted to say that I dont know jack shit about synths in general, I can make serum go brrrrr. Synths are not the reason I'm watching this video, you are, everything you're doing is like all I ever wanted to do. I'm so happy for you.

@timacann 3 жыл бұрын

I know it’s an old video now but I have so much love for this collection. I still use the Moog Model D on almost everything. The other day I finally sat down with a synclavier and a tutorial a couple of months ago. It blew my mind.

@fishofdopeness 6 жыл бұрын

This popped up on my recommended video feed... "oh hey that's Benn Jordan!" one thing led to another and now I'm subbed.

@Loscha 6 жыл бұрын

The Bode shifter is a frequency shifter. It shifts in the Frequency domain (linear Hz), as opposed to the Pitch domain (logarithmic/exponential Hz).

@hulkslayer626 6 жыл бұрын

I just wanted to thank you for helping me get over asinine prejudices that I somehow acquired in life. I cant stand vapors... don't know why. Nothing happened in my life to cause this unjustified opinion. But until this video, I automatically disliked anyone I saw vaping. Such was the case when I saw you doing so in the beginning o the vid... I almost moved on to another video. SOOOOOO glad I kept an open mind and pushed down my narrow-minded preconceptions. Awesome video! Extremely well made, well edited and highly entertaining :)

@R4pStu 5 жыл бұрын

Same here! XD But I watched it through, gave it a like at the end and subbed. Awesome channel! I think my prejudice comes from seeing too many vaping douchebags, who think the vape clouds combined with fake slang and gangsta attitudes can somehow compensate for their lack of self awareness and cover their insecurities.

@vegeta897 6 жыл бұрын

My favorite musician has also become my favorite youtuber.

@Maddolis 6 жыл бұрын

Loving your uploads man!

@ItsTommiii 6 жыл бұрын

I disagree with the statement that the CMI was like a novelty item. I recently used it to make a low fi sounding hip hop track not to long ago. Some of these sounds are quite unique and some can be usable today.

@Phillibos 6 жыл бұрын

man, i love your videos

@KjartanAbel 5 жыл бұрын

This review deserves millions of views

@VKJ85 6 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! This demonstration was so fluid like water that flows.. like those pads. ;)

@jesuslovestoastyaya 6 жыл бұрын

Also I've never been sold on the Arturia plugin sound but man your demo is convincing me otherwise. 7:13 is just heavenly

@zachhaywood1564 2 жыл бұрын

While I personally love their emulations and think they sound great (for the most part), I think I know where you're coming from; there's just that certain sound quality of a vintage hardware synthesizer that simply cannot be fully replicated through software.

@zachhaywood1564 2 жыл бұрын

Those lush, choir-y sounds on the CS80 are gorgeous.

@buckycore 2 жыл бұрын

Damnit that was epic. It was educational, informative and funny AF. This should be on PBS

@thedrumunkey8582 6 жыл бұрын

Dear lord! You cranked your production value to 11! Impressive. Most impressive.

@DavidCoffinshirtguy 6 жыл бұрын

speechless delight; thank you!

@malgrava 6 жыл бұрын

I usually never comment on videos, but I just had to say that you were genuinely funny when commenting on those 80's videos. You should keep mixing your humor into your reviews, it is very entertaining.

@Barncore 5 жыл бұрын

Love your flow man. Great communication. And fuck, Arturia are amazing. I just fell in love

@NorfolkTraveller 5 жыл бұрын

On no, I knew I shouldn't have watched this... I must at least wait until it's on sale. I will never have any money!! Great video btw - loved the Blade Runner bit :)

@wondashozen 6 жыл бұрын

Not sure if anyone has told you but, you are actually hilarious. Great informative video only like 10 min in. Def subbing you.

@chnlnine 6 жыл бұрын

Hey man....absolutely LOVE your videos. You mentioned in one of them that you aren't partial to Ableton. I was wondering which DAW you use primarily. I have the V collection also and I think it is just out of sight spectacular. All of them. but I like the CS-80 the most. And I just got onto Ableton and am finding it WAY more creative(for me) and flexible than my others(ProTools, Reason). Used Reason for ....a long time.. back when it was ReBirth.

@skullbonk1081 3 ай бұрын

the synclavier is the most insane thing I have ever seen

@rb8058 2 жыл бұрын

That ARP segment at 26:40-ish is how Big Audio Dynamite did the outro to their track “Contact.” Good stuff, nice demo.

@WalkinonSunshyne 3 жыл бұрын

Great in depth video. Cheers

@bonchbonch 5 жыл бұрын

This was a lot of fun to watch (and hear).

@BookooZenny 5 жыл бұрын

I had already subbed, but how can I watch this and not hit that bell? Love this channel

@benthomaswelch 6 жыл бұрын

Hey Benn, really enjoy your reviews and demos. I would love to see more about your process. You have a lot of great tools, software and hardware at your disposal. I've been getting into modular/eurorack which is really fun but of course, it's more work than just loading up a VST and poking around and it's much more expensive. I'm curious why you like using certain tools. What do they mean for you and music creation? Does the modular just give different results because of how you interact with it or do you get sounds you simply can't get in software or is it both? And thanks for making these videos.

@soultechmedia8355 6 жыл бұрын

Great review, I only wish it was longer :)

@Drfresh1402 5 жыл бұрын

“It’s kinda moved from being fun to maybe replacing Omnisphere for a couple seconds...” Hahahah!! Hilarious! Last night as I was messing with V collection 6 and I had the thought - does this compete with Omnisphere? Then I woke up this morning and found your video on KZfaq to hear you make this statement. I never thought I would find instruments that inspired like Omnisphere. But V collection has brought some competition.

@thedrumunkey8582 5 жыл бұрын

I just rewatched this... man this is a good vid, especially the blade runner bit. High water mark man!

@iamyourfuture808 6 жыл бұрын

was gonna switch off after the crappy CGI intro, so glad i didn't. very funny subscribed

@slvrcross 4 жыл бұрын

When you said there was no limit my pancreas exploded

@Musikkeller-Innsider 4 жыл бұрын

Great video, and the Monkey Island II reference at 32:28 had me laughing out loud!

@infesticon 3 жыл бұрын

It's amazing just how powerful the Fairlight was at the time. Frankie goes to Hollywood , Art of noise , Oh yeah by Yello. I heard this stuff before I was 10 and it all just sound so different to every thing else. My Mum and Dad didn't have any music that sounded like that. Nor did my sister.

@sensiblynumb 6 жыл бұрын

haha man I like your sense of humor. The blade runner parody was cool. VSTi lover

@mirr1984 5 жыл бұрын

This collection is well worth $500, especially for synthwave producers.

@TheFlamingPiano 5 жыл бұрын

All those sliders look intimidating and complex, for someone that normally just uses acoustic piano VSTs! Looks fun if you can master them though, so many possibilities!

@emdotambient 6 жыл бұрын

The Vox Continental was the organ of choice for The Doors. Love that guy ... Actually the NI B4 organ has/had an alternative synth engine for Vox Continental, it wasn't just a B3 emulation.

@zachhaywood1564 2 жыл бұрын

The Animals, too. Alan Price is one of the most underrated VC players, IMO.

@hcvenceslau2 6 жыл бұрын

Really cool demo, i hope they send you the minibrute 2 and 2s for demos too...

@spfiros 6 жыл бұрын

The first two minutes of synth wisdom!!!

@erikvanzanen 5 жыл бұрын

Arturia rocks! I think it has a great sound overall! Very clean and warm. They are well on their way to take their place in the digital realm as well :)

@submarinemedia8316 5 жыл бұрын

You’re a G for this my dude. Cheers.

@PrinceWesterburg Жыл бұрын

That was f*ck'in dope! ...And thanks for not blowing the replican't head off!

@berndstrobl826 6 жыл бұрын

Best entertaining video in years :)

@rolandtitrentaquattro3109 5 жыл бұрын

When i try that for the first time i understood how much work there was to develop, not only about sound emulation (which is fabulous) expecialy in usability, in the interfaces and in lot of other aspects. Look at the dx7, sinclavier or the cmi.

@JohnnyTronny19841 3 жыл бұрын

I caught what ya did there on the DX7 - was taken to see that show in 1987 when I was 3 lol - beauty

@TheParadox1010 3 жыл бұрын

Two of my favorite musicians went the same high school, that’s cool.

@F0nkyNinja 6 жыл бұрын

38:35 Tim Follin made the music for Ecco the Dolphin for Dreamcast, a very very talented guy. Everything he made is good, but he's really underrated.

@yetiisland8223 4 жыл бұрын

The Sega Cd Soundtrack for Ecco The Dolphin is amazing as well!

@user-kz3cb6hw4d 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for making this video! You're a super hilarious, I laughed my ass off while being educated! Thanks! What is the preset name at 7:10? I own this pack, but can't seem to find that preset.