Anyone have an opinion of the new UVI collection?

[wst3]

300 synths! (301 actually). No one needs 301 synthesizers. I'll turn in my GAS card now...

What is in there is a pretty complete collection of sound makers across the entire specturm of sound making devices.

Out of the 301 models includeed there are maybe 100 (many of which I already own, from UVI or others) I could rationalize, and about 10 I'd really like to own.

So that is 10 synthesizers that interest me, and I do not already have. For $89! I'd spend more than that to get the 10 I am interested in, so it sort of seems like a no-brainer.

Except in most cases I own UVI models because no one else had bother to create them. And in most cases, where I do have the UVI sampled version and the <brand x> modeled version I prefer the modeled version. There are exceptions. The UVI ESQ-1 sounds better than the recently released modeled version - not sure why. And I will probably end up buying the modeled version because it is much more maleable.

I'm demoing a number of the synths that interest me, including a couple that have been done to death by others. But I'm pretty sure that for $89 I'll bite, even if it is just for the various Roland MKS-80, the SCI Six-Track, and the Kawai K5, which are at the top of my list.

Anyone care to talk me down????

[Guy Rowland]

OK Bill, I'll try and talk you out of it!

6000 presets of 300 synths. That's 30 per synth. Hmm. And of course tweakage is very limited. You like to tweak... I think you'd be happier getting the specific emulations as they appear... everything will get done eventually!