Anyone have an opinion of the new UVI collection?
Posted: Jul 06, 2026 4:00 pm
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????
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????