Behringer Solina String Ensemble vs Solina Software Clones

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"A comparison between Behringer Solina String Ensemble and three different Solina software clones: Arturia Solina V2, UVI String Machines 2 - Solina and a Solina sample pack från BiggaGiggas.

There might be slight differences to the crescendo and sustain length and possibly the presets: The purpose of the comparison is to show the different character of the hardware Solina clone and some software Solina clones."

UVI Introduces Aurora - Textured Piano

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"Discover Aurora, a revered concert grand, reinvented with textures and atmosphere to create a uniquely modern and emotive piano experience."

via https://www.uvi.net/aurora

UVI Aurora comes from the need for a creative, modern-oriented piano sound - reinforcing the piano's powerful tonal signature with a wide range of curated textural elements and atmospheres for a completely new, and uniquely expressive experience.

From playful and delicate to brooding and atmospheric, the sounds of Aurora are rich with emotion and deep with creative possibility. Explore new inspirations, create breathtaking sonic tapestries, and rediscover the piano as an innovative and definitively modern studio instrument.

Creative Multi-Layer Engine
The sounds of Aurora are threaded together with 3 discrete sonic signatures; a concert grand piano, a dual-layer texture engine, and an atmosphere layer - each deeply editable, offering unique emotional components that can be sculpted to create evocative new instruments.

An Exquisite Acoustic Grand
Aurora’s piano sound is based on a world-class concert grand recorded at the renowned Guillaume Tell sound stage in Paris. This meticulously sampled piano offers an extraordinarily natural playing experience, accurately relaying the most subtle and nuanced performances thanks to a combination of deep-sampling and advanced scripting.

Textures and Atmosphere
Aurora expands on the piano's distinct sound with a curated selection of textures and atmospheres. Explore dozens of unique augmentations and custom-made sonic reinforcements, arranged in categories including: Attack, Keys, Machines, Material, Nature, Orchestra, Electronic, Keyboard, and World.

Deep Sound Design
Each of Aurora's 3 discrete sound engines is outfitted with its own editor, offering powerful and intuitive controls over source, amplitude, pitch, dynamics, and tone, while a dual LFO modulation engine and integrated Motion designer allow you to easily and precisely add movement throughout your patch.

Semi-Modular FX
The sounds of Aurora are only the beginning thanks to an all-new semi-modular effects engine. 3 customizable effect slots can be outfitted with any combination of Drive, Tone, Grains, Flanger, Chorus, Phaser, Redux, and Convolver, with dedicated multimode Delay and Reverb, EQ, and Limiter effects to finalize your sound. Over 50 creative preset chains are included, arranged in categories including: Cloud, Echo, Experimental, Lo-Fi, Phase, and Room.

Powerful One-Knob Controls
Quickly make broad stroke changes to your sound with powerful one-knob controls on Aurora's main page, including: Color, Dynamics, Mute, and Intensity. Here you can also quickly explore Aurora's library of effect chains, adjust overall effect mix, and set the limiter threshold. Each of these parameters make for powerful performance controls, perfect for automation.

UVI Introduces Glass Orchestra

video uploads by UVI

"Discover Glass Orchestra, a mysterious and breathtaking collection of 14 glass instruments, and discover a new world of sonic possibility."

Playlist:
UVI Glass Orchestra | Trailer
UVI Glass Orchestra | In Conversation with Jean-Claude Chapuis
UVI Glass Orchestra | Preset Showcase
UVI Glass Orchestra | Overview

https://www.uvi.net/glass-orchestra

"Ethereal, supernatural, incomparable – Jean-Claude Chapuis' lifelong passion for glass instruments has resulted in a completely unique ensemble; the Glass Orchestra at the prestigious Philharmonie de Paris. Comprised of 14 instruments, the Glass Orchestra is a vivid, one-of-a-kind excursion off the well-trodden path of convention, into an obscure otherworld of shimmery tonal percussion and haunting resonant timbres, ripe for creative exploration.

The instruments of Glass Orchestra are as deep and varied as they are distinct, each expertly and extensively sampled, exploring numerous playing styles from traditional to experimental. Discover an incredible range of new sounds, from delicate to thunderous, angelic to atonal – Glass Orchestra is pure sonic adventure, rich with inspiration for musicians, producers, and sound designers of any background.

UVI Introduces Noctua Multi-layer Instrument

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Venus Theory spent a year making a free plugin...

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"Howdy! Today I want to talk about the project that's taken up the last year of my life that you can get right now for the low price of free thanks to my friends at UVI.
Noctua ► https://bit.ly/noctuavt"

"From the mind of Venus Theory, renowned sound designer and YouTube creator, Noctua combines the worlds of hardware synthesis and boutique effects to realize an exquisite collection of hand-built instruments, ready to create sprawling soundscapes and evolving cinematic universes, rich with detail and movement.

Dive into an incredible multi-layer instrument built on hand-crafted samples, push and pull each layer individually with discrete microtonal sequencers, transform them with custom designed single-knob effect chains, and then finalize your sound with delay, reverb, and master buss processing - all from a single, refined and highly focused tool.

All sounds in Noctua were designed, recorded and processed by Venus Theory to capture the raw and visceral world of cinematic sound design. Divided into three categories, 'Effects Box' sounds were recorded from a variety of analog and digital hardware synthesizers processed through boutique pedals and custom digital FX, while 'EMF' sounds explore EMF recordings, transformed and multi-sampled using a variety of techniques and effect chains to create usable sonic instruments, and 'Analog', as a morphable raw source, giving users a deep pool of sonic possibility and textural exploration.

Each of Noctua's 3 sound layers has been fitted with a complex, microtonal sequencer with built-in randomization and probability. From subtle modulation and detuning to complex voicing and progressions, each layer can be customized with deep sequence control to create lush movement and sonic narrative, all with clear and easy-to-use controls.

Noctua's sound sources are treatable with fully adjustable delay and reverb sends along with powerful master buss processing including overdrive, compressor, eq, and maximizer let you dial-in the perfect sound, all from within the instrument - delivering a complete toolbox for evolving, cinematic sound design.

Noctua features a custom designed selection of one-knob fx chains. Here you can quickly browse different treatments and utilize them for sonic reinforcement, or to create performance-based transformations to the overall energy and grit of your sound. Each chain was designed by Venus Theory, providing a wide range of unique characters to explore.

100 hand-crafted presets are included, professionally designed both by Venus Theory and the UVI sound design team, delivering stylish and rarified sonic tapestries, from brooding and nuanced to terrifying. Presets are fully editable, allowing you to easily adapt the ideas to suit your needs, or create your own designs from scratch."

Noctua ► https://bit.ly/noctuavt

UVI Introduces HX-20 - Iconic Semi-Modular Soft Synth Based on the KORG MS-20

video uploads by UVI

Playlist:
UVI HX-20 | Trailer
UVI HX-20 | Preset Showcase
UVI HX-20 - Overview

"Introducing the new 'HX' series, HX-20 provides a powerful hybrid architecture combining 3 hardware-based wavetable and sample oscillators with physically-modeled filters to deliver a versatile and creative re-imagining of an esteemed classic."

via UVI

HX-20 is based on one of the most recognizable and well-loved analog monosynths around, known for its versatile semi-modular architecture, iconic front panel design, and starred musical history. Launched in the late '70s, this small two-oscillator monosynth has a lot to offer, and continues to be an inspirational studio compadre for artists around the world.

More Than The Sum
The success of this synth wasn't due to any single design consideration, instead it benefits from its combination of great features, fantastic sound, and compelling value. From the rich analog oscillators to its versatile filter section, to being both semi-modular - capable of integrating with external inputs and larger systems, to being relatively light and portable, there is simply a lot to love.

More Than The Sum
The success of this synth wasn't due to any single design consideration, instead it benefits from its combination of great features, fantastic sound, and compelling value. From the rich analog oscillators to its versatile filter section, to being both semi-modular - capable of integrating with external inputs and larger systems, to being relatively light and portable, there is simply a lot to love.

A Dynamic Duo
HX-20 is the debut release of UVI's new HX Series - leveraging our deep history in hardware sampling and physical modeling to create flexible, modern instruments with an unmistakable hardware soul, thanks in part to a novel hybrid approach combining hardware samples and wavetables, with physically-modeled filters. With its own unique hybrid sensibilities, we thought this was the perfect instrument to kick things off with.

Hybrid-X Engine
HX-20 is similar to many of our vintage instruments in that you get a deep sampling of the hardware, but it excels in two important ways; the addition of two new layers of hardware-based wavetables, and physically-modeled filters - giving you three sample layers in total to configure, all with the analog charm you know and love. Like our chosen hardware, this unique combination of features creates a powerful and compelling sonic tool with incredible character.

Hardware Sound, Exemplified
The new sample-based wavetable oscillators in HX-20 give you entirely new dimensions with which to explore. Capturing the hardware in its full range, you have greater flexibility and nuance over the raw instrument sound than ever before. The best part, you still get our top-tier sample layers, with hand-crafted sounds lovingly designed here at UVI.

You can find additional details at https://www.uvi.net/hx-20

UVI | 2023 Throwback

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2023 Throwback
A UVI recap of the year!
A list of all the products we released this year:
00:05 - PX Guitar Syn
00:26 - Digital Synsations Volume 1
00:41 - Quadra Traveler
01:05 - Percussion Factory
01:26 - Phasor
01:34 - Organic Arps
01:45 - KAWAI Vintage Legacy
02:10 - Unlock
02:23 - Opal
02:32 - The Effects Bundle
03:00 - Synth Anthology 4
03:17 - Soul Bass
03:33 - Modular Noise
03:37 - Organic Pads
03:44 - Falcon 3

Video credits: Théo G.
#uvi #musicproduction #vstplugins

https://www.uvi.net

Some Things to like from FALCON 3

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"https://www.databroth.com/blog/falcon...

check out my wavetables and presets at https://gumroad.com/databroth
join my Patreon https://www.patreon.com/databroth
join my discord as well https://discord.gg/8XVBCYpv8e

00:00 Bowed String
04:06 Harmonic Resonator
06:40 Vosim
09:02 Node Arp
09:36 Snow Flakes
09:59 Motion Grid"

UVI Introduces Falcon 3, Organic Pads, and Modular Noise

video uploads by UVI

"Version 3 introduces 3 new oscillators, 4 new effects, MIDI Out support, new scripts, numerous workflow improvements, and an updated and refreshed factory library. All you need to jump-start your creative process."

https://www.uvi.net/en/instruments/falcon.html

UVI Organic Pads | Preset Showcase

video upload by UVI

"An exquisitely crafted collection of pad sounds with modern character, delivering creative and expressive sounds with performable XY morphing of 4 discrete layers."

https://www.uvi.net/organic-pads

UVI Modular Noise | Preset Showcase

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"A charactered collection of sounds designed from the results of complex noise exploration in hardware eurorack."

https://www.uvi.net/modular-noise

UVI Introduces Synth Anthology 4

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Note the above is a playlist featuring 4 videos. You can use the player controls to skip through them or just watch them all in order.

Details on Synth Anthology 4 follow:

The authentic sound of 200 synthesizers, from vintage to modern
4,000+ presets and layers deliver incredible sound with hardware soul
Feature-packed dual-layer engine with fx, arpeggiator and more

Synth Anthology 4 - A Synthesizer Tour de Force
https://www.uvi.net/synth-anthology-4

Rebuilt from the ground-up, Synth Anthology 4 now features the authentic hardware sound of 200 vintage and modern synthesizers, a fully redesigned engine with powerful features, fx, arpeggiator, smart sound suggestion engine, native MPE support, and more.
A dreamlike collection!

Also included in SonicPass ➡️ https://www.uvi.net/sonicpass

Video credits: Anthony Hak
Music Credits: Théo & Thomas

"The Best Keeps Getting Better

What's new in version 4?

Almost everything!
We've rebuilt the engine from the ground-up, added more synths, more presets, more effects, more filters, more modulation, a dedicated browser, a second fully-customizable layer for creating hybrid and blended timbres, an all-new smart suggestion engine that helps you quickly find similar sounds, a more powerful arpeggiator/phraser, bus effects, native MPE support, and more!

Real Hardware Sounds There is something unmistakable about the sound of a real hardware synth, from subtle differences between voice circuits and drift to the varied way filters bite into the sound; there's a distinct character and energy. Synth Anthology 4 delivers the authentic and uncompromising hardware sound with all the conveniences of a modern software instrument.

Every piece of hardware represents a unique creative vision, sonic character, innovations, and strengths. Whatever you're looking for, from analog to digital, vintage classic to future classic, you will find it here. Synth Anthology 4 delivers an incredible collection of hardware, every major manufacturer, every type of synthesis, every era, 200 synthesizers in all.

You won't find a more complete collection anywhere else."

The list:

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A Virtual Door Synth From UVI

video upload by UVI

"Unlock - Open & Shut Foley Designer
https://www.uvi.net/unlock

Discover Unlock, a flexible and easy-to-use sound design tool providing incredibly detailed open, shut, and knocking sounds for film, games, and more. Designed to be a powerful all-in-one environment for door foley sounds, shipping with a library of 120+ doors, Unlock os an indispensable tool for post facilities and sound designers."

UVI Unlock - Overview

KAWAI Vintage Legacy | Overview

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"Kawai Vintage Legacy - Gems of the Rising Sun
https://www.uvi.net/kawai-vintage-legacy

Discover a powerful collection of 5 instruments that offer a wide range of synthesis approaches, leveraging the sounds of an iconic Japanese synth legacy. Take control of the K1, K3, K4, K5, XD5 and R100 individually or in a monolithic 'multi' instrument, combining four synth layers with a drum machine.

Also included in SonicPass ➡️ https://www.uvi.net/sonicpass

Video credits: Venus Theory"

UVI Introduces Kawai Vintage Legacy - Gems of the Rising Sun

UVI KAWAI Vintage Legacy | Preset Showcase
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"Kawai Vintage Legacy - Gems of the Rising Sun
https://www.uvi.net/kawai-vintage-legacy

Discover a powerful collection of 5 instruments that offer a wide range of synthesis approaches, leveraging the sounds of an iconic Japanese synth legacy. Take control of the K1, K3, K4, K5, XD5 and R100 individually or in a monolithic "multi" instrument, combining four synth layers with a drum machine.

Also included in SonicPass ➡️ https://www.uvi.net/sonicpass

Video credits: Théo G.

00:00 - Intro
00:06 - Multi / Discolette
00:18 - Multi / Dharma
00:28 - K3U / Fair Light
00:36 - Multi / Bubblegum
00:46 - Drums / Honky Tonk
00:56 - Multi / Drillerz
01:08 - K5U / Bladd Runner
01:19 - Drums / Half Day
01:26 - K5U / SpocK5
01:29 - K4U / Beauty K4
01:32 - K3U / Molasson
01:38 - K1U / Two Moon Sky
01:44 - Multi / Clubberz"

NAMM 2023 UVI - Quadra Traveller and Percussion Factory with Venus Theory

video upload by sonicstate

"UVI showcased their latest soundware products, including the Quadra Traveler and Percussion Factory, as demonstrated by Cameron, also known as Venus Theory.

The Quadra Traveler is part of the Quadra series and features four instrument layers with an XY grid for blending between them. Each layer has its own amp, filter, and envelope controls, as well as individual effects and arpeggiator with multiple pages for different step types and panning. The library includes a wide variety of world instruments, from electric and acoustic basses to keyboards, metal and wood strings, synths, transient noises, and more, allowing for endless sound design possibilities.

Percussion Factory, is based on eight instrument layers that can be selected from a wide range of percussive sounds. The layers have different rhythms based on Euclidean rhythms, and the intensity of the sequences can be controlled using the decimate knob, which can also be automated for dynamic performance. Additionally, the Tone Room and Swing controls allow for further customization of the groove and overall number of steps.

More info:
Quadra Traveler: https://www.uvi.net/quadra-traveler
Percussion Factory: https://www.uvi.net/en/bass-drums-per..."

UVI Introduces Organic Arps for Falcon - A Modern Arpeggio Toolbox

UVI Organic Arps for Falcon | Preset Showcase

video uploads by UVI

"https://www.uvi.net/organic-arps

With 100 hand-crafted patches presented across 4 categories, Organic Arps delivers a wide range of styles and patterns from more predictable arps to creative and off-beat generative sequences, perfect for those looking to expand their library with an exceptional set of highly detailed and tweakable patches.

00:00 - Circular / Hermana
00:12 - Rhythmic / Odd train
00:19 - Generative / Onset Memories
00:27 - Rhythmic / Forbidden
00:35 - Repetitive / Wrangler
00:42 - Circular / The Swell
00:50 - Repetitive / Mount
01:00 - Generative / Bliss
01:09 - Rhythmic / Lux

Music and video credits: Théo G."

UVI Introduces Percussion Factory

video uploads by UVI

"Percussion Factory - Creative Rhythm Designer https://www.uvi.net/percussion-factory

Discover an innovative approach to percussion pattern composition, with a massive library of percussion sounds collected from all over the world and create the production you want with intelligent preset generation, real-time sequence modifiers, morphable groove, a creative topology outfitted for sound design, and much, much more.

Also included in SonicPass ➡️ https://www.uvi.net/sonicpass

Video credits: Anthony Hak
Music Credits: Thomas K. & Théo G."

UVI Introduces Quadra Traveler - Multi-Instrument and Sequence Designer

video uploads by UVI

Playlist:
UVI Quadra - Traveler | Trailer
UVI Quadra - Traveler | Overview
UVI Quadra - Traveler | Preset Showcase

"Discover a creative multipart instrument blending sounds from around the world with a curated selection of synth tones, topped-off with powerful effects and advanced arpeggiators to deliver cinematic sound quality and near endless musical inspiration.

Also included in SonicPass ➡️ https://www.uvi.net/sonicpass

Video credits: Lou Wiss & Anthony Hak
Music Credits: Lou Wiss"

via UVI

"Quadra is a powerful 4-part multi-instrument and sequence designer, ideal for the creation of dynamic, rhythmic, and evolving sequences utilizing a blend of regional instruments from around the world with a curated selection of synth sounds.

Quadra leverages a powerful instrument selection, deep factory library, focused and intuitive workflow, and expressive performance controls to deliver cinematic sound quality and near endless musical inspiration.

Quadra is a versatile instrument, capable of a wide range of sounds and uses from standard fare instrumentation to evolving, complex, and adaptive progressions and harmonizations that can be morphed and performed in numerous ways to suit the needs of your production. With a masterful selection of hundreds of professionally designed presets, Quadra offers incredible sound quality and near endless inspiration on-demand."

Curated Instrument Selection

Quadra provides 4 robust instrument layers that can be used together to create striking and evocative performances. Each layer can be assigned from a selection of 187 multi-sampled sources including regional instruments from around the world and a selection of synth sounds chosen to complement each other.

Fretted instruments:
baglamas, banjo, Chinese pipa, oud, saz, bass, Celtic twelve string guitar, chonguri, and more

Wooden instruments:
balafon, gamelan, kalimba, sanza, mbira, steel drums and handpan

Keyboard instruments:
cabinet organ, accordion, Indian harmonium, Nordic upright piano

String instruments:
zither, cymbalum, dulcimer, erhu, guzheng, koto, lyra, qanun, shamisan, valiha, and viola

Wind instruments:
alphorn, various flutes, duduk, key shakuhachi, bagpipes, pan flute and more

Synthesizers:
analog, FM, modeled, PCM, and speaker synths

You can find additional details at https://www.uvi.net/quadra-traveler

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UVI FALCON Expansion "Fluidity" Demo & Review

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DEMO by Katsunori UJIIE.

UVI Digital Synsations Vol.1

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UVI Digital Synsations Vol.1 | Creating a '90s synth intro

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"Digital Synsations Vol.1 - Four ‘90s wonders revisited
https://www.uvi.net/digital-synsation...

Discover a massive collection of over 640 patches created with 4 iconic digital synthesizers from the 1990s, including the SY77 (hybrid FM/PCM synthesis), Korg M1 (AI synthesis), the VFX (Transwave synthesis), and the Digital 50 (hybrid PCM/LA synthesis), Digital Synsations Vol. 1 delivers new and classic sounds perfect for inspiring music of any style, from synthwave to modern production and beyond.

If you're looking for a new take on the classic '90s sound, look no further.

Video credits : Anthony Hak
Music credits: Dipcrusher"

UVI Introduces PX Guitar Syn based on the Roland GR-500

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PX Guitar Syn - A modern take on the original guitar synth
https://www.uvi.net/px-guitar-syn

Discover an inspirational, modern take on an innovative yet obscure guitar and synthesizer combo from the late ‘70s. Including fully-editable vintage synthesizer and guitar tones in a dual-layer configuration, PX Guitar Syn will give you a featured and creative instrument brimming with charactered vibe.

00:00 - Intro / Gilmoured
00:08 - Counterpoint
00:20 - Hybrid Dist
00:30 - Cool Tour
00:39 - Vinny Pad
00:54 - Dreamy Finger 1
01:07 - Hand Made
01:18 - Dusty Strings
01:30 - Bass Seq"

Inspired by the innovative design of GS and GR-500, PX Guitar Syn delivers a versatile and easily editable instrument that's part guitar, part synthesizer, and all fun.

PX Guitar Syn gives you a robust and capable toolset for creating and editing patches. From the dual-layer architecture with ADSR amp envelopes, multimode filters with envelope, poly or mono modes with glide, pitch shifting and advanced stereo modes, and handy modwheel mappings, to LFO and step modulators, two feature-rich arpeggiators, and a generous selection of high-quality effects including 3-band EQ with sweepable crossover, drive, Thorus, ensemble, Phasor, digital delay, and Sparkverb..."

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UVI | 2022 Throwback

video upload by UVI

"2022 Throwback
A UVI recap of the year!
A list of all the products we released this year:
00:05 - Vintage Vault 4
00:42 - Organic Keys
00:56 - Soul Drums
01:18 - Augmented Orchestra
01:42 - Dual Delay X
02:01 - Mission 6
02:31 - Walker 2
03:10 - Fluidity
03:28 - Falcon 2.8
04:03 - Soul Bass
04:20 - IRCAM Prepared Piano 2
04:47 - SonicPass

Video credits: Théo G.
#uvi #musicproduction #vstplugins
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About UVI
UVI is a developer of software instruments, effects and soundware. We leverage leading-edge synthesis, DSP research and design to provide unique and expressive tools for musicians and audio professionals.

Our goal is to help you achieve the highest-quality sound possible with innovative and reliable solutions. You can hear our work around the world at live shows, on hit-records, in blockbuster films and AAA games.

We're a small but spirited team with a global footprint, music and sound lovers eager to share our passion. We're honored to be a part of your creative journey and thankful to you for sharing ours.

https://www.uvi.net

©2022 UVI. All rights reserved."