I think you maybe miss my point. Sure, I'm grateful to live in this time with all the amazing instruments, physical and virtual, that we have access to. What I'm pointing out is that while computer technology has progressed, many of the Arturia plug ins act as if it's 2005.bobhva wrote:I am an older guy and when I was younger I could only dream of having a collection of synthesizers like I have in software today. I have 8 Arturia synths and plan to add the Synclavier V if I ever find it for a price that I can afford. I love how so many people whine and complain about how the Arturia plugins and other emulations are not perfect recreations of the originals. If it is that important to you and you have the money, by all means get the original hardware. I don't have the money or space to acquire and store a hardware collection like this. For me, as an amateur who just plays with music for fun - I really don't care if it is not a perfect copy of the original. I am so grateful to have access to software that sounds close to stuff that I could only wish for in my younger days. If you take a look here on KVR you will find that something bad has been written about almost every piece of software ever produced - I guess there will always be those who view the glass as half empty in just about every walk of life.
I might be wrong, but my guess isn't that they never thought, "well this is as good as possible." I'm sure it was tradeoffs based on what the popular CPU of that time could handle. I'm just saying that now high speed CPUs are not expensive. Many developers have upped the quality of the plug in to use that power. Now, if you're still using your old Core Duo, then by all means feel free to stay at whatever current versions you'd like, but I think Arturia could really become one of the better thought of developers if they gave their engines a once over.
Another thing I don't get is the love for the status quo. It seems as if you're against progress. Why? I'm not even talking about adding a bunch of doo-dads until the emulations end up as feature-bloated beasts. I'm saying leave things as is (well, fix obvious bugs) and just update the audio quality or level of detail. They obviously have thought about it in the case of Mini V. I'm just saying that it was too little. Offer a high quality mode for those who want it.