Overall, though, it comes over as a not-very-good sampler. There is nothing in the manual that suggests there are any tools to help you get inaudible loop points - and the original presets again suggest not. The resynthesis may be the way to go but I'll have to wait for someone who has it to comment
It's a recreation of a 40 year old sampler that couldn't do the things you expect the VST to now do. There are a thousand ways to do what you want with other third-party VSTs and with tools already built into most decent DAWs, this is supposed to a replication of a CMI, eccentricities included. Give them at least a bit of a break.
I absolutely agree. I don't want to belittle what Arturia's engineers have achieved. All I am saying is that, for me, the CMI V is not attractive because of all the instruments which have bettered the CMI since it was in fashion.
By contrast the MInimoog has never really been surpassed, has a sound and playing style of its own and, for me, is a worthy candidate for creating a virtual replica. Arturia have done exactly that AND expanded its capabilities in innovative and appropriate ways. The Piano V 2 is another excellent example of how they've focused on improving an existing virtual model.
In my opinion I would have preferred Arturia to put their energy into improving their existing virtual instruments or bringing us new recreations of instruments which give us something different. The Buchla Easel V, for instance, is brilliant and exactly what I would have hoped for. It makes you look at synthesis in a different way - and in a way which doesn't takes a long time. The DX7 is also a good choice because of the original's huge popularity and the enormous sound catalogue available. Here, I think, Arturia have done the right thing with their ergonomic improvements.
I think there is a problem with recreating digital instruments ("Analog" Lab 3?). I would like to see them focus on instruments which are quirky and different from the herd but haven't been improved upon already. I don't see much point in recreating most romplers, like the Korg M1, for example (even though Korg have!). The distinctive sounds of the M1 are available as samples AND on most of Korg's newer rompler workstations. The Korg Wavestation, however, is distinctive and different from the herd and is crying out for ergonomic improvements. Korg do a virtual Wavestation already so it's an odd example perhaps (though it could be improved.
If Arturia are to continue emulating digital instruments I'd like to see things like the Wavestation (which was hugely popular in movie music, distinctive and different) or the Technics WSA-1 (which wasn't popular but was distinctive, gave a fresh approach to acoustic modelling and was relatively easy to program new sounds).
Just my thoughts
