Yeah, I saw that little detail too. I don't think I would have phrased it like they did. Anyone who buys it now and then sees it cheaper, latter, is going to be a little bit peeved.
It also sounded a little ugly.
I won't be getting it for that price. I don't think it's a particularly excessive price... what €50 a plugin basically... I've paid more than that for individual instruments from them and other developers before (I've also paid less too).
The problem for me is that I found the instrument additions a bit eclectic. If they had been a different 4 instruments I might have bitten.
DX7 V. I tried the demos... the best by far is the DX... loads of scope there. You get the original sounds, plus the opportunity to program some interesting stuff yourself... with some great new additions the original didn't have.
CMI V. I was really looking forward to the Fairlight... but was disappointed, I have some other libraries that actually cover some more iconic Fairlight sounds than those I found here. I think perhaps that maybe something to do with the particular model/s they used samples from... seems to me like they need to think about adding some "expansion discs" to that library. Some of the best sounds here were very "cinematic" and not too musical. If I were writing the next Petshop Boys track I would be very let down... If I was recording the soundtrack for "Scanners II: The Revenge of the Exploding Heads" I would be really chuffed.
Buchla Easel V. Again like the CMI, this sounds great for 60s and 70s scifi horror, but I don't think I personally would find much other use for it... maybe creating a sound library of weird sounds to sell on to other musicians working on movies? Again here, the problem might be the patches that come with the synth... they just seemed to be TOO specific. I'd need to have a specific project in the pipeline to justify that synth... or at least at that price.
Clavinet V. Buff, how many clavs do you already have? Same here... nice, great level of control, but another clav? At 29 dolars maybe (yup bought that one just a little while ago). Clavs also come with so many bundles already.
Seems to me that a couple of the products are just not going to be that appealing to customers... that's going to give them the perception that instead of €50 for 4 plugins, they are actually paying €100 for 2 (the only 2 they are really interested in). Had it been DX7 V, CMI V, JV1080 V and D50 V I would have gone for it.
That said, I think that Arturia have created some great products, but at €199 there's just not enough of what I want to justify spending the cash on V6 instead of something else.
Does'nt help that there are also other companies that have great synth bundles too, some that have only just been released.
V6 has also been a bit thin on the ground in relation to videos on YouTube... some of the videos out there have some interesting bits, but none of the reviews completely sold me on it.
Sure guys... €99 would get my vote, I'm sure Arturia could find a thousand ways to get around that rather awkwardly phrased "promise" they made (all it needed was a photo of Luca Brasi in the banner).
As far as people who have already bought it... that's life. I have many, MANY times seen stuff I have bought, on sale cheaper later on. Many people would pay double the price just to have it NOW... they are working on a project NOW that would benefit from those sounds or they are working on a top 40s track and want to get some fresh sounds in before everyone has "that" library.
