ARTURIA SYNCLAVIER V
Synclavier V
The digital dream machine.
The sheer and unprecedented additive, FM, and sampling power of the Synclavier captured the imaginations of the world’s musical elite. Synclavier V reanimates this powerhouse instrument for a palette that’s uniquely rich, edgy, and inspiring to no end.
A legend
reborn
A technological marvel and status symbol, the Synclavier dwarfed literally every other synthesizer of the 1980s, in both power and price. Its unique approach to sound design is just as relevant today as it was all those decades ago.
The go-to inspiration station for Sting, Frank Zappa, Kate Bush, Michael Jackson, Chick Corea, and many others began life as an FM synth. It evolved into the first tapeless music production system long before DAWs, adding features like high-res sampling and resynthesis. Nothing got close to this Rolls-Royce of synthesizers, and with maxed-out systems fetching mid six figures, almost no one got close either. Co-created with original inventor Cameron Jones, Synclavier V changes all that.
Your Secret Weapon
No other instrument sounds like the Synclavier, even today. Synclavier V is a source of sounds and ideas as unique as your music.
Beyond the Original
We multiplied the sound-generation capabilities of the original three times over, building a hot-rod that was impossible in hardware.
Exclusive Club
Original Synclaviers are still in use even today because the pros love their sound. Join their ranks without the cost or headaches.
Sonic Chameleon
Combining additive, digital, and FM synthesis with unique sampling features, Synclavier V can truly produce any sound you may have in your mind’s ear.
An experiment
gone right
Born of a college team-up between musicians and engineers, the Synclavier started as a lab experiment and then became the most coveted synth in the music industry.
At prestigious Dartmouth College in the ’70s, students Cameron Jones and Sydney Alonso signed on to a research project with professors Jon Appleton (music) and Frederick Hooven (engineering). The goal: Make a computer behave like a musical instrument.
The prototype Dartmouth Digital Synthesizer became the Synclavier I. This used the FM technique pioneered by Dr. John Chowning of Stanford University, which would see widespread commercial success in the Yamaha® DX7.
Your Starship Bridge
Awaits
With all this control, it has never been easier or more immediate to perform the sonic miracles the Synclavier made possible.
Users loved the Synclavier’s interface, which involved a bevy of buttons to select parameters and one knob to rule them all. We say lots of knobs are better than one, making the experience even more intuitive.
01. Synthesis Without Limits
A single Preset can have up to 12 Partials. Each is a complete additive and FM synthesis chain.
02. Compelling Counterpoints
Every partial has its own volume and harmonic envelope. Timbres can weave around and through each other for ear-engaging sounds.
03. Sonic Surgery
Control every aspect of each partial here, including FM parameters and time-slice behavior. There is no more precise way to build sounds from the ground up.
04. Paint in Broad Strokes
Control settings that affect all Partials in common here, such as pan, transpose, and overall envelope offsets.
05. Space Station
Synclavier V provides very sophisticated control over a stand-alone vibrato and your sound’s movement in the stereo picture.
06. Get Animated
Bring your patches to life with our signature multi-pattern, tempo-syncable arpeggiator as well as polyphonic portamento.
Fantastic
Voyage
A computer screen option allowed precise editing on the original. Synclavier V injects you even deeper into the heart of the sound.
We kept the “green screen” look of the old-school VT100 terminal, then organized everything to enhance and empower your creative flow. Packed with functionality but intuitive, our advanced interface turns you into a sound design expert in record time.
Included in
V collection
Legendary Keyboards Reinvented
This instrument is also part of the V Collection -your complete dream line-up of the legendary synths, organs, pianos and more that made keyboard history. They’re modeled with the most advanced technologies for authentic realism, and enhanced with new creative options. Whether you use it as DAW plugins in the studio or standalone at gigs, V Collection puts the greatest keys of all time at your fingertips for instant inspiration.
Main Features
Software synthesizer playable through a MIDI keyboard
450 presets sounds
Original programmer + original code = the original Synclavier synthesis engine
Powerful FM (frequency modulation) synthesis
Full additive synthesis:
- Time Slice engine for dynamic additive synthesis
- Additive waves for both carrier and modulator waveforms
Expanded number of partials to 12 (the original had 4)
Variable bit depths (original was only 8-bit)
High-quality output effects
Algorithmic reverb
50 presets from the original Synclavier library
VST, VST3, AU, AAX, and standalone operation
Support for Native Instruments NKS format
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