I want a mini brute and a micro brute.
 
Total G.A.S.

worse I just found out I got a big promotion at work.  But that promotion also might mean I have less time for music.
 
I know, let's buy a bunch of cool gear that I never use. That seems like a good idea...

picked up Analog Laboratory...couldn't resist.

Cool!
Give us your take on it, yorolpal! once you get to play with it.
Michael

pentimentosound
Cool!
Give us your take on it, yorolpal! once you get to play with it.
Michael

agreed

Welp...it will be Sunday or Monday before I get to play with it...but getting it registered and activated was no walk in the park...unless you are used to Arturia's process. But got it done and working just before leaving the studio. Will post more as I know it.

I downloaded some of the demo's and I must admit that they sound decent, especially the moog modular.  Well, I've got a month to decide, in the mean time, I can keep working on syntorial, so maybe I can actually do something with them besides preset search with minor tweaking

Kroneborge,

FYI, if you shop at audiodeluxe they offer a $25 dollar gift card with the purchase of the v-collection. If you decide to purchase, you can get $25 free if you go through them.

I'm actually in the same boat as you. I'm working on syntorial (which I am really enjoying) and contemplating the v-collection. For some reason, I feel I want more analog sounding synths even though I suck at programming them... Guitar player... I do feel I'm getting better though. Just programmed my first pad that I didn't think was horrible.

Currently, I'm conflicted between the v-collection and u-he diva. I keep seeing rave reviews for diva. I was wondering how you felt the arturia synths compared. I noticed from a prior post that you have diva. I'd like to demo everything but, I won't have the time this month to go through all of the arturia synths. Diva seems extremely versatile with all of the different components that can be selected. Any insight you can provide? I don't care about cpu load issue. I don't usually use many synth instances in my songs.

Also, for anybody that already has the v-collection, which do you feel is the standout synth? I may be able to demo one or two before the sale expires. Would analog lab be a good indicator of the range of possible sounds?

Analog Laboratory is a very good value. Easy peasy to tweak...even with its limitations and the sounds are uniformly good. Plus the "scene" setup is great for live performance and recording. However some...but so far just a few...of the patches have the hung note syndrome others have mentioned. Still, thumbs up.

Well, first I will say that Diva sounds REALLY good no doubt.  And Diva does have several different modes, so it can approximate several different types of synths, or you can mix and match.  That's one of the reasons I'm struggling on whether I really NEED the Arturia collection.  Although the Arturia collection does sound good and comes with a ton of sounds.
 
Also, if you just want to learn one synth really well, Diva is probably a bit easier than all the different Arturia versions.
 
 
So I would probably give Diva the edge, but if you just want more sounds, I would get Arturia.
 
Hope that helps.