arturia SEM V Demo&Review [English Captions]

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  • Опубліковано 28 гру 2024

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  • @chakko007
    @chakko007 13 років тому +6

    A comparison with a real SEM with similar patches, played by a professional, what more can you ask for... thanks for another excellent demo Mr. Ujiie. :)

  • @GandaMelgao
    @GandaMelgao 12 років тому +1

    Great review, as always! This man knows his synths. Many thanks for the english subtitles!

  • @tims7344
    @tims7344 8 років тому +2

    Rather than argue on what is better, hardware or VST , I just love the sound. And there are quite a few of us that can't afford a hardware synth. For $99, you can buy an Arturia Minilab black edition and it comes with the full version of the Sem v2. Plus over 5,000 analog synth sounds including the 2600 an analog synth Tom Oberheim first fiddled with before he made his own. On top of that, you get a pretty good quality hardware controller with automatic knob assignment.

    • @SanderAnderon
      @SanderAnderon 8 років тому +1

      ...yes, and UVI Grand Piano in that bundle too (full version I believe) ! Just $79, I'm very close to pulling the trigger on that deal myself

    • @tims7344
      @tims7344 8 років тому

      Great Deal, plug in a digital Piano to your PC and you have a Steinway.

  • @CW2SCOGG
    @CW2SCOGG 11 років тому +2

    I have owned and written tracks with a Moog Source, Oberheim OB-8 Matrix 6, Memorymoog and SH-101. Its all we had back in the 80's..and it was real and RAW. I will be quite honest...I have written newer tracks with the SEM, OP-x pro and some G-force plugs and if I keep the effects processing to a minimal, and mimic the way I did things back in the 80's I cannot tell the difference between the hardware or software within an overall mix...with that said, I will take the emulations anyday

  • @Mark_Ocain
    @Mark_Ocain 10 років тому

    As always, a very skillful demo - Domo arigato !!

  • @leesimeone
    @leesimeone 12 років тому +1

    It's actually rather light on the CPU when in poly mode; I was really surprised! As you may know their other earlier revisions of JP8V / CS80V were indeed CPU hogs. This SEM V software is a new fresh start for the company and quite a unique product.

  • @eddyonore4351
    @eddyonore4351 8 років тому +2

    What are you waiting for to remake some classic Prince presets ??

  • @MrJETCITY
    @MrJETCITY 12 років тому +1

    Katsunori is the Man

  • @ResurrectorRTX
    @ResurrectorRTX 13 років тому +1

    Amazing, just got the demo myself to try out this beast! :D

  • @prophetate
    @prophetate 13 років тому +1

    Fantastic! Just got the Arturia SEM myself :)

  • @Korgi_Polymer
    @Korgi_Polymer 8 років тому

    Anyone know the name of the patch he is using at 12:13,
    I can't seem to find it in the brass section.

  • @busywl69
    @busywl69 9 років тому

    both sound excellent!

  • @OfficialMrShade
    @OfficialMrShade 8 років тому

    Good review.
    Didn't the sound of what you hear between 00:16 and 00:25 second remind you a bit of Van Halen's "Jump"?

  • @xnonsuchx
    @xnonsuchx 12 років тому

    I don't know what it is, but most side-by-side comparisons end up having the emulated version ;less bright' sounding. It may just be an EQ thing w/ the people doing the demos, but the emulated version sounds a little dead. At least there's not the digital tinniness in the high end as earlier virtual analog had, though, but is the more filtered sound covering that artifacting up a little?

  • @FransvandenBergeMuziekschuur
    @FransvandenBergeMuziekschuur 12 років тому

    Very good review. I will learn japanese. Just to be able to learn from your knowledge. Thank you.

  • @supdudecunt6404
    @supdudecunt6404 11 років тому

    love their intros!

  • @maccagrabme
    @maccagrabme 11 років тому

    Would you mind uploading the two side by side or linking to a soundcloud comparison just to highlight the differences?

  • @adrianh63
    @adrianh63 12 років тому

    English (version video) please!

  • @leesimeone
    @leesimeone 12 років тому

    Arturia SEM V is a brilliant instrument & very inspiring. This video demo doesn't do it any justice - just try it for yourself ...

  • @pourriturecosmique
    @pourriturecosmique 11 років тому

    this guy look so cool and nice! i like really his review!

  • @malkytrance
    @malkytrance 12 років тому

    Translate this to english and there is talk of genitalia and stepmothers and abandoned mines, and sumo prizes after one month, dont forget to speak with fingers and talk crisp.
    Brilliant.

  • @CW2SCOGG
    @CW2SCOGG 11 років тому +2

    Only we 'purist' synth guru/aficionado types will ever really be able to hear the difference in whether it's true analog or a vst and even then, many of us could be fooled. I say make great music no matter what your budget. If a kid with a cheap laptop and uses all freeware VST's makes GREAT music while a guy with a room full of Roland System 100's, OsCars, MemoryMoogs, Arp's and Cweij/Analog Solutions Modulars makes crap...I am buying the stuff the kid on the laptop made.

  • @lambd01d
    @lambd01d 10 років тому +6

    The best Oberheim VST emulation is hands down the OP-X 2 Pro. It sounds quite similar to the SEM. There's a vid that compares it to the OB-X and it's very difficult to tell the 2 apart. I bought myself a copy and I love it! The Arturia emulation isn't that great IMO. It completely lacks in upper harmonics.

    • @deadwhenifoundher
      @deadwhenifoundher 7 років тому

      I see no indication of your claim that it lacks upper harmonics, re: my spectrum analyzer and my osciliscope. No clue how you came to this conclusion.

    • @TallSomeone
      @TallSomeone 5 років тому

      @@deadwhenifoundher Just listen to this video! Treble and snap missing in the Arturia, as if the high end is muted and sluggish in response.

  • @paulfoley5967
    @paulfoley5967 9 років тому +3

    A big hello to all my fellow synth lovers. I'd just like to say that I was very fortunate to be able to buy a two year old virtually unused Minimoog Voyager Performer Edition (second-hand) for £1600, twelve months ago. It is in "mint" condition, and is also in perfect working order, (she is the love of my life) but, reality dictates that I could not afford to buy the synths of my dreams, (apart from my beloved Minimoog Voyager, which was sheer luck in my opinion.) So, what do I do? Well, many scorn VST synths, that is a matter of choice. Soft-synths were never created for the "purist"; I mean, to ague the toss whether: "Oh, my Minimoog Model D sounds way better than the version could ever sound," is rather missing the point entirely. They were never meant to be exact, because it's impossible to so do; "you can't touch or twiddle the knobs, in that, I'll never know how it feels to use an ARP 2600; it's smells, the warmth of the electronics heating the front pane et al. Thus, VST's play, ( I apologize for the pun,) a very important part in a lot of peoples lives who create music, and who, (like myself don't have a bottomless bank account) to enjoy our hobby. I just wish people would stop knocking VST's; after all, were all into making music. Respect to you all. Pauly.

  • @VincentsVideoVisions
    @VincentsVideoVisions 12 років тому

    Once again, hardware clearly sounds much better than software. ANALOG FOREVER

  • @anthonybianco1982
    @anthonybianco1982 12 років тому

    awsome side by side comparison..... arturia's versions is a good attempt but just not quite there.......

  • @olovjohansson4835
    @olovjohansson4835 9 років тому +1

    It seems like the vst sounds duller. I wonder if he ever plays it with the lowpass filter completely open. Otherwise it might be the antialiasing filter cutting the high frequencies

    • @ducav2
      @ducav2 8 років тому

      +Olov Johansson Agree, and you can notice he's not comparing them with filter fully open, at least not on the Arturia

  • @cresshead
    @cresshead 12 років тому

    pretty darn close emulation and a good price point!

  • @lixnino
    @lixnino 9 років тому +2

    arturia the best :D

  • @CW2SCOGG
    @CW2SCOGG 11 років тому +1

    In reality, most REAL ANALOG synths DO sound better (raw and gritty and hey..knobs you can really turn in real time!) than most analog emulations...but different strokes for different folks. My ear buds think NOTHING on this earth sounds more beautiful than Access Virus- it is the greatest and most beautiful sounding pad synth ever made, hardware or software.. Point is, we can go on like this for days yet the bottom line is personal taste and the fact that you make good music with what you have

  • @fonarte
    @fonarte 12 років тому

    No one even bothers to think about how it's all recorded!
    The signal chain and video mixdown can affect the sound of everything. I listened blind they sounded pretty damn similar down to human error(his playing)
    You wouldn't be able to tell in a mix. And if you love Aliasing so damn much, add aliasing to your signal chain somehow. It can be done.

  • @H4NDCRAFTED
    @H4NDCRAFTED 10 років тому +2

    I know it is a cliche to say this, but it is so F&*king true....
    Regardless of whether it sounds real or not, it sounds freaking fantastic, what a great soft synth!
    The real SEMS are more buzzy which gives you more to work with. But I am sold on the softsynth.

    • @joeyxl3456
      @joeyxl3456 10 років тому

      8 SEMS for 99 Euros. WOW :)

    • @F0nkyNinja
      @F0nkyNinja 10 років тому +1

      It does, but it's still not the real thing. It's emulated and digital. Not analog. The sound isn't produced in real-time by voltage going through oscillators, op-amps and filters. It's emulated. A synthesized synthesizer.

    • @creeper1239
      @creeper1239 10 років тому

      *****
      The sound is produced in real time by voltage though...:)

    • @SPAZZOID100
      @SPAZZOID100 10 років тому

      In a mix, nobody would tell.

    • @F0nkyNinja
      @F0nkyNinja 10 років тому +1

      James Reeno Don't underestimate the capabilities of the human ear. Also, that's like saying you can't tell a vintage sports car from a replica, or a real painting from a fake. For afficionados, it's about knowing you have the real deal. Doesn't matter if they sound very similar.

  • @aimoriizumi
    @aimoriizumi 12 років тому

    お久しぶりです。
    シンセサイザー奏者の愛森泉です。
    以前、氏家先生にお渡ししたCDの70%は、オーバーハイムサウンドです。

  • @yoerui2129
    @yoerui2129 10 років тому +4

    Can someone tell me where can i downnload arturia Martix,Solina and Oberheim???
    I really need them..:(

    • @samuelbarnes6734
      @samuelbarnes6734 10 років тому +7

      Hi
      Matrix and Oberheim are both available on Audiobang .Net
      iam not sure about solina.Its free to download,but a little bit slow...
      hope it helps

  • @evolutionarytheory
    @evolutionarytheory 11 років тому

    I'm really happy that works for you, I am certainly not clueless enough to think that my opinion has to be had by everyone. That's excellent that you find a good use for this software. I feel the same about the GForce Minimonsta and Oddity. I just don't share that feeling about this SEM emulation. You can hear for yourself on this song I produced - the SEM Pro is used for the bassline (I also tried the Arturia demo, but it didn't work as well): goo. gl/XtrDl

  • @maccagrabme
    @maccagrabme 11 років тому

    So let me get this right, you still think the original is far superior given that the software can be polyphonic, is integrated into the DAW, has hundreds of presets, is much cheaper and the actual sound is so close? You still would recommend getting the original or remake over this?

  • @Jflux69
    @Jflux69 13 років тому

    dude's awsome

  • @SiliconBassist
    @SiliconBassist 12 років тому

    @TheOberheimer I don't see the point of this argument. They are both great in different ways! The real SEM has a more 'authentic' sound and benefits from a hands-on analog interface (more immediate and less glitch-prone than MIDI controllers). The VST version approaches that sound (and has a very good sound in its own way too) for a fraction of the price and benefits from unlimited patch storage, polyphony, and can be fully integrated into a DAW. Either way, you can't lose!

  • @theRealIonian
    @theRealIonian 13 років тому

    @TheOberheimer Everyone has different standards. Just because I choose to have mine higher than yours doesn't mean you should get so upset about it.

  • @MartinJovanovic
    @MartinJovanovic 9 років тому

    No true perfect vintage warm analog synth can save you if you're out of musical ideas. I'm pretty sure you can make a phenomenal album using only soft synths, if the inspiration strikes you right. Now this inspiration, that's a different story...

  • @stryker1999
    @stryker1999 12 років тому

    Honestly, I thought the SEM V was a little richer sounding. Maybe it was based on a vintage SEM module. In any case, I have to get one of these. Having polyphony and programmable presets make this thing a killer.

  • @realsoon1612
    @realsoon1612 10 років тому

    So, I've been playing the SEM V alongside my (hardware) Korg MS-20 mini...and the sound? VERY comparable in quality, inasmuch as different synths can be thus compared, between the analog VCOs and digitally modeled oscs. Anyone complaining of thinness or plasticy sound...I'd blame low sample rate settings, mediocre sound card DACs, or speakers before I blame the software. My only complaint is strictly an interface one: if I'm too quick with my MIDI knob turns, it can't really keep up (or my controller may be skipping commands!).

  • @evolutionarytheory
    @evolutionarytheory 12 років тому

    I have the real thing sitting next to me, and the main thing that the Arturia is, is convenient. The real thing, I'm sorry to say, sounds very different. Like most arturia synths, you can load up an instance of pretty much any VST and get a similar sound to it, it's not special. This demo is pretty accurate, that grainy "towel thrown over the top of it's treble" sound from the Arturia, is also the comparison I'm getting, at any sampling rate.. The real thing is smoother AND sharper.

  • @evolutionarytheory
    @evolutionarytheory 11 років тому

    How cerebral of you.

  • @str3123
    @str3123 13 років тому

    Thanks...

  • @maccagrabme
    @maccagrabme 12 років тому

    Would you really care in a mix though? I listened blind and couldn't tell which was real. It all comes down to the music you can make surely?

  • @lesliemann496
    @lesliemann496 10 років тому

    Can someone tell me where can i download Arturia spark,Oberheim and Arturia Matrix for free???
    I really need them,but cant afford to pay hundreads for them:(

  • @theRealIonian
    @theRealIonian 13 років тому

    I wouldn't say plastic, but it's definitely not as clear as the real sem. It's not bad low, but when he goes high, the Arturia sounds like it gets dull. Also you can hear the difference when he sweeps the filter. The emulations are getting better but this one still isn't at the level of the real SEM. For the money though it sounds really good.

  • @BDukich
    @BDukich 12 років тому

    real one beta

  • @evolutionarytheory
    @evolutionarytheory 11 років тому

    Yes. Have you heard the actual hardware other than on a UA-cam video with horrid compression? Don't get me wrong, I love plug-ins, and I have a lot of them. I just immensely dislike Arturia plug-ins. I find that they all sound the same; that I can get identical results from any other VST, and that the Arturia interfaces are sluggish and feel disconnected from the instrument somehow. I enjoy good sound, and good character, and the real thing has far more of that than the plug-in does. IMO.

  • @meedily
    @meedily 13 років тому

    I wonder how long before the Zebra trolls start hating on this video.

  • @CW2SCOGG
    @CW2SCOGG 11 років тому +1

    In the end, Whether you own the hardware or the software, if the music you make with it sucks, its a moot point which one you use anyway.......If my music sucks, and no one is buying my stuff because of it, I'd rather be writing it with sofsynths, then have spent a fortune collecting a room full of vintage analog synths costing tens of thousands of dollars. In the end, whether your music sucks or not, the average non synth guru Mr. and Miss Q public won't know the difference anyway...

  • @twipers
    @twipers 11 років тому

    Ooo this is DABUSTEPE!

  • @LESINDES
    @LESINDES 12 років тому +1

    But you know that the NEW SEM does not sound like the original Oberheim SEM?? The oscillators of the original sound different, they are darker. Still, I'd prefer the analogue beasts ;-) But the original is best. If not available buy a Semtex. That is the best clone. Better than the Oberheim cloning himself :-)

    • @LF0
      @LF0 3 роки тому +1

      This.

  • @evolutionarytheory
    @evolutionarytheory 11 років тому

    Analog snobbery would be saying it's FACT that the hardware sounds better than the software. I didn't, I said it was my OPINION that it sounded better. And it is. If you are too ignorant to understand that it's your loss. I use a lot of VSTs for my music, and some hardware. I compared both, and again, I think the SEM hardware sounds incredibly different. But again, that's my opinion. If you think that I'm an analog snob, that's ignorant, but perfectly fine. You are entitled to an opinion.

  • @rg2027x
    @rg2027x 12 років тому

    nice bee sound @ 12:53

  • @joyoussound
    @joyoussound 13 років тому

    @remixerone You can't be serious!

  • @KAZUTUBE1001
    @KAZUTUBE1001 12 років тому

    original one is more clear sound and WINNER!

  • @SPL-6
    @SPL-6 8 років тому +1

    Banda passe!

  • @evolutionarytheory
    @evolutionarytheory 11 років тому

    You can hear a bunch of sounds on my soundcloud that show the hardware. You could try yourself to recreate these, but it shows the texture: goo. gl/mgIIY and goo. gl/mLpQU and goo. gl/mlaoZ and goo. gl/1bfp4 and goo. gl/bG6Iv

  • @jorgentraun
    @jorgentraun 9 років тому

    I have a Oberheim SEM and it is not the same as a Aruria SEM V at all. The real thing is way more dynamic and dry, and it has more and better sounding overtones a lot better sounding bass. The ENV is more logarithmic (Punchy) sounding on the original. A friend of mine have the Aturia SEM V and a Oberheim SEM. He is very disappointing with the plug-in and is using it only as a scratchpad.
    Its like this if you want a violin sound buy a violin and if you want a analog synthesizer sound buy a real Analog synthesizer :-) Plug-in emulations will not sound the same anyway.

    • @julienperret8867
      @julienperret8867 9 років тому

      +Jørgen Traun We are all aware that it doesnt sound as the real synth ! Same for any VST of any synth. Its quiet close though and in a mix, with some EQ and effects, only a sound engineer would hear the VST from the real synth.
      But please, stop fucking, constantly, critizing those VST. Those Synth are not produced anymore and the one you can buy second hand are really, really expensive. Is it a problem to reacreate all those amazing synth ? Im quiet happy that few companies have worked hard to recreate those sound.
      If you don't like the VST, then keep your synth and have fun with them ;)

    • @jorgentraun
      @jorgentraun 9 років тому

      Jules. Sorry to say your wrong. Tom Oberheim is still producing these SEM synths: www.tomoberheim.com/ And you can buy them from new.
      If you do not think there is a huge different, fine with me. But please it is not for you to decide what I like to write even though you disagree.

    • @StClair-yd9sl
      @StClair-yd9sl 9 років тому +3

      +Jørgen Traun Dude, it's close enough! As everyone can hear for themselves in this video, and I trust the judgement of Katsunori. Arturia NAILED it!

    • @KarlGeorges
      @KarlGeorges 8 років тому

      +Jørgen Traun , layer two Arturia SEM V's in any VST host et voila, problem solved, Some people have no clue how to get the potential out of software. That said, I stick to hardware myself for a couple of things but the combination of various VST's (also Korg's Legacy collection with the fantastic MonoPoly & M1) in a host like FL Studio needs a LOT of hardware to be beaten.

  • @TallSomeone
    @TallSomeone 5 років тому

    Upper harmonics ABSENT in Arturia.

  • @dadadaduda
    @dadadaduda 13 років тому

    でもお高いんでしょ?

  • @FabricioBelo
    @FabricioBelo 12 років тому

    no mate! we prefer in Japanese! lol

  • @LDGextra
    @LDGextra 12 років тому

    you made that crappy vst sound like jesus. holy crap lol

  • @jean-baptiste9230
    @jean-baptiste9230 9 років тому

    ...sound the same...the japanese men lost my respect on this one, comparing apple and orange and tell you they taste the same from a mile away!

  • @malatia7575
    @malatia7575 8 років тому

    One uses real voltage controlled oscillators the soft synth uses fake sample base internally recorded oscillator which in other words is a fake oscillator, just a sample selector varying patameters but fooling people to think it is a real oscillator. Now you know the truth.

    • @marcuswilespage
      @marcuswilespage 6 років тому

      Actually. While there are sample based soft synths, this is a virtual analog. Arturia models the actual circuitry, which generally makes its much more faithful recreation than would have been possible with samples.