Arturia

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Arturia
Image:ArturiaLogo.jpg
Type Privately Held Corporation
Founded Grenoble, France (1999)
Headquarters Flag of France Grenoble, France
Key people Frédéric Brun, Gilles Pommereuil
Industry Computer software and hardware for music production/performance
Products Moog Modular V, CS-80V, Minimoog V, ARP2600 V, Prophet V, Analog Factory, Jupiter-8V, Brass, Origin, Storm
Employees 13
Website Arturia.com

Arturia is a software company, located in Grenoble, France, and founded in 1999 by Frédéric Brun and Gilles Pommereuil, both INPG-qualified engineers. The company's sole focus is on the development of Electronic Music software and tools. They are very similar in basis to Native Instruments of Germany and their products are in use by a number of notable musicians on a large number of movie soundtracks and hit records.

Early analog instruments such as the Minimoog and Prophet 5 had analog components and were known for their instability "on the road" and for their oscillators "drifting." In recent years, computer processing power has advanced to the point that companies such as Arturia, Native Instruments, and others have been able to recreate virtually these classic instruments.

One of Arturia's core technologies is TAE® (True Analog Emulation), a technique which allows for the accurate modelling of the behavior of analog circuits on a personal computer. This technology, developed by Arturia, has been employed to successfully recreate the sounds produced by many legendary analog synthesizers.

It is notable that Arturia's emulations of Moog synthesizers were considered to be so good by Robert Moog, that he personally endorsed them and allowed his name and likeness to be used.

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[edit] Products

Arturia has developed and currently markets nine music software products and recently announced their first hardware product at the 2007 NAMM show. Their instrument emulations are usable both as either a stand-alone program or as a plug-in (DXi, VSTi, Audio Units and RTAS) which can be loaded in various music studio software, such as Cubase, Pro Tools, Digital Performer, or Logic.

[edit] Storm

Initially released in early 2000, the software's aim was to emulate the professional studio environment while remaining both simple and fun. The current version of the software is 3.0, released in Spring 2004.

[edit] Moog Modular V

Perhaps the most famous piece of software in Arturia's catalog is Moog Modular V, a virtual digital reincarnation of the classic Moog modular synthesizer. The aforementioned TAE Technology was used to emulate analog circuits, giving the synthesizer it's famous sound.

[edit] CS-80 V

At the AES 2003 in New York, Arturia launched its third product: The CS-80 V, a software emulation of the legendary Yamaha CS-80, which has been made both famous and infamous by its widespread use in realms of both popular electronic music and film scores, the most memorable being the score to Chariots of Fire.

[edit] Minimoog V

At the NAMM 2004, Arturia unveiled the Minimoog V, another faithful recreation of the most famous synthesizer ever. This one was a bit more on a simple synthesis side, with a much clearer and simpler interface than either of the complex monsters that came before it, and the programming of the synth became much easier. It is also worth saying that this appears to be Arturia's most pirated synth to date, with cracked copies of Minimoog V being readily available online.

[edit] Arp 2600 V

Arturia released their fifth software synthesizer in Anaheim, during NAMM in 2005. The ARP 2600 is one of the first famous synthesizers, and has been in direct competition with the now-equally-classic Moog. The program not only recreates the faithful look and style of the original synthesizer, but also adds a few other features that were not included in the original ARP 2600, such as the 2x8 step-sequencer that historically has been one of the stand-alone best-sellers of the company.

[edit] Brass

Brass relies on physical modeling to create one of three wind instruments: trumpet, saxophone, or a trombone. The software has been developed in coordination with the Paris-based Ircam laboratory, and Arturia claims that the software is "exceedingly innovative."

[edit] Prophet V

At NAMM 2006, Arturia announced Prophet V - a software emulation of the Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 and Prophet VS synthesizers, based one the same TAE analoge modelling technology as the Moog Modular V, CS80V, ARP 2600 V, and Minimoog V.

[edit] Jupiter 8V

The Jupiter 8V is an Emulation of the Roland Jupiter 8 Analog Synthesizer. It is not scheduled for release until February 2007, but it appears to be exactly like the original and there are a number of accolades on their website from various artists endorsing it.

[edit] Origin

Origin is Arturia's first hardware product and is rumored to be a virtual modular synthesizer wherein you could take a component of one of their emulations - for example, a filter from a Prophet V, and combine it with an oscillator from their MiniMoog emulator.

[edit] Analog Factory

Analog Factory appears to be a virtual module containing sounds from all of their emulated instruments. Sounds do not appear to be editable beyond basic amplitude envelopes and basic control.

[edit] Awards

Arturia has won a number of awards. Among them are:

  • The "Grand Prize for Innovation" from Andersen Consulting in July 1999
  • Recognition by OSEO anvar, the French Agency for Innovation.

Following a collaboration with the University of California, Los Angeles, Arturia also received a certificate recognizing the part it played in the university's Global Access Program.

[edit] Famous Users

[edit] External links

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