Arturia

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Arturia
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 focus is on the development of electronic music software and tools. The company's 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 Sequential Circuits 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 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 analog synthesizers.

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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. The current version of the software is 3.0, released in Spring 2004.

[edit] Moog Modular V

Moog Modular V is a virtual digital reincarnation of the Moog modular synthesizer. The aforementioned TAE technology was used to emulate analog circuits.

[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 Yamaha CS-80, which has been widely used in the realms of both popular electronic music and film scores, including the film Chariots of Fire.

[edit] Minimoog V

At the NAMM 2004, Arturia unveiled the Minimoog V, another recreation of a synthesizer. This one was a bit more on a simple synthesis side, with a clearer and simpler interface than the products that proceeded it.

[edit] ARP 2600 V

Arturia released their fifth software synthesizer in Anaheim, during NAMM in 2005. The ARP 2600 competes directly with the Moog. The program enhances upon ARP 2600 release, adding features such a 2x8 step-sequencer.

[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 analogue 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 was released in February 2007.

[edit] Origin

Origin is Arturia's first hardware product and is a virtual modular synthesizer wherein the user can take a component of one of Arturia's emulations - for example, a filter from a Prophet V can be combined with an oscillator from the Minimoog V emulator. Origin is expected to be available worldwide in June 2008.

[edit] Analog Factory

The "best of" collection of presets from Arturia virtual instruments

[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] Notable users

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