Arturia 3 modulation fx

[hurricane]

How are the Sweeper and Quartet holdup against the Arturia FX?
Since I don't have R11 I'm unable to compare myself...

I don't have R11 but according to how all their other stuff is, I'm going to say Sweeper and Quartet are mediocre.

[Jackjackdaw]

How are the Sweeper and Quartet holdup against the Arturia FX?
Since I don't have R11 I'm unable to compare myself...

I don't have R11 but according to how all their other stuff is, I'm going to say Sweeper and Quartet are mediocre.

Sweeper definitely is pretty mediocre. Quartet surprised me. It sounds great and has a really broad range of things going on in it. I’m not a massive chorus fan but it won me over. The Dimension D is a class act for sure but Quartet is much more versatile. As for the other Arturia FX the verbs , filters and delays blow stock Reason devices out of the water for pure sound quality. Get the demos and see, the Arturia software centre lets you download fully functional everything with 20 minute timeout.

[MrFigg]

I don't have R11 but according to how all their other stuff is, I'm going to say Sweeper and Quartet are mediocre.

Sweeper definitely is pretty mediocre. Quartet surprised me. It sounds great and has a really broad range of things going on in it. I’m not a massive chorus fan but it won me over. The Dimension D is a class act for sure but Quartet is much more versatile. As for the other Arturia FX the verbs , filters and delays blow stock Reason devices out of the water for pure sound quality. Get the demos and see, the Arturia software centre lets you download fully functional everything with 20 minute timeout.

As far as choruses go where would Chenille fit into the equation?

[hurricane]

As for the other Arturia FX the verbs , filters and delays blow stock Reason devices out of the water for pure sound quality.

Yeah, I mean, if Reason's effects were sold standalone today, which ones would you actually buy? I wouldn't buy any of them, even at the magical $29 price.

[Lotuz2019]

Yeah, I mean, if Reason's effects were sold standalone today, which ones would you actually buy? I wouldn't buy any of them, even at the magical $29 price.

I'd buy a Rattler VST/RE for EUR 10.

[tallguy]

Did a quick A/B comparison between Dimension-D and TAL Chorus LX. So far, I can't tell much of a difference between them. I only tried it on a synth, can't speak for other sounds like acoustic guitars or drums. It also makes me appreciate how good TAL Chorus LX is, specially for a freebie. The only thing about TAL Chorus LX is that the default settings need a bit of tweaking.

[Boombastix]

I made my comparisons using just a synth pad (so limited to that, but did not have time for more):

Chorus - I prefer Chenille RE and N.I. Choral, both sound great and you can dial in a Dim D sound quite well, but then take it a bit further if you need to, with the access to all their settings. Arturia's is nice as an emulation for sure, but doesn't offer much tweakability (Though I did a stack of two Dim D: one set to 3+4 and one set to 1 - great stuff). The trick with Chenille is to add some Unison and Feedback, not too much, then dial in the wet/dry - it is very good then once you push it a little like that, the presets straight up can be a tad too conservative IMO.

Flanger - Arturia's sounds great. Was hoping for more from the curve modulation. But compared to my D16 Antresol and N.I. Flair, it doesn't offer anything special. Flair otoh let you dial in the flanging tone by note number, and it was really cool to automate that as chord changes. Antresol lets you automate the BBD buffer for some interesting bit crushed/flangy stuff.

Phaser - I have D16 Godfazer, SoundToys PhaseMisters, and N.I. Phasis, all three of those felt easier to work with and faster to get results, I didn't like having to open that little fiddly panel on the Arturia.

If had nothing of what I listed and was able to grab Arturia's for the upgrade price of $50, then it would be a no-brainer IMO, because they are good, but for me, they are so similar to what i already have. The BL-20 is the one with that little extra sauce IMO.

Not sure about the N.I. Mod Pack price but can probably be had for $25 during a sale if you grabbed the free Phasis from before - They look boring but a great for vintage style modulation all the way to totally wild and crazy...