UVI just dropped Synth Anthology 5. Intro price is €89 (40% off €149) through July 20th.

What it is
300 hardware synths in one instrument. Professionally designed patches, deep performance controls, easy interface, real hardware sound. Biggest jump the series has ever made.

What's new in v5
100 new synths added, bringing the total to 300. Each one captured by hand the same way UVI always does it. Comes with 1,000+ new sound layers, 16,000+ new samples, and 300+ new presets.
New engine too:

• Two new analog-modeled filters (Ladder and VCF4023)
• New Analog Drift control for dialing in vintage wobble
• Polyphonic mode and per-step repeats in the sequencer
• A bigger library of mode-specific sequencer presets

Why it sounds real
UVI's angle is that hardware has stuff you can't fake... drift between voice circuits, the way a filter bites into a sound, that kind of thing. So every machine was programmed, auditioned, recorded, and edited by hand in their studios. Slow, deliberate work by people who know the hardware inside out.
The engine

• Dual-layer architecture: stack any two synths together, modulate the mix, each layer fully editable
• Advanced modulation: two LFOs, two multi-step modulators with smoothing, velocity, modwheel, all through a parameter-based editor
• Proximity explorer: analyzes the sound you've got loaded and suggests 8 similar/related sounds from the whole library, good for finding variations fast
• Six macro knobs on the main page now, including the new Drift control
• Native MPE support and deep modwheel integration for performance

The machines
300 synths across these categories: Classic Analog, Modern Analog, Analog Modeling, FM & Formant, Wavetable & Digital, Vector Synthesis, Additive, PCM Synth, and Samplers. Covers everything from Moog, Roland, Korg, Sequential, Oberheim and Yamaha classics to newer stuff like Behringer, Arturia, Waldorf, and Teenage Engineering.
Specs

• 28.45 GB installed (FLAC, down from 55 GB in WAV)
• 54,503 samples, 6,278 presets
• 44.1 kHz sample rate (recorded at 88.2 kHz)
• Runs in UVI Workstation 4.0.6+ or Falcon 26.0.4+
• Needs a free iLok account (no dongle required), internet for activation
• macOS 10.14 to macOS 26, Windows 10/11 (64-bit)
• 21 GB disk space, 4 GB RAM, SSD or 7200rpm drive recommended
• Formats: AU, AAX, VST, VST3, standalone
• 3 activations per license

More info: https://www.uvi.net/synth-anthology-5

 

I really love this series, the bang for buck ratio is crazy high, especially if all you care are cool synth sounds without dealing with the complexities. I couldn't find a list of the new synths, if anyone find them please post it here.

 

Last edited: Jul 2, 2026 at 8:42 PM

new synths are in yellow on the page (around 100).
i'm actually thinking of getting this, the price is insane... but a bit discouraged because of having to activate it through ilok + having to run it on workstation (which is free if i recall correctly).
edit -- oooh it's only samples.. nevermind

 

Key Hardware New Additions
While the full database spans 300 machines, some of the most notable newly sampled hardware gear includes: [1]

• Akai: AX60 & AX73
• Crumar: Bit 99
• DSI / Sequential: Prophet 08
• Korg: Poly 800
• Marion Systems: MSR-2
• Oberheim: OB-Xa, OB1, and the OBIE

 

Really nice additions, let's hope it pops up by the sister site sometime soon. The price is very attractive, but I can't get it until black friday. lol

 

Though they have become more functional, the UVI synth user interfaces look horrible and uninspiring.
Strange synth outlines with no detail or identity, like photo negatives.
Who's idea was it to remove the visual identity of each piece of hardware?

 

Because…it’s about…the sound?

This rant is not a grip towards you personally (Not towards you dude!)—but in general: this irks me with the whole “pretty GUI” thing in order to create BS that I can never understand.

Overpriced nonsense like The God Particle (which is literally compression + saturation) but these new gen swears by it, when you can get it done with MeldaProduction, McDSP or even stock.

UVI actually makes some quality stuff but “GUI mattering as much as the sound” is how people can never finish a project.

I just think that perspective is extremely dumb, and really for most creators, is a hinderance, and possibly an excuse to even complete anything.
Okay rant over.

 

You forget that some of us have or actually still use the hardware counter-parts.
The original user-interfaces of hardware synths were designed to be accessible, intuitive and often inspiring.

With analogue synths, you cannot separate the visual from the auditory because that is how each sound is created - (by instinctively reaching for certain controls on each hardware device).

The original hardware designs, colours and layouts offer familiar visual aid for navigation and discreet functions (every analogue synth has this functional perspective).

Most other analogue, soft-synth re-creators (Arturia, Softube, Roland, Korg, GForce, etc.) consistently get this visual part right.

I know it's only a rompler, but maybe UVI should offer the option to switch between 'Generic GUI View' or 'Hardware View' - offering a more professional approach for musicians who are familiar with real synths?

By removing ALL of the familiar GUI components, UVI have effectively ruined the creative intent of the original machines.
We are now reduced to scrolling library presets of generic 'x-ray outlines' of synths? - Very amateurish and uninspiring to me.

Not to get too philosophical, but how many layers of visual/functional abstraction is acceptable before a synth no longer honours its source?

 

Last edited: Jul 2, 2026 at 11:41 PM