UVI Synth Anthology 5

shinyzen · Jul 3, 2026 at 1:17 PM

Freakmaster said: ↑

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?
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Arturia, Softube etc create singular instruments. This is a collection of sound sources to create your own instrument. This isn't trying to be a perfect clone of a synth, its something different. UVI has more fully featured instruments, with the GUI you are missing, but those are a different product.

yabiss · Jul 3, 2026 at 2:42 PM

Freakmaster said: ↑

I've spent close to £1000 on UVI libraries because I love them.

Many times I don't even need to power up a real analogue synth because UVI Anthology V.3 has me covered for many important sounds - it just lacks the quality analogue filters.

The OB Legacy & PX10 has the analogue thickness that algorithm emulations struggle to deliver + the CPU requirements are minimal due to the rompler nature of the sound sources.

V.3 inside of Falcon is a little fiddly at times, but many of us have acclimated to its workflow over years of use.

Skeuomorphic synth UXs are not necessary - the lack of immediate GUI control is the main problem here.

For anybody who used V.3 and has made the the switch to V.5; what do you think of the new workflow?

Going from all of this individual GUI control in V.3:

To this stripped-back minimalism in V.5...

You can no longer instantly adjust filters or envelopes with the new design, which feels like a giant 'basic mode' regression to me.

It would be like Arturia completely replacing their 'V Collection' (fully-featured analogue synth control) with Arturia 'Analog Lab' (basic preset scrolling).
BOTH approaches are needed, but definitely not interchangeable.

If Native Instruments: KONTAKT dared to do anything this brazen, there would be a civil war in these digital streets!
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You meant Vintage Vault GUI style?
Cause this is what Synth Anthology 3 looked like. Already stripped down too though

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shinjiya · Jul 3, 2026 at 2:52 PM

Freakmaster said: ↑

You misunderstand - I've been using UVI Anthology since 2011 - (15 years now).

My observation/complaint is partly based on what is now missing from Synth Anthology V.3

In V.3, I can still edit the relative parameters on each of the unique synth interfaces, but that option has now been removed in V.4 & V.5.

I'm suggesting that those features should still be available, while adding the option to change to the more recent 'generic view'.

This way, both workflows are preserved for long-time users and new users alike.

These integrated features below are what is now missing from the current, V.5 'X-Ray' GUIs...

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You're correct, I had no idea. I started using it on v4 (2023) and I think the interface is fine, but if it was there before, I guess it could still be there now. It doesn't really bother me, I guess I'm the target of these versions, because I really like the simplicity. Usually if I want something more complex, I'll use Analog Lab or Pigments.

Freakmaster · Jul 3, 2026 at 3:48 PM

yabiss said: ↑

You meant Vintage Vault GUI style?
Cause this is what Synth Anthology 3 looked like. Already stripped down too though

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You are right!

UVI product distinction may be my issue here: I own Vintage Vault, Synth Anthology, Workstation and Falcon.

They can all open the same sampled synths, but they open in different GUI styles.

I forgot that Synth Anthology and Vintage Vault are distinctly different products (like the difference between Kontakt Player & Full Kontakt).

Thanks for providing clarity.

My mistake!

realitybytez · Jul 3, 2026 at 5:22 PM

ChemicalJobby said: ↑

Its not 50 gigs, its just under 29 gigs
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that was stated in the very first post in this thread.

28.45 GB installed (FLAC, down from 55 GB in WAV)

Brian Holness · Jul 3, 2026 at 5:44 PM

I really love this ..i want to have it to partner with Osmose Expressive Controller 61 as part of my new set up.

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