NED co-founder Cameron Jones - who wrote the original's OS - has been brought on board to assist with creation of the emulation. 'Sonically the Synclavier V is absolutely on point and can create a huge range of rich and complex sounds.'Īrturia's take on the Synclav focuses purely on the synth elements of the original, foregoing the more workstation-like features in favour of replicating the full FM and additive engines and expanding on the capabilities of both. As a result its sound is quintessentially '80s, instantly bringing to mind classic soundtracks and the bold, polished sound of early synth pop.

Unsurprisingly the Synclav was very expensive - and is even more so vintage - but it still made its way into the studios of many notable pop producers and soundtrack composers. The original Synclavier was a direct competitor to the Fairlight CMI, which combined sampling and sequencing with additive and FM synthesis into a huge proto-workstation that required a rack-mounted CPU and its own (at the time hugely-powerful) 16-bit operating system. Certainly the most exciting of the new additions is the Synclavier V, a software recreation of New England Digital's hugely powerful digital synthesizer from the late-'70s/early-'80s.

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