Arturia V Collection 8

Arturia V Collection 8 is a previous version of Arturia’s suite of software instruments, released in December 2020; the current version is Arturia V Collection 11 Pro. It holds 28 instruments: modelled analog and digital synths, organs, acoustic and electric pianos and string machines, with over 10,000 presets and Analog Lab V to browse them all. It runs on Windows 8.1 and macOS 10.13 or later, standalone or as a VST, AU or AAX plug-in.

Arturia V Collection 8 is a previous version

V Collection 8 was followed by Arturia V Collection 9 (2022, 33 instruments), V Collection X (2023, 39 instruments) and V Collection 11 (April 2025, 45 instruments in the Pro edition). Choose 11 Pro if you want the newest instruments.

What’s new in V Collection 8

• New instruments: Jun-6 V, Emulator II V, Vocoder V and OB-Xa V
• Upgraded: Jup-8 V 4 with a new sound engine and Stage-73 V 2 with a new physical modelling engine
• Analog Lab V: every preset from all V Collection instruments in one window, with playlists, layering and mixing
• PatchWorks: 700 new curated patches
• 4 control macros, a new browser and in-app tutorials on every new instrument

All 28 instruments in V Collection 8

• Analog synths (13): Jun-6 V, Vocoder V, OB-Xa V, Jup-8 V, Buchla Easel V, Mini V, Matrix-12 V, SEM V, ARP2600 V, CS-80 V, Prophet V, Modular V, Synthi V
• Digital synths and samplers (5): Emulator II V, CMI V, DX7 V, Synclavier V, CZ V
• Acoustic and electric pianos (4): Stage-73 V, Piano V, Clavinet V, Wurli V
• Organs and keyboards (5): Solina V, Farfisa V, VOX Continental V, Mellotron V, B-3 V
• Analog Lab V: the preset browser and player

System requirements

These are the requirements Arturia published on its V Collection 8 page (archived in December 2021). Arturia did not state the last supported system versions.

• Windows: Windows 8.1 or later (64-bit); 2.5 GHz CPU; 4 GB RAM; OpenGL 2.0 GPU
• macOS: macOS 10.13 or later; Apple M1 or 2.5 GHz CPU; 4 GB RAM; OpenGL 2.0 GPU
• Disk: 20 GB of space
• Formats: standalone, VST, AU and AAX (64-bit DAWs only); NKS, except for Analog Lab V

V Collection 8 vs V Collection 9

V Collection 9 added KORG MS-20 V, SQ80 V, Augmented STRINGS and Augmented VOICES, split Prophet V into Prophet-5 V and Prophet-VS V, rebuilt CS-80 V and Piano V, and renamed OB-Xa V to OP-Xa V.

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