Rhodes V8 costs £149.95 for the Standard edition and £249.95 for the Pro. It’s a classy reproduction in a stylish package. V8 is packed full of presets and has capacity to go beyond the basic Rhodes sound towards Rhodes-esque mutations or classic variations. These include overdrive at the preamp stage, EQ-based tone controls, and the vari-pan effect, which provides the classic ping- pong associated with vintage Rhodes Suitcase models.
Apart from the dexterity and control available from the keyboard, it is equipped with effects which have become attached by association.
Once you begin to play the V8, you immediately get lost in the Rhodes sound. Upgrading to the Pro version also provides more effects such as compression, chorus and phasing. Both plugins are similar sonically, but the Pro version provides a greater degree of control, right down to the individual note level. Rhodes V8 is available in Standard and Pro edition formats. Fortunately, the same team behind this new hardware has come up with this much more affordable software version, the V8. The mighty Rhodes keyboard has recently been reborn into the Rhodes Mk8 which has been causing huge waves in the Rhodes community, but doesn't come cheap.
Electra 88 costs £$299 or get it as part of a UAD Spark subscription of $19/month or $149/year including more than 30 other (fantastic) native UA plugins. The sounds of the piano’s 100+ presets are wonderful, ranging from solid and punchy electrics to absolutely dreamy reverb laden pianos swirling soupy vibratos to edgy, filthy or dusty hits.Īnd such is the diversity – and the huge potential to create other extreme sounds by way of the amps, effects and pedals – that there is something for any musical style here. And Electra 88 is not just a piano emulation it also includes studio effects, pedals and amps which can utterly transform your sound with gloriously vintage colour, dirt and flavour. It also runs natively in any Mac and PC DAW, so like many newer UA plugins, does not require the company's hardware to run.Įlectra 88 is one of the more expensive UAD plugins, but it’s often discounted in the company’s sales – it’s half price as we write this. Electra 88 is a brand new UA instrument, and an emulation of a 1974 Rhodes Eighty Eight Suitcase Mark 1 electric piano.
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