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    Ultra Analog VA-3

    Feb 25, 2020 4 minutes
    By Ronan Macdonald

    $199 applied-acoustics.com

    Strengths

    + Multitimbrality is a huge upgrade
    + Resizable GUI and slick new browser
    + More effects options
    + Superb and enormous preset library
    + Scala tuning support
    + Imports your VA-2 patches

    Limitations

    − Layer colors aren’t pervasive
    - Home screen could offer mixing controls

    Canadian physical-modelling specialists Applied Acoustics aren’t a company to rush things, and the third full version of their quietly successful virtual analog synth comes five years after VA-2, and over 13 years since the launch of the original Ultra Analog. The handsome new user interface makes a great first impression, but does all that style ultimately come with enough added substance?

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