Finding the right effects bundle can massively boost your creativity. But is this updated collection really made up of effects you’ll actually use?

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> Arturia has steadily built a formidable library of hardware-inspired effects featuring modulations, delays, dynamics and beyond. These successfully emulate the originals and then supersize them with numerous software extras. Recent additions include the Juno-6 style Jun-6 Chorus and last year’s ‘3 modulations’ bundle which added Dimension-D chorus, Bi-Tron phaser and BL-20 flanger.

New collection

They’ve now turned their attention to updating their FX Collection which bundles together all these effects in a cost-effective package. The original 15 effects are now joined by the four effects mentioned above and three new Mix Bus focused processors – Bus Force, Comp Diode- 609 and EQ Sitral-295. So FX Collection 2 (VST, VST3, AU, AAX) now has an impressive 22 effects with four modulations, three compressors, three reverbs, three delays, three filters, three preamps, and those three bus effects. Among these you’ll find emulations of typical classics such as the Urei 1176 compressor, Roland Space Echo delay and EMT 140 plate alongside rarer examples like the REDD V76 preamp and Grampian 636 spring reverb. We’ve covered most of these before, including the most recent modulations pack (10/10 288) so here we’ll focus on the new Mix Bus additions and the bundle as a whole (see box out).