Arturia launches a new version of its flagship effects suite, the FX Collection, which includes two new plugins, EFX Ambient and Pitch Shifter-910. FX Collection 6 also marks the introduction of an Intro Edition with a selection of six effects covering the basics for $99. This pales in comparison to the 39 effects in Full FX Collection Pro, but it also costs $499.
The Pitch Shifter-910 is based on the iconic Eventide H910 harmonizer from 1974, an early digital pitchshifter and delay with a very unique character. Arturia does an admirable job preserving its messy quirks. Pitch Shifter-910 has no transparent effects that lets you create natural-sounding harmonies on your own. Instead, it revels in its strangeness, delivering chipmunk vocals at high levels. There’s also a more modern mode that clears up some of the artifacts while preserving what makes the 910 so special. Although if you ask me, it also takes away some of the fun and unpredictability.
EFX Ambient is the second new addition to Arturia’s lineup, and it’s a strange one. Although it does what it says on the tin, it doesn’t always do it in predictable ways. Sure, there are lots of big ethereal sounds and shimmer, but there’s also resonators, glitch processing, and reverse delay. It has six different modes with unique characteristics, which it feeds through a big useless reverb. And there’s an X/Y control in the middle to add movement to your sound.
No new effects made the cut for the intro version. FX Collection 6 Intro includes EFX Motion, EFX Fragment, Mix Drum, Tape Mello-Fi, Rev Plate-140 and Delay Tape-201. It offers excellent versatility covering delay, reverb, tape-like lo-fi, modulation and even granular processing. Mainly, you miss some saturation and mix effects like bussing and compression, as well as more typical flavors of delay and reverb, like the Rave LX-24 based on 1978’s Lexicon 224.
$499 for the full FX Collection 6 Pro may seem steep, but as the company has expanded the lineup from 15 effects in 2020 to 39 in 2026, it’s become a more attractive value proposition. And, while it is not as highly regarded as Arturia’s V collection of soft synths, it is building a reputation for high quality effects.
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