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Funky ‘80s Analog Synths, Revisited

Inspired by a rare 16-voice analog synthesizer from the early ‘80s and its little brother

350 presets deliver warm vintage analog sounds

Use presets as starting points for your own patch design

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Funky ‘80s Analog Synths, Revisited

Inspired by a rare 16-voice analog synthesizer from the early ‘80s and its little brother

350 presets deliver warm vintage analog sounds

Use presets as starting points for your own patch design

INSPIRATION

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INSPIRATION

INSTRUMENTS

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Inspiration

The Last Masterpiece of an ARP Legend

Sporting a bold and blocky design the Rhodes Chroma is a 16-voice analog synthesizer from 1982. One of the first microprocessor-based analog synths it was also the last keyboard designed by ARP, makers of the 2600 and Odyssey among others, before being sold to CBS in 1981.

The Chroma could be used as either a 1-osc/16-voice or 2-osc/8-voice synthesizer and was programmed primarily via a large array of membrane buttons ('80s in every sense). While programming wasn't convenient, the design was fairly sophisticated with a rich sound, never harsh - perfect for bass, strings, funky piano sounds and plucks.

Following the Chroma was the Polaris, a 6-voice analog synth released in 1984. While being simplified in some ways the Polaris has more memory and an extensive MIDI implementation with full parameter control and can play multiple patches at once. Like the Chroma, Polaris has a fat analog sound capable of incredible bass, brass, strings and more - even some Synthex/Rendez-vous'esque sounds thanks to its sync parameter.

We seldom see these synths anymore but their sounds are eminently worthy, and still exceptionally potent - full of the rich analog warmth and character you’d expect from an ARP.

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Instruments

Two Instruments, One Powerful Package

Kroma 1.5 includes two instruments, Kroma and PolarX - a new dual-layer synth. Both come packed with custom designed presets programmed on fully-restored hardware units, including Arpeggios, Bass, Bells, Brass, FX, Leads, Pads, Strings, Sweeps. Even the basic waveforms of the keyboards were sampled to allow design of new patches. Take complete control of these classics with a built-in arpeggiator, step sequencer, LFOs and high-quality FX.

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Kroma showcase by Louis Couka

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Kroma showcase by Louis Couka

From elegant and brassy to fat and funky, Kroma and PolarX give you the sounds of two rare classics full of vintage '80s analog flavor.

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Licensing:

3 activations per license on any combination of machines or iLok dongles

What you get:

Size:	3.35 GB (FLAC lossless encoding, was 6.96 GB in WAV)
Content:	2 instruments, 353 presets, 8,955 samples
Sample Resolution:	44.1 kHz. Recording at 88.2 kHz

System requirements:

Runs in UVI Workstation version 3.0.8, and Falcon version 2.0.3
iLok account (free, dongle not required)
Internet connection for the license activation
Supported Operating Systems:
- - MacOS 10.14 Mojave to macOS 26 Tahoe
- - Windows 10 to Windows 11 (64-bit)
4GB of disk space
Hard Drive: 7,200 rpm recommended or Solid State Drive (SSD)
4 GB RAM

Compatibility:

Supported Formats:	Audio Units, AAX, VST, VST3, Stand-alone
Tested and certified in:	Digital Performer 8+, Pro Tools 2019+, Logic Pro X+, Cubase 7+, Nuendo 6+, Ableton Live 8+, Studio One 2+, Garage Band 6+, Maschine 1+, Tracktion 4+, Vienna Ensemble Pro 5+, Reaper 4+, Sonar X3+, MainStage 3, MuLab 5.5+, FL Studio, Bitwig 1+, Reason 9.5+, Ability 1+

Kroma Manual Soundbank Installation Guide

ARP, Rhodes, Chroma and Polaris are trademarks of their respective owners. UVI is not affiliated or endorsed by any entities listed here.