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‘80s Japanese Maiden Revived

Inspired by a rare Japanese 8-voice analog synth

Over 250 patches of vintage analog warmth with modern controls

Production-ready presets make great starting points for your own creations

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Inspiration

When Analog Looked Forward

UVX80 is based on a well known Japanese manufacturer’s first analog polyphonic synth, a digitally-controlled 2+1 oscillator, 8-voice, 61-key instrument launched in 1984 with a gorgeous and futuristic-looking visual stance. Technically comparable to the JX-3P, this synth boasted a more robust architecture with 2 extra voices, a sub-oscillator and real pulse-width modulation. Despite its technical advantages and profound sonic capability it would find a similar fate, never managing great commercial success but attracting a cult following that’s present even today. While not as difficult to edit as the 3P, this synth shared the lack of explicit controls found on the wildly popular but more basic Juno-106 that launched the same year. A truly progressive design for the time, you’d never know it was analog by looking at it, but there’s no mistaking the warm and punchy sound this keyboard produces - it’s a legitimate analog beast, and somewhat of a sleeper gem from the era.
Due to the limited production of the original machines very few are left today, with even fewer in working condition. Our UVI Japan office was able to secure a pristine model, making sure it was calibrated to factory specs before passing to our sound design team. Once here in Paris, we pushed it to its limits, designing tones from classic to modern and letting the unique character of this synth shine. Recordings we made using the highest-quality processors and converters available, resulting in a fantastically rich and vivid library to serve as the basis for UVX80. Once loaded into the UVI Engine our sound designers further polished these patches creating the hybrid instrument we proudly present to you today. Now you can explore the distinct and powerful analog sound of this vintage ‘80s synth with all the conveniences and flexibility of a modern studio instrument.

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A Timeless Synth, Refined

UVX80 delivers on the original synth and adds a modern refinement, expertly presenting its distinct timbres and ample sound design capabilities from warm basses, shredding leads, atmospheric textures and other-worldly sound effects to crisp bells and charactered strings. Easily browse the preset sounds by type, layer them to create rich evolving textures, or dive in and edit them to create your own sounds.

Software Power, Limitless Control

Inspired by the original hardware, UVX80’s UI reflects an ‘80s futurism aesthetic while providing a clear and easy-to-program instrument with familiar controls. A 2-layer architecture provides 28 sounds for oscillator 1 and 111 sounds on oscillator 2, each with it’s own multimode filter, ADSR envelopes, pitch, portamento, stereo section, arpeggiator and modwheel assignments. A versatile LFO and 16-step modulator provide quick control over the amplitude and filter and a final effect section tops it off with high-quality drive, chorus, phaser, delay and reverb.
UVX80 delivers a versatile and electrifying ‘80s analog sound, exploring the fascinating and profound beginnings of a Japanese powerhouse brand.

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Reviews

Rick Kelly

Producer, Composer & Multi-Instrumentalist

Soul Ballet, Earth, Wind & Fire, Shakespear’s Sister

"

UVX80 is sublime. The control of Osc 1 and 2 to switch up a current preset transforms the depth of the instrument exponentially. It’s incredibly warm and fluid.

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Adrian Schinoff

Awarded-Producer, Composer & Musician

Pablo Alboran, Niña Pastori, Antonio Carmona, Joaquin Sabina, Luis Salinas, Paulina Rubio

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Every time I look for a big warm pad I end up using UVX80, finally the emotions come back!

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Yoshinori Sunahara

Composer, Producer, DJ & Engineer

Solo, METAFIVE

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I never had the chance to get my hands on the original machine, but now I don’t need to after hearing the excellent sound of UVX80. I especially like the very characteristic bell sounds, and I think the layer structure is well utilised.

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"UVX80 has its own 80s feel that makes it quite charming. It has more than enough rich leads, captivating pads and powerful bass lines."
"I like this for its different flavour. It’s so quick and easy to change the colour of this synth! Great value."
"The interface looks great and is easy to navigate. There's a lot of great presets to play with and enough options to keep you creating some new ones for a foreseeable time. Great job."

First Look: UVX80 by UVI

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Specs

Licensing:

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

What you get:

Size:

2.04 GB (FLAC lossless encoding, was 3.95 GB in WAV)

Content:

6,771 Samples, 252 Presets

Sample Resolution:

44.1 kHz. Recording at 88.2 kHz.

System requirements:

  • Runs in UVI Workstation version 2.6.11, and Falcon version 1.3.0
  • 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)
  • 3GB 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+

UVX80 Manual Soundbank Installation Guide

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