Essential Information About Arturia FX Collection 6 PRO Software
- 39 premium effects covering the entire workflow: sound design, mixing, mix-bus, and "mastering grade" finishing.
- Dual DNA: vintage-character studio emulations + modern processors to transform, texture, and animate your sources.
- Professional workflow in any DAW: VST, VST3, AU, AAX formats, standalone use, and NKS compatibility.
- Quick to learn, deep in use: high-resolution interfaces, integrated tutorials, and over a thousand commented presets.
What FX Collection 6 PRO Is For
FX Collection 6 PRO is an effects suite designed to take you from a raw idea to a polished mix without changing ecosystems. It caters equally to modern production (pop, electro, hip-hop, film music) and more organic mixes (rock, indie, folk) thanks to a balance between creative processing and finishing tools. Whether you want to add depth to a vocal, thicken drums, make a synth breathe, sculpt the space of a piano, or transform a sample into a cinematic texture, this collection provides coherent, fast, and musically convincing plugins.
Main Features
From Creative Transformation to Immersive Sound Design
The collection offers effects designed to "rebuild" audio: granular and spectral processing, diffusion, feedback-driven movements, and bold textures. The goal is clear: to achieve evolving atmospheres, kinetic rhythms, and original sonic signatures, ideal for immersive sound design, transitions, intros, and stage effects.
A Solid Mixing Foundation: Space, Dynamics, Tonality
To place each element in the right spot, FX Collection 6 PRO provides essential mixing tools: musical delays and reverbs, modulations, filters, pitch processing, saturations, and dynamics processors. The result aims for a balance between precision and musicality, adding space, width, and movement while respecting the source when needed.
Analog Color and Lo-Fi Character Without Losing Control
Console-style preamps, tape coloration, and lo-fi textures add harmonic density and immediate presence. These treatments are especially effective on buses (drums, guitars, vocals, synths) to gain cohesion, weight, and artistic intent-from subtle saturation veil to a more pronounced imprint.
Finishing and Mix-Bus: Cohesion, Peak Control, Polish
To finalize a mix ready for listening, the collection includes mix-bus oriented tools: equalization, global shaping, peak management, and level sensation optimization. These "small touches" make the difference when aiming for a solid image, controlled dynamics, and reliable translation across the frequency spectrum.
New Effects Included in This Edition
Efx AMBIENT: creation of emotional textures via 6 modes, with advanced spectral processing and Feedback Delay Network algorithms easily editable through macros.
Pitch SHIFTER-910: creative pitch shifting to add grain, harmony, and space, with colored detunes, classic delays, and expressive tonal shaping, particularly inspiring on vocals, guitars, and percussion.
Tape J-37: detailed emulation of the Studer J37 architecture, from subtle coloration to harmonic distortion, bringing cohesion, warmth, movement, and tape character.
Mix DRUMS: plugin dedicated to drum impact, increasing perceived volume while preserving peaks, with a simplified workflow developed with mix engineer Emre Ramazanoglu.
Bus TRANSIENT: professional transient shaper to control attack and sustain, ideal for tighter drums, punchier sounds, and more assertive mixes, with clear visual feedback.
Technical Specifications
Included Content and Plugins
- Number of effects: 39 software effects
- Types of processing: distortion, dynamics, filtering, mix bus, delays, reverbs, modulations, creative processing, sound shaping
- Modern features depending on effects: side-chain, mid-side processing, envelope follower, look-ahead, and more
- Presets: over a thousand carefully designed presets, with sound designers' notes and parameter highlights
- Interface: high-resolution interfaces optimized for clarity, ergonomics, and modern displays
- Learning aid: integrated tutorials
- Complete plugin list: Efx AMBIENT, Pitch SHIFTER-910, Tape J-37, Mix DRUMS, Bus TRANSIENT, Efx REFRACT, Efx MOTIONS, Efx FRAGMENTS, Dist COLDFIRE, Dist OPAMP-21, Dist TUBE-CULTURE, Tape MELLO-FI, Pre 1973, Pre TRIDA, Pre V76, Rotary CLS-222, Rev LX-24, Rev PLATE-140, Rev INTENSITY, Rev SPRING-636, Delay TAPE-201, Delay BRIGADE, Delay ETERNITY, Bus PEAK, Bus EXCITER-104, Bus FORCE, Comp DIODE-609, Eq SITRAL-295, Chorus DIMENSION-D, Phaser BI-TRON, Flanger BL-20, Chorus JUN-6, Comp VCA-65, Comp TUBE-STA, Comp FET-76, Filter MS-20, Filter MINI, Filter SEM, Filter M12
Supported Formats and Compatibility
- Usage modes: standalone, plugin
- Plugin formats: VST, VST3, AU, AAX
- NKS: NKS compatible (64-bit DAWs only)
- Architecture: 64-bit
- Apple Silicon: compatible with Apple Silicon processors
- Windows ARM: ARM processors not supported on Windows
System Requirements - Windows
- System: Windows 10 or higher (64-bit)
- RAM: 4 GB
- Processor: 4-core CPU, 3.4 GHz (4.0 GHz Turbo Boost)
- Disk space: 3 GB free space on your hard drive
- Graphics card: GPU compatible with OpenGL 2.0
System Requirements - Apple
- System: Mac OS 11 or higher
- RAM: 4 GB
- Processor: 4-core CPU, 3.4 GHz (4.0 GHz Turbo Boost) or M1 CPU
- Disk space: 3 GB free space on your hard drive
- Graphics card: GPU compatible with OpenGL 2.0
Product Reference
- Name: FX Collection 6 PRO license
- SKU: 700601_Down
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