{"id":153224,"date":"2026-05-06T17:35:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T22:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/?p=153224"},"modified":"2026-05-06T17:35:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T22:35:51","slug":"schmidt-vi-recreates-25000-monster-synth-in-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2026\/05\/06\/schmidt-vi-recreates-25000-monster-synth-in-software\/","title":{"rendered":"Schmidt Vi Recreates $25,000 Monster Synth In Software"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/jean-michel-jarre-schmidt-analog-synthesizer-e1506037532910.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-88612\" src=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/jean-michel-jarre-schmidt-analog-synthesizer-e1506037532910-728x379.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/jean-michel-jarre-schmidt-analog-synthesizer-e1506037532910-728x379.jpg 728w, https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/jean-michel-jarre-schmidt-analog-synthesizer-e1506037532910-150x78.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/jean-michel-jarre-schmidt-analog-synthesizer-e1506037532910-320x167.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/jean-michel-jarre-schmidt-analog-synthesizer-e1506037532910-768x400.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/jean-michel-jarre-schmidt-analog-synthesizer-e1506037532910-576x300.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/jean-michel-jarre-schmidt-analog-synthesizer-e1506037532910-1200x625.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/jean-michel-jarre-schmidt-analog-synthesizer-e1506037532910.jpg 1410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ahead of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/tag\/superbooth-2026\/\">Superbooth 2026<\/a>, <strong>Schmidt Synthesizer<\/strong> has <a href=\"https:\/\/scontent.frst1-1.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t51.82787-15\/684270789_18583288519033196_6873781570828538760_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=13d280&amp;_nc_ohc=fgItMlYaUA0Q7kNvwG3i443&amp;_nc_oc=AdqU4M5U0jz9l5G3vlG8rsVQmp6Wq6k1cdqMD4h2KKqWYAaCDum7jr0Cri3R44DjGqA&amp;_nc_zt=23&amp;_nc_ht=scontent.frst1-1.fna&amp;_nc_gid=jJRHDKv2-_J_svtq07mJ8Q&amp;_nc_ss=7b2a8&amp;oh=00_Af4NQfloGbBx-wmvM9YJm6vMGgFS1vTurnU_9E01IQlHuA&amp;oe=6A01A347\">announced<\/a> <strong>Schmidt Vi<\/strong>, a software recreation of its flagship <a href=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2020\/12\/18\/no-expense-spared-schmidt-synthesizer-now-available-again\/\">Schmidt 8-voice Analog Synthesizer<\/a>, a $25k monster synth.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what they shared:<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-start=\"89\" data-end=\"219\">The legendary Schmidt Synthesizer has been on the market for twelve years now and is used by many prominent musicians and studios.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-start=\"221\" data-end=\"354\">After a year of development, we are excited to present the Schmidt Vi, the Schmidt synthesizer as a digital plugin, at Superbooth 26.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-start=\"356\" data-end=\"497\">Through close collaboration with our partner UJAM, we have created an instrument that is sonically on par with the original Schmidt hardware.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-start=\"499\" data-end=\"684\">In addition, we are introducing the virtual instrument deck, on which sounds created on the Schmidt can be played. These sounds can be manipulated using simple, Minimoog-style controls.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"686\" data-end=\"768\"><strong>Pricing and Availability:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"686\" data-end=\"768\"><strong>Schmidt Vi<\/strong> and <strong>Schmidt deck<\/strong> will be available in mid-2026 as VST3, AU and AAX, with pricing to be announced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Schmidt Synthesizer has announced Schmidt Vi, a software recreation of its flagship Schmidt 8-voice Analog Synthesizer, a $25k monster synth.\u00a0&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2026\/05\/06\/schmidt-vi-recreates-25000-monster-synth-in-software\/\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Schmidt Vi Recreates $25,000 Monster Synth In Software<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":88612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[31903,31102,36268,302,35841,30630],"class_list":["post-153224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-news","tag-schmidt","tag-schmidt-synthesizer","tag-schmidt-vi","tag-software-synthesizers","tag-superbooth-2026","tag-virtual-instruments"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/jean-michel-jarre-schmidt-analog-synthesizer-e1506037532910.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153224"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":153226,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153224\/revisions\/153226"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}