The iconic sound of the Elka Panther 300 organ from the 60s is now available for every DAW musician in form of a new plugin for PC & Mac!
Windows and macOS installer (Windows 7 or newer, Mac OS X 10.7 or newer, Intel x86/64 CPU) 32 and 64 bit host/OS support The General Music Elka Panther plugin is available now for the introduction price of 99€ (regular 149€). Easily check which versions of mac OS, iOS, iPadOS, or watchOS are compatible with your Mac model or iDevice. Guide includes OS X 10.8.x to macOS 11.0.x.
Yes, at the Musikmesse in Frankfurt this year new products were introduced. It will be less but it is still a classic fair. One the new announcements was the Generalmusic by Soundion Elka Panther vintage organ plugin for PC & Mac. It's an emulation of the vintage Elka Panther 300 organ from the 60s using the latest physical modelling technology.
It's not only a recreation of the famous sound of this vintage organ but it offers musicians also an instrument that goes further in the sound. With a wide range of features, it's possible to create you own Elka Panther sound.
Overview
The Elka Panther 300, also known as the Capri, is a classic Italian combo organ of the 60s. The instrument produces bold, rich organ sounds and has a wide range of tonal variations (13).
The Elka Panther plug-in is based on physical modeling (no samples inside) of a vintage Elka Panther 300 organ. The modeling of the rare LEM Echo Music tape delay enlarge original organ sound with reverberation and echo. Even the wow and flutter characteristics are audible in this authentic tape delay modeling. This plug-in includes a separate Elka Panther 100 modeling. It expands the sounds of the plug-in more expressiveness and emotional impact.
A certain amount of noise belongs to the sound of vintage instruments. To achieve this original sound and authentic vibe, that noise has been modeled and the level of that noise can be adjusted. Several other expanded or additional features are included in this plug-in.
Features
Physical modeling (no samples used) of vintage ELKA Panther 300 (1966-1972)
- 13 treble stops in 4 ranks (16′, 8′, 4′, Mixture), plus 2 bass stops
- Treble voice stops: Bourdon 16′, Contra Oboe 16′, Strings 16′, Open Diapason 16′, Flute 8′, Strings 8′, Clarinet 8′, Oboe 8′, Flute 4′, Strings 4′, Salicet 4′, Mixture I, Mixture II
- Bass voice stops: Bass Bourdon 16′, Bass Dulciana 16′
- Adjustable 16′, 8′, 4′, Mixture, and bass mix
- In the harmony control section, the level of the 16′, 8′, 4′ and Mixture voices can be infinitely varied via the knobs
- Mixture I 'Harsh' and Mixture II 'Mellow' are a combination of 3 pitches: 2-2/3′, 2′ and 1-3/5′
- Bass pedal board
- Onboard vibrato: on/off, lite/heavy, slow/fast
- Tone decay: on/off, adds an attack percussive effect to Mixture tabs
- Optical swell (volume) pedal
- Rare LEM Echo Music tape delay effect
- The LEM is also a 2-channel mixer, with tone controls and pan
- Fully polyphonic
Additional Elka Panther 100 Engine
- 6 treble stops in 2 ranks (16′, 8′) plus 1 bass stop
- Treble voice stops: Bourdon 16′, Strings 16′, Flute 8′, Diapason 8′, Strings 8′, Trumpet 8′
- Bass voice stops: Bass Bourdon 16′, bass stop off lower octave plays the treble voices
- Knobs: On/Off, volume, vibrato speed, vibrato depth
- Effect Tab: Vibrato On/Off
- Extended 88 MIDI note range
- Separate treble/bass MIDI channel
- Adjustable vibrato speed and depth
- Adjustable 12-note tuning
- Vintage tube combo amp, with classic spring reverb, built-in opto tremolo, and cab simulation
- Velocity-sensitive key contacts attack/release
- All settings MIDI learnable
- Wide range of presets
- Windows and macOS installer (Windows 7 or newer, Mac OS X 10.7 or newer, Intel x86/64 CPU)
- 32 and 64 bit host/OS support
The General Music Elka Panther plugin is available now for the introduction price of 99€ (regular 149€). A free demo version is available for download on the website.
More information here: General Music
We have searched on all the web for free VST emulation of the Arp 2600 synth :
unfortunately, there's really only one. The good news is that it's a very good emu!
**edit **: une fois n'est pas coutume we have not searched deep enough ! Thanks to BlackWinny (see the first comments), another Arp 2600 like emu is available for the masses!
Come on let's do it :
1. Arppe2600va by Glen Stegner
Based on the Richard brooks Synthedit source, the Arppe2600va is a must have, for all semi modular virtual analog lovers. Despite some bugs it has all you need : three oscillators, an ADSR generator, a LFO, a Sample & Hold Unit, a Filter, a spring reverb and many more!
If you are not familiar with the Arp 2600 you may have a look at the manual before programming some patches :
http://soundprogramming.net/manuals/Arp_2600_Manual.pdf
This (free!) eBook by Samuel Ecoff is also a must :
https://blog.wavosaur.com/download/arp2600fundamentalsofmusictechnology.pdf
The matrix on the Arppe2600va VST is less fun that 'patch chord' but is very powerful and easy to use.
Bonus !! 2 Free Preset Banks for Arppe 2600 va :
here's one by our good friend Ann :
http://ann.sounds.free.fr/download/presets/Arppe2600/Arppe2600_Ann_bank01f.rar :
72 incredible presets for the ARP 2600 VST! Laguna solaris mac os.
Kogent defender mac os. and another preset bank by me :
https://blog.wavosaur.com/download/Arppe2600va_Chris_bank01.zip :
74 crazy presets !!
Bass arp !
https://blog.wavosaur.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/arp2600arpbass.mp3
Crazy Sequence
https://blog.wavosaur.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/arppe2600sequence1.mp3
Qpee & Elka Mac Os Download
Space FX
https://blog.wavosaur.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/arppe2600-crazyFX.mp3
The matrix on the Arppe2600va VST is less fun that 'patch chord' but is very powerful and easy to use.
Bonus !! 2 Free Preset Banks for Arppe 2600 va :
here's one by our good friend Ann :
http://ann.sounds.free.fr/download/presets/Arppe2600/Arppe2600_Ann_bank01f.rar :
72 incredible presets for the ARP 2600 VST! Laguna solaris mac os.
Kogent defender mac os. and another preset bank by me :
https://blog.wavosaur.com/download/Arppe2600va_Chris_bank01.zip :
74 crazy presets !!
Bass arp !
https://blog.wavosaur.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/arp2600arpbass.mp3
Crazy Sequence
https://blog.wavosaur.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/arppe2600sequence1.mp3
Qpee & Elka Mac Os Download
Space FX
https://blog.wavosaur.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/arppe2600-crazyFX.mp3
Qpee & Elka Mac Os 11
2. Trans Computer Maschine by Cescato
trans Computer Maschine VST !
Unlike the Arppe2600va, this one is still developed!
Freeware / donationware, don't hesitate to support the author.
It's not a 1:1 Arp 2600 emulation, but it share the same basis.
And it's good to have the value displayed for the pitch 🙂
a second ADSR is also a nice addition.
and more important, it features a sequencer, just check the 'Blade runner' and 'I Feel Love Donna Summer' presets ! cool
It has less modulation possibilities than the Arp 2600 / Arppe2600va but it still a powerful beast.
Qpee & Elka Mac Os Catalina
— Bonux trax : —
Qpee & Elka Mac Os X
3. Arp 2600 VST by Richard Brooks
The -very- old version of Arp 2600 VST, for hardcore 'VST vintage' fans.
and for the fun, an old GUI of arppe2600va :
i prefer the blue one
