Genuine Soundware Compact DeLuxe [WiN]

• Writer: Genuine Soundware
• Product: Compact DeLuxe
• Model: 1.0.0-MOCHA
• Format: VST2/VST3/SAL

INSTRUMENT BACKGROUND
Among the many many transistor organs of the previous, often known as “Combo Organs” (largely as a result of a few of them additionally had a rhythm part and built-in audio system), the Farfisa Compact DeLuxe, together with its huge brother the Compact Duo, was probably the most used organs at the least within the european beat scene of the early and mid seventies. The digital circuit of this type of organ is comparatively easy, at the least on paper: moderately than utilizing a mechanical tone generator just like the tonewheel fashions (Hammond and Pari), the transistor organs used a circuit referred to as “Prime Octave Synthesizer”, TOS for brief, accountable of the technology of 12 waveforms, one for every observe of the final octave of the organ keyboard. The fundamental waveform was often one thing midway between a ramp and a triangular. The decrease octaves had been produced by way of “divider” circuits that would halve the frequency of every waveform, going so forth for every decrease octave all the way down to the pedalboard tones. At every division, one thing was misplaced and one thing was gained by way of harmonic content material. The end result was that the identical notes of various octaves had oscillators completely in sync, so all C notes had been in sync, all C#, all D and so forth. This identical method was additionally utilized in so-called “string machines” or “stringer keyboards” that emulated orchestral sounds (violins, trumpets, and many others.) – see GSi’s Electrorchestra.

The varied registers in combo organs had been produced by passing the uncooked waveforms via a filter financial institution, so some waveforms had been low-pass filtered for bass-like sounds, some had been high-pass filtered for violin-like sounds, and many others. and a few waveforms additionally went via a couple of filter. This additionally provides some degree of section shifting between waveforms coming from totally different registers, the rationale why the sum between, e.g. a Flute 8′ and a Violin 8′ isn’t precisely the superimposition of the 2 waveforms, however one thing barely totally different. And that is a type of underrated particulars that made the sound of some Combo Organs fairly distinctive.

The sound engine of GSi Compact DeLuxe can also be included within the GSi Gemini in addition to within the Crumar Mojo 61.

In fact any such instrument offers its greatest if run via exterior results and amps. Take a look on the GSi catalog and experiment with among the results provided by GSi.

Major options
Element Modeling engine (no samples, all real-time synthesis)
Full Polyphony (61 notes, 12 Prime-Octave Oscillators + Frequency Dividers)
Key multi-contact simulation with genuine and adjustable key click on
Genuine recreation of the Farfisa register filters
Recreation of the background noise and leakage
Adjustable vibrato (pace and depth)
Constructed-in Stereo Delay impact
Constructed-in Stereo Reverb impact
Constructed-in programmer with limitless Packages
Embedded consumer’s guide
Out there as Stand-alone software and audio plugin
Very low CPU and RAM utilization