Martinic Elka Panther v1.6.1 WiN

A WILD BEAST TAMED
THE ELKA PANTHER ORGAN (Elka Panthera pardus organum) HAS NOW BEEN TAMED AND PUT ON A LEASH AS A VST/AU PLUG-IN FOR BOTH WINDOWS AND MAC PLATFORMS. THIS BIG CAT CAN NOW BE DELIVERED TO YOU BY GENERALMUSIC BY SOUNDION, TAMED READY FOR THE CAGE THAT IS YOUR COMPUTER BY MARTINIC.

ELKA Panther was one of the most famous organs in 60s’ and 70s’ popular music. This is what ELKA said about the Panther Combo Organ in their 1960s’ brochure:

"The PANTHER Combo Organ invites you to a new world of musical excitement. Compressed into her sleek, slender frame is a fantastic variety of thrilling organ sounds. The PANTHER is poised, waiting for your musical commands. Ask her for a biting, swinging attack and she'll leap with ecstasy! Try her on solo and her tingling trebles will penetrate across the biggest room. Taunt this wildcat and her roaring bass tones will overwhelm the noisiest crowd.

The PANTHER's full-throated voice box houses all of the natural sounds of the orchestra, and she'll mix them in an infinite variety of combinations to fit any mood. She's a big theater organ, or a power-packed combo organ, or a pulsating solo organ, ready to respond instantaneously.

Set her up in a couple of minutes and she's ready for action! Rock 'n roll, swing, jazz, or a ballad you name it and this transistorized cat will play it like no other organ in the world."

WE AGREE!

THE CLASSIC
The ELKA Panther, also known as the Capri, is a classic Italian combo organ of the 60s.

The Panther produces bold, rich organ sounds and has a wide range of tonal variations (13). The Panthers 16', 8', 4' Stops and Mixture voice levels are adjustable. Each note spans over three octaves, there is bass extension into grey keys and separate volume control for bass octave(s). Tone Decay adds percussive effect to Mixture voices. The Panther has powerful vibrato with speed and intensity control.

MAIN 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 including a 2-channel mixer, tone controls and pan
Fully polyphonic

Advanced Features
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
Sustain pedal support
Pitch bend ±2 semitones
MIDI program change support
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
(Cabinet impulse responses by Studio Nord Bremen and Dr Bonkers Soundlab)
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

Version 1.6.1 (June 12, 2024)

Fixed pop/click when enabling guitar amp/cab.
Fixed crash with VST3 in Blue Cat's PatchWork.
Fixed VST3 failing examination in Digital Performer 11.
Fixed VST3 speaker arrangement.
Fixed CLAP resize issue with scaled GUI in REAPER on Windows.
Fixed GUI color space on macOS Sonoma.





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