The Vox Continental V is Arturia's latest faithful reproduction of vintage keyboard and brings back to PC and Mac the classic sound of the famous Vox Continental 300. This classic organ has been used for recording some of the most famous band pieces of the 60's. , 70 ', 80' and beyond. The Vox Continental V will give you instant access to these sounds and more.
The French developers started with the classic and rare Vox Continental 300 'dual manual organ' capturing every detail of the original, from key contact timing to background noise. Of course they didn't stop there, they also acquired a very rare Jennings J70, which Tom made after leaving Vox, and added a J70 mode to the voice engine. In this way you will not have only a rare organ but 2 very rare organs.
Means TAE ™ technology The upper and lower manuals of the Vox have been perfectly recreated which can be used via multiple MIDI controllers or with a controller for the single manual. The Bass section adds those right frequencies that enrich the sound. Vintage stomp boxes are also integrated to process the signal and then output directly or via a classic guitar amp (several models available) or a Leslie. The Vox was used on tracks like Animals' "House of the Rising Sun", Doors "Light my Fire", Iron Buttterflys "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida", "Don't do me like that" Tom Petty and artists like Madness, Elvis Costello, The Velvet Underground, and many more.
Main features
- Virtual instrument playable via MIDI keyboard.
- Includes hundreds of presets
- Vox 300 'dual manual' emulation
- Upper manual, lower manual and bass pedal sections
- Full MIDI mapping
- Effects processors with multiple outputs
- Support for MIDI split or independent channels per manual
- Perfect integration with the Arturia Keylab MIDI controller series
- VST, VST3, AU, AAX and standalone versions.
- Jennings J70 organ Tone switches
- Vibrato, tremolo, reverb, overdrive and other effects
- Outputs for Leslie ™ and guitar amp
- Extended percussion section with decay times
- Allows individual tunings for each pitch like a real Vox
- Increase or decrease key contact timing (simulates original key contacts)
- Switch between Vox 300 circuit emulation and Jennings J70's updated engine.
- Modulates the background noise of the Vox / Jennings originals
USEFUL INFORMATION
Producer: Arthur
Model: Arturia VOX Continental V
Website: www.arturia.com
Italian distributor: www.midiware.com
Cost: Euro 119 + VAT
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The Vox Continental was originally created by the Jennings Musical Instrument (JMI) company in 1962. JMI had been in the organ business since the 50's, mostly making home and church organs. There were a number of models all based on the Continental that were released with various feature differences. The Continental, Super Continental, Jaguar, Corinthian, Baroque and the 300 were the different models. The 300 was the most advanced with the equivalent of a Continental on the lower keyboard and an expanded Continental on the upper with different drawbars.
In about 1967 Tom Jennings was fired from his own company after a buyout. He then started up the Jennings Electronic Instruments (JEI) company and began making his own organs again. These organs were based on the Continental 300 but further expanded with more drawbars on the upper keyboard, and expanded percussion section, added Tremolo and spring reverb as well as some TONE presets.
The sound of the Vox organs caught on fast and they became a staple of the British invasion sound used by the Animals, The Beatles, The Zombies, and more.
The Vox was used on songs such as The Animals “House of the Rising Sun”, The Doors “ Light my Fire”, Iron Buttterflys “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida”, Tom Petty's “Don't do me like that” and by artists such as Madness, Elvis Costello, Bob Dylan, The Velvet Underground, and many many more.
Still a classic and still in great demand the prices of Vox organs has recently gone through the roof and has put them out of the price range of most people. Until now that is.
REBIRTH OF COOL
We started by modeling the circuit designs of the classic and rare Vox Continential 300 dual manual organ and captured every nuance of the original down to the key contact timing and background noises. This gives you all the smooth mellow tones and that cutting hard tone that the Vox was known for.
We did not stop there however, we also acquired a rare Jennings J70, which Tom created after he left Vox. We then added a Jennings J70 mode to the voice engine. You don't just get 1 rare organ but you get 2 ultra rare organs in one software.
As if this wasn't enough, we then added the Arturia flair and put in an EXPANDED mode that gives you a full compliment of drawbars on both the upper and lower manuals and added a third tone drawbar based on what we think a Vox would sound like with a SAW wave as a base tone. Now you can create sounds that have never been made before with the original organs.
You get our TAE™ modeled circuitry of both the upper and lower manuals of the Vox that can be used via multiple MIDI controllers or with a single manual controller. The Bass section adds that rich low end.
EFFECTS THAT AFFECT
We included a number of effects that you can use to modify your sounds with. You get a collection of vintage stomp boxes that will distort, flange, delay and create all kinds of tones and textures to your sounds.
Feed the output either directly out or via a classic guitar amp or Leslie speaker. The guitar amp has multiple cabinet and mic models so that you can simulate a great number of sounds from a clean sound like the Monkey's “I'm a Believer” to the aggressive sounds of Iron Butterfly's “In-a-gadda-da-vida” and beyond.
We also have a convolution reverb that will give realistic reverb sounds based on a number of impulse responses from classic spring reverbs.
Features
- Dual manual Vox 300 emulation
- Jennings J70 voice engine mode
- Classic red/orange Vox skin or UK Vox/Jennings gray skin
- Upper manual, lower manual and bass pedal sections
- Complete MIDI mapping
- Multiple output effects processors
- Supports MIDI splits or independent channels for manual
- Tight integration with Arturia Keylab MIDI Controller keyboards
- VST, VST3, AU, AAX and standalone versions.
- Expanded mode:
- Adds a full compliment of drawbars for each harmonic
- Adds a new waveform drawbar on each section
- Vibrato, tremolo, reverb, overdrive and more effects
- Leslie™ and guitar amp simulator outputs
- Expanded percussion section with short and long decay times
- Services mode:
- Allows for individual tuning of each pitch like a real Vox
- Increase or decrease the key contact timing (simulates older key contacts)
- Switch between the Vox 300 circuit emulation and the updated Jennings J70 engine.
- Increase or decrease the background noise bleed that older Vox/Jennings have.
