Organetta vintage Hohner organ instrument interface for Kontakt

Organetta: Vintage Hohner Organ Instrument for Kontakt

Organetta is a Kontakt instrument library by Soundiron that samples a vintage Hohner electronic organ from the early 1970s. It includes 21 .nki presets, 3,702 stereo samples and a built-in FX rack for Windows and macOS.

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01Overview

Organetta captures the Hohner El Luxe 49P, a portable electronic organ from the early 1970s. The instrument's character sits somewhere between a melodica, an accordion and an analog synthesizer. Soundiron recorded two microphone positions, close stereo and direct line, so you can choose between a roomy tone and a dry, direct one. The library also includes sustains, releases, staccatos, drum loops and keystroke sounds, along with ambient pads and drones built from the same source material.

Best for

Vintage organ sounds
Ambient pads and drones
Film and game textures
Synth bass and brass leads
Drum loop practice
Atmospheric sound design

Developer: Soundiron
Category: Kontakt Instruments
Requires: Kontakt
Store: Plugin Boutique

02Key features

What you get

Sustains, releases, staccatos, drum loops and keystrokes sampled in two mic positions
Close stereo and direct microphone positions for each sound
20 ambient pads and evolving drones built from the source content
21 Kontakt .nki instrument presets
20 custom sound-designed FX and ambient presets
3,702 stereo samples at 24-bit / 48 kHz, 4.55 GB installed
Multi-layer interface with LFO, filter, glide and arpeggiator
Full FX rack with convolution reverb and custom rooms and halls

03In depth

Sound and Character of the Vintage Hohner Organ

The original organ used colorful switches to move between tones, from mellow flutes to bright trumpet, and from warm strings to a hollow oboe-like voice. Soundiron sampled these sounds across two microphone positions, close stereo and direct.

The library also includes 20 ambient pads and evolving drones created from the source content. Developer Soundiron describes these as sound-designed textures for atmospheric and cinematic use. Samples are delivered as 24-bit / 48 kHz uncompressed PCM WAV files.

Controls, Arpeggiator and FX Rack in Kontakt

Organetta uses a multi-layer interface with an LFO, filter, glide and arpeggiator. The LFO offers selectable shapes, targets, speed, intensity, tempo sync and fade-in time. The filter section includes 12 lowpass, highpass and FX filters with assignable modulation sources.

The arpeggiator provides control over direction, timing, swing, randomization and duration, and includes a velocity table and a key and scale lock. The full FX rack includes convolution reverb with custom rooms, halls, chambers and FX environments.

04Specs

Will it run?

Formats, systems and requirements as listed by Plugin Boutique. Missing details are left out, not guessed.

Developer	Soundiron
Type	Plugin
Category	Kontakt Instrument
Requires	Kontakt
Formats	Kontakt
Operating systems	Windows, macOS

05FAQ

Questions, answered

What do I need to use Organetta?

Organetta requires the full retail version of Native Instruments Kontakt 6.2.2 or later to load its .nki instrument presets. The free Kontakt Player and the Add Library import process do not support this library.

Which operating systems does Organetta support?

Organetta runs on Windows 7 or higher and macOS 10.12 or higher. The system requirements also list a dual-core CPU and 2 GB of RAM, with an SSD recommended.