Principessa Kontakt organ instrument by Soundiron interface

Principessa: Vintage Organ Kontakt Instrument by Soundiron

Rated 5.0/5 on Plugin Boutique (7 ratings)

Principessa is a Kontakt instrument from Soundiron that captures the vintage sound of a rare Italian two-tier electric organ, with analogue-style tone, sustains, staccatos and a built-in effects rack.

REQUIRESKontaktHost player sold separately
KontaktWindowsmacOS
AVAILABLE ATPlugin Boutique
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01Overview

Principessa is built around a Welson "Princess" electric organ, a two-tier instrument made in the late 1960s or early 1970s. The library records its creamy low and midrange tone with softly rolled-off highs and offers the organ in two main Kontakt instruments. Recorded in a dry studio with a pair of Neumann TLM 103 microphones, it suits producers who want a classic keyboard voice with flexible shaping controls.

Best for

  • Vintage organ parts
  • Retro pop keys
  • Film score pads
  • Sound design textures
  • Legato lead lines
Developer
Soundiron
Requires
Kontakt
Store
Plugin Boutique
02Key features

What you get

  • Two main open-format Kontakt .nki instruments
  • Organ voices: flute, clarinet, trombone, trumpet, strings, harpsichord, piano and vibraphone
  • 20 sound-designed FX and ambient presets
  • Sustain and staccato samples for each key
  • Convolution reverb with 119 impulses
  • Full effects rack with EQ, filter, phaser, flanger, delay and distortion
  • Customizable arpeggiator with velocity sequencer table
  • 794 stereo samples in 24-bit / 48kHz uncompressed WAV
03In depth

Sound Character and Shaping Controls

Soundiron describes the organ's tone as rich and analogue, with a warm low end and smooth highs. The interface gives you control over volume, attack, release, transient offset, vibrato and octave layering. The Glide slider switches between monophonic legato and standard polyphonic playback, and the Octave knob adds a lower and higher doubling for more body.

An adaptable LFO system lets you choose the shape, modulation target, speed, intensity, tempo sync and fade-in time. Thirteen filter types, including lowpass, highpass and FX filters, can be assigned to modulation sources such as velocity, mod wheel, expression, aftertouch, key position and a step-sequencer table.

Presets, Arpeggiator and Effects Rack

The library includes 20 sound-designed FX and ambient presets. Its effects rack combines EQ, filter, phaser, flanger, delay, distortion and amp and speaker simulation. A convolution reverb offers 119 impulses, including cathedrals, churches, halls, rooms, tunnels and more unusual effect spaces.

The built-in arpeggiator has a velocity sequencer table and controls for direction, note timing, swing, randomization and duration, which makes it useful for pulsing organ patterns.

04Specs

Will it run?

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

DeveloperSoundiron
TypePlugin
CategoryKontakt Instrument
RequiresKontakt
FormatsKontakt
Operating systemsWindows, macOS
05FAQ

Questions, answered

What do I need to use Principessa?

Principessa requires the full retail version of Native Instruments Kontakt 5.5 or later to load its .nki instruments. The free Kontakt Player supports it only in limited demo mode.

Which operating systems does Principessa support?

It supports Windows 7 or higher and macOS 10.9 or higher. The library needs a dual-core CPU and 2 GB of RAM, with an SSD recommended.

Can I use the samples outside Kontakt?

Yes. The WAV samples are unlocked and can be imported into almost any WAV-compatible plugin or DAW.

07Developer

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