Arturia has introdued Farfisa V, a software recreation of the Farfisa Compact Deluxe, with some additional features from the Duo Compact series.

The new virtual organ, for Mac & Windows, uses physical modeling to emulate the original. Arturia says that they modeled the real behavior of each component, right down to the transistors, oscillators, filters and built-in effects.

Features

• Physical modeling of the dual-manual Farfisa Compact Deluxe plus pedals
• Upper manual, lower manual and bass pedal sections
• Selectable bass key range to cover 1 or 2 octaves
• Bass Sharp/Soft control to change tone of bass section from Flute to Strings
• Percussion section with adjustable decay times
• Includes classic stompbox-type modeled effects
• Simple drag-and-drop to change FX order
• Guitar amp simulator output for vintage live sound
• Convolution reverb with custom classic spring reverbs
• Sync – allows tremolo to match host computer tempo
• Repeat Sync – allows Repeater to match host computer tempo
• Individual voice tuning
• ToneDraw: Additive/wave draw sliders
• Selectable bass waveform with 4-pole resonant filter
• User waveform with additive synthesis and wavedrawing modes
• Upper Attack and release envelopes
• ‘Knee lever’ for tone / wah control via expression pedal, mod wheel or aftertouch
• Polyphonic or Paraphonic operation

Pricing and Availability:

Farfisa V is available now (AAX-, AU-, VST2-, and VST3-compatible) as a boxed version from Arturia dealers, or online as a download directly from Arturia, for €199.00 EUR/$199.00 USD. Farfisa V is also included in Arturia’s V Collection 5 bundle.