Farfisa V

Farfisa V: Combo Organ Coolness

Farfisa V physically models the unique characteristics of the Farfisa combo organs that helped define the Top 40 sounds of the ‘60s—complete with enhancements that help you forge new sonic territory today.

Arturia’s innovative physical modeling faithfully recreates every nuance of the Farfisa Compact Deluxe and Duo combo organs found on numerous hits. Enhancements bring you a one-of-a-kind instrument combining the freedom of synthesizers with the unique tone of organs for unprecedented creative potential. An array of included effects pedals gives you all the tools to make the sound your own. Bell-bottoms optional.

The Sound of the ‘60s, the Sound of Today

The Farfisa V Brings you Sounds that Will Never Get Old.

Imagine the fun you can have with the classic Farfisa combo organ sounds behind ‘60s chart toppers like Strawberry Alarm Clock’s “Incense and Peppermints” and The Grass Roots “Midnight Confessions”. Those eternally happy bubblegum sounds made a comeback in the ‘80s in the hands of Blondie, Talking Heads and others, and are still cruising today in retro pop, rock and reggae. The Farfisa V is super simple to use and 147 presets from top sound designers assure that you’ll get right down to rockin’ out.

If you’re an organist, you’ll love playing this gem. If you’re a producer, you’ll appreciate having the unique ear candy of the Farfisa V in your vintage collection. And if you played a combo organ back in the day, prepare to groove on waves of nostalgia courtesy of an old friend.

Infuse your music with the cheerful essence of surf and sunshine. Groovy, baby!

Faithfully Yours

Like all Arturia vintage instrument homages, the Farfisa V is completely true to the original.

That’s because rather than sampling, we use our proprietary physical modeling technology to recreate in software the exact sonic characteristics of the original under all circumstances. Press any button and it responds just like the hardware. It even looks like the original. If you ever wanted a Farfisa, this is a Farfisa.

Playing the Farfisa V is just like having the real thing —except this one doesn’t have cigarette burns on the keys and will never break.

More Than Just an Organ

The Farfisa V is What Would Happen if an Organ and a Synthesizer had a Love Child.

The original Farfisa already hinted at the synthesizers to come with features like key repeat and a rudimentary envelope. The split keyboard option let you assign either one or two of the lower octaves to a separate bass sound. There was also a cool knee lever that manually controlled a filter, like an early version of a wah. (Of course, you can map that to the controller of your choice on the Farfisa V.) We’ve taken our modern version way beyond all that, though.

Pop the hood of the Farfisa V and you get tons of extra creative options like the ability to design your own additive waveforms, select new waves for the bass section, set offset filters, customize the envelopes to shape your tone, and more. On the floor, you’ll find a vintage amp and a collection of old-school stomp boxes already plugged in and ready to party —and the settings for the whole rig are saved in your presets.

The Farfisa V goes further than any traditional electronic organ, giving you options to infuse your music with new sounds that make people sit up and pay attention.

Main 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
• Supports MIDI splits or independe

Arturia Software Center

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Included in V Collection

This instrument is also part of the V Collection 5 -your complete dream line-up of the legendary synths, organs, pianos and more that made keyboard history. They’re modeled with the most advanced technologies for authentic realism, and enhanced with new creative options. Whether you use it as DAW plugins in the studio or standalone at gigs, V Collection 5 puts the greatest keys of all time at your fingertips for instant inspiration.

TAE® Powered

TAE® "True Analog Emulation" is Arturia's exclusive technology that accurately reproduces the defining sonic qualities of analog synthesizers. It recreates the characteristics of analog oscillators in amazing detail, transparency and clarity, as well as the exact properties of the analog filters that give each classic instrument its unique sound. Soft clipping adds even more punch and presence. TAE® is primarily what makes our virtual instruments indistinguishable from the originals.

Preset Browser

Our redesigned preset browser lets you quickly find just the sound you’re looking for.

Search by name or simply select the appropriate tags to dial in on the exact sonic character you’re looking for. You can mark and recall your own favorites, enter comments, and set up playlists. There’s never been a more intuitive way to manage your library of designer and personal presets.

Resizable GUI

The user interfaces for all your Arturia instruments are now resizable, making it easy to work with any High Resolution screen, UHD or Retina.

You can decide whether you want to fill the screen with awesome graphic reproductions of classic instrument goodness, scale the window down when you’re working in a DAW and screen real estate is at a premium, or even zoom for detailed work.

System Requirements

• Works in Standalone, VST, AAX, Audio Unit, NKS (64-bit DAWs only).

Mac

• Mac OS 10.13+
• 4 GB RAM
• 4 cores CPU, 2.5 GHz (4.0 GHz Turbo-boost) or Apple Silicon CPU
• 2GB free hard disk space
• OpenGL 2.0 compatible GPU

Windows

• Win 10+ (64bit)
• 4 GB RAM
• 4 cores CPU, 3.4 GHz (4.0 GHz Turbo-boost)
• 6GB free hard disk space
• OpenGL 2.0 compatible GPU
• ARM processors not supported on Windows

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