Team R2R | 21 October 2024 | WiN: 87.4MB | MAC: 167.7MB..: STANDALONE | AAX | AUi | VST3i | x64 :..The legendary VOX Continental organ is faithfully recreated in software as the VOX Super Continental! Originally conceived in the early 1960s as a more portable and affordable alternative to tonewheel organs, the VOX Continental’s distinctive sound – and its sharp red-and-black design – soon made it a staple of “British Invasion” bands. The Continental’s bright timbre and brash attitude fit perfectly with jangly guitars, and easily cut through the mix on stage and in the studio. Production stopped around 1970, but a new generation of ska, garage, punk, and new wave bands adopted the instruments in the ‘70s and ‘80s. Weathered and worn through decades of use, and none-too-stable to begin with, the instruments tend to be charmingly out of tune. As the key contacts aged, each note started to sound slightly different. With this unique voice, a combination of electric tone and vintage character, the Vox Continental is a fixture of stage and studio – particularly in indie music.
The KORG Collection VOX Super Continental began as a careful re-creation of a number of Continental keyboards, including a beloved instrument personally owned by the primary software engineer, in order to get the best possible representation of the Super Continental sound performance. This analysis included such details as the behavior of hundreds of individual key contacts – and is the most accurate VOX Continental software instrument available anywhere!
Calibrated character
The VOX Continental’s oscillators are based on unstable germanium transistors. The octave-divider circuits mean that octaves are always pure, but all other intervals can be at least subtly out of tune (and often much more so). This produces a distinctive chorusing effect when playing chords, and gives melodies a touch of extra flavor. Individual notes are made by combining overtones from the drawbars. Each key has up to five key contact wires, one for each drawbar. When each wire hits its drawbar bus, that overtone sounds (often along with a tiny burst of noise). The contacts are usually worn and misaligned after all these years, and so the wires hit the drawbar buses at slightly different times. This lends every note a unique character at note-on and note-off.
All of these imperfections are lovingly modeled, and Calibration controls let you dial in as much or as little of them as you like.
Refined user experience
Smooth Sound Transitions let previously-played voices and effects continue naturally when you change sounds. KORG’s sophisticated sound browser supports categories, text search, and more. On-screen help provides information and useful tips for every drawbar, knob, and switch.
Effects
The VOX Super Continental was almost always played through an amp, so of course we include a selection of amp and cabinet models, along with a stunningly detailed rotary speaker. There are two insert effects before the amp, another insert after it, and finally a dedicated reverb slot. For the inserts you can choose between 30 effects types, including everything from vintage pedals and tape delay to modern reverse delays and shimmer reverb.
Release Notes:
v1.0.8:
– Factory data is now downloaded to a temporary file on disk instead of into RAM. This should improve reliability in rare cases in which the user’s computer did not have sufficient free RAM for the download.
– Previously, the asterisk indicating an edited state often showed after changing performances in VST3 hosts. This has now been fixed.
– Previously, with specific Program parameter settings, changing Programs rapidly could cause a crash. This has now been fixed.
– MIDI mappings for Unison Ensemble effect parameters now appear in the MIDI Map list.
– The installer now allows downgrading of plug-ins if a newer version is present.
– Parametric EQ band enable 1-4 and Unison Ensemble effects parameters are now available for automation.
– Graphics resources are now stored separately and shared by all versions of the Vox Super Continental, including the standalone application and AU/VST3/AAX plug-ins. This reduces the size of the installer download, application, and plug-ins by a substantial amount.
– Previously, the Reverb slot inadvertently exposed Wet/Dry as a modulation and automation target. This has now been fixed.
– Worked around problems in a shared library which intermittently caused minor graphics glitches when the UI size was not 100%. (These affected the down-arrow caret in the effect type selector and the “power” button graphic.)
– Windows only: previously, in the standalone application, if a modal dialog (e.g. Settings) was open, and the Windows+D shortcut was used to minimize all windows, the application window could only be reopened by pressing Windows+D again (and not by clicking the taskbar icon or using alt-tab). This has now been fixed.
– The flute/reed drawbar graphics have been improved.
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