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Martinic
Plugin emulations of vintage hardware most plugin makers overlooked.
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Martinic is a Dutch audio software developer specialising in plugin emulations of vintage hardware — synthesizers, electric pianos, combo organs, and effects. The lineup runs from the Akai AX73 and Elka Panther 300 organ to the Rheem Kee Bass, the LEM tape echo, the Colorsound Tremolo pedal, and the Hohner Pianet T. The emulations are built on the company's own ACE (Advanced Circuit Emulation) modelling rather than sampling — each plugin responds to playing input the way the original circuit did, not by triggering recorded notes.
The detail worth naming is the catalog itself. Most plugin makers go after the famous synths — Junos, Minimoogs, DX7s. Martinic mostly emulates the ones that didn't make it: an Akai polysynth that flopped commercially in 1986, an Italian combo organ from the 60s, a tape echo from a small Italian manufacturer. The recoveries work because the modelling is precise and the originals turned out to deserve the attention they didn't get the first time.
What they make
- Synthesizers
- AX73 with expansion collections, AXFX, AX Chorus
- Vintage Keyboards
- Elka Panther 300 organ, Hohner Pianet T, Rheem Kee Bass
- Effects
- Colorsound Tremolo, LEM Echo Music tape delay, Scanner Vibrato
- Compatibility
- VST/VST3/AU/AAX/CLAP plugins for Mac and Windows
Featured Products
AX Bundle
The full AX73 family in one bundle — AX73, AXFX, and AX Chorus.
AX73 Diaphanous Collection
AX73 preset bank — Diaphanous, airy and transparent voicings on the AX73's analog engine.
AX73 Epic Trance Collection
AX73 preset bank — Epic Trance, voicings shaped for trance production.
AX73 Forgotten Circuits Collection
AX73 preset bank by solidtrax — Forgotten Circuits, voicings drawn from lesser-known vintage hardware.
AX73 Holoserica Collection
AX73 preset bank — Holoserica, thematic patches extending the synthesizer's tonal range.
AX73 Orange Lo-fi Collection
AX73 preset bank by Daniel Stawczyk — Orange Lo-fi, degraded and warm voicings shaped for lo-fi contexts.
AX73 Sample Library
Sample-format library extending the AX73's stock sound bank.
AX73 Status Collection
AX73 preset bank by Daniel Stawczyk — Status, a thematic extension of the synthesizer's stock sound library.
AX73 Strata Collection
AX73 preset bank by HEATAUDIO — Strata, layered and textural patches.
AX73 Time Capsule '86 Collection
AX73 preset bank by Charis Linos — Time Capsule '86, sounds drawn from the year the original hardware was released.
Elka Panther
Italian transistor combo organ modelled on the mid-70s Elka Panther 300.
Lem Echo Music
Italian tape echo modelled on the LEM Echo Music — tape transport, motor wobble, and saturation behaviour from the original unit.
Martinic AX Chorus
Vintage analog chorus modelled at circuit level — paired aesthetically with the AX73 lineup, usable on any source.
Martinic AX73
6-voice analog polysynth modelled on Akai's 1986 AX73 — namesake of Martinic's catalogue.
Martinic AXFX
Multi-effect plugin in the AX73 family — modulation, delay, and reverb effects modelled in the same vintage register as Martinic's instruments.
Martinic Colorsound Tremolo
Tremolo modelled on the British Colorsound pedal — 70s analog design with the original circuit's range and modulation depth.
Martinic Pianet T
Hohner Pianet T modelled in software — late-70s German electric piano with the original's silicone-pad percussive attack intact.
Martinic Retro Pack 2
Second-generation Retro Pack — expanded bundle of Martinic's vintage plugins.
Martinic Retro Pack
First-generation Retro Pack from Martinic — bundled vintage plugins.
Martinic Scanner Vibrato
Hammond-style scanner vibrato — phase modulation via the rotating wiper that gave tonewheel organs their characteristic chorus behaviour.
Plugin emulations of vintage hardware most plugin makers overlooked.
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