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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
Plugin emulations of vintage hardware most plugin makers overlooked.
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