Soniccouture Ondioline

1950s FRENCH MONOSYNTH

FROM THE EARLY DAYS OF SYNTHS

The Ondioline was invented in 1941, and produced in France throughout 1950s/60s. It was conceived by inventor Georges Jenny as a low cost Ondes Martenot; sharing the same lateral vibrato keyboard, with a knee-lever to shape volume. It was entirely valve-based with its own built-in amplifier and inspired the Clavioline, Jennings Univox and Hammond Solovox. The sound can be surprisingly realistic when the vibrato and knee lever are used together - organic, sinuous and extremely expressive.

In collaboration with Goldfrapps' Will Gregory and Dan Wilson from Hideaway Studio, Soniccouture extensively restored and modified Ondioline no.599 to be sampled and recreated as a Kontakt instrument.

• Modelled IR Filter Switches
• 'Knee-Control' Lever
• Original 'Jenny Presets' Menu
• Additional Attack/Decay settings

The Ondioline is a minimal synthesiser by todays standards, and we have sought to preserve that character in our emulation. No labels are visible until you turn a knob; then they appear. The main switch panel is labelled simply A - R and controls a variety of different oscillator shapes, filters & LFOs. The two large white dials control the level of the two divider circuits - effectively two sub oscillators 1 and 2 octaves below the main.

Instrument Specifications

• 24 bit 96 khz Sampling
• 3.4GB Download (6 GB instrument before Kontakt Compression)
• Full convolution modelling of original Ondioline filter switches
• 6 octave range - every Ondioline key sampled for every oscillator shape
• Original speaker cabinet modelling + line-out sampling
• Ondes Martneot speaker models also included
• Performance setup: manual vibrato & knee lever control + aftertouch + Polyphonic Mode
• Original Georges Jenny presets included + sound design snapshots
• Kontakt Player + NKS Compatible (Kontakt 5.5 required)