Philicorda

Vintage Transistor Organ

Philicorda is a faithful plugin emulation of the legendary 1960s Philips Philicorda organ, based on the all transistor GM751 model. It captures the unmistakable character of this early home organ with its warm yet clear tone, shaped by transistor circuitry and a unique Top Octave Generator design.

The sound engine is fully algorithmic, recreating the original tone generation in detail, while the spring reverb and speaker response are meticulously sampled to preserve their unmistakable character. Vibrato, spring reverb, and dual speakers reflect the original instrument, while carefully integrated additions like overdrive, envelope generator, leakage, bias, and key click expand the sonic range without altering the instrument’s identity.

Features

• Faithful emulation of the 1960s Philicorda GM751 transistor organ

• Algorithmic Top Octave Generator with phase accurate octave division

• Twelve oscillator architecture with adjustable bias between layered waveforms

• Vibrato circuit modeled after the original hardware

• Authentic spring reverb and speaker response

• Overdrive for added harmonic richness

• Envelope generator for dynamic shaping

• Leakage control for organic transistor behavior

• Bias control for tonal balance and character

• Key click emulation

• Per oscillator tuning and master tuning control

• Adjustable oscillator drift

• Global and preset based tuning management

• Integrated tape echo inspired by classic space echo units

• Vintage style phaser with rich sweeping modulation

• BBD based flanger for subtle to extreme effects

• Freely reorderable effects chain

• Octave selectors 8 foot 4 foot 2 foot

• VOX selectors I to V

• Resizable user interface

• Preset system with randomizer

• Brightness and contrast controls

macOS:

• macOS 10.13 or higher

Windows:

• Windows 7 or higher
• 64-bit