Jewel Empire II

Soundiron's Jewel Empire II captures the versatility and specific character of the GEM Imperial II electronic organ. The GEM series of instruments were manufactured by GeneralMusic in Italy during the late 80s and early 90s. The GEM Imperial II is a large electronic organ with two keybeds, a variety of voice tabs, a dedicated Bass voice section, and drawbars for controlling numerous voice functions. Jewel Empire II features a wide selection of sustains and staccatos—both normal and bass—to capture the varied character of this Italian instrument. We recorded the instrument articulations in wide stereo and direct line in. Additionally, we crafted twenty evolving atmospheric pads from the source content to enhance the versatility.

The Jewel Empire II offers versatility and character, making it a valuable addition to any composer’s sonic palette.

The GUI is packed with sound-shaping controls that allow you to manipulate the sound in various ways. You have control over Volume, Attack, Release, Transient Offset, Vibrato, and Octave layering. The "Glide" control slider lets you play legato and portamento leads. Additionally, an adaptable LFO system is included, with selectable LFO shape, modulation target parameter, speed, intensity, tempo-syncing, and fade-in time. You can also apply your choice of 13 lowpass, highpass, and FX filters, with assignable modulation control options including velocity, modwheel, expression, after-touch, key position, and step-sequencer table control.

A customizable arpeggiator with a built-in velocity sequencer table and control over arp direction, note timing, swing, randomization, and duration is also included. The user interface controls are rounded out by a modular FX rack tab, with 18 different DSP effect modules that you can assign in any of 10 slots, in any order you prefer. You’ll find classic phase, flanger, delay, distortion, amp and cab simulators, compressors, EQ, rotator, and more. The Reverb effect includes 119 convolution reverb impulse response presets, offering a wide variety of rooms, halls, chambers, outdoor environments, and creative special effect impulses to completely transform the sound and take this classic synth into strange new territory.

The Microrgan was recorded using its direct analog outputs by John Valasis, a Greek-born composer, producer, and sound designer.

Key Features:

• Powerful Instruments: 3 main powerful open-format Kontakt .nki instruments
• Ambience Patches: 20 Ambience patches created from the source content
• Synth Sustains and Staccatos: Synth Sustains, Staccatos, and FX Pads
• Custom Presets: 20 Custom Sound-Designed FX and Ambient presets
• Large Sample Library: 7.5 GB Installed with 6,973 Stereo Samples
• High-Quality Audio: 24 bit / 48kHz Stereo uncompressed PCM wav audio
• Unlocked Samples: Unlocked wav samples can be directly imported into almost any wav-compatible plugin or DAW