Elementary Sounds · Soviet Electro-Organ
Drema
A Soviet Organ, Kept Analog
A compact electro-organ from the last Soviet years, recreated and pushed towards an almost acoustic quality.
7Variations
4Layers per X-slider
Up to 5Velocity per note
7.6 GBUncompressed
+And more
Direct●Clean Tape●Broken Tape●Wire●Amp●Modular●Stylized Direct●Rotary●Saturator●Ring Modulator●Sequencer●& more
Soviet Lell organVST3 and AUSeven variations
Drema is built from a compact Soviet electro-organ called the Lell — an artifact of the final years of the era of stagnation and of the upheavals of Perestroika that followed.
The work went at two things at once: recreating the instrument authentically, and giving it a lifelike, almost acoustic quality while its analog essence was left intact.
At a Glance
- Seven variations a direct signal, two tapes, a wire recorder, an amp, a modular version and a stylized direct — all seven named by the field
- One X-slider each every variation blends four further sound layers into the original organ tone
- Four register sliders the organ’s own registers, each with its own panning slider
- A 12-step sequencer with two LFO modules, connectable to all key elements
- Two octave filters vintage units on the master panel that split the signal into 10 and 16 bands
- Up to 5 velocity per note as the features list states it
Content & Detail
01The Seven Variationsall named▾
DirectThe original organ sound through a vintage preamp and equalizer from a 1973 EAG console made in Hungary
Clean TapeThe direct signal onto a vintage reel-to-reel — high-quality tape, softer and more gentle
Broken TapeA P-180-M, a Soviet spy reel-to-reel tape recorder from the 1960s; low speed and old Soviet tape make it dreamy and mysterious
WireA Soviet MN-61 wire recorder — nostalgic, noisy, and a colour of its own
AmpHow the organ would sound in a concert or a studio: softer and more lifelike than the direct version
ModularThe organ’s waves through Eurorack modules — constantly morphing, at times close to a trumpet or a trombone
Stylized DirectThe organ styled to mimic an electric piano, through modular synthesizers, analog filters and tube compressors
One sentence to watch. The field introduces all seven as processed through a tape machine, then describes Direct through a console only, Modular through Eurorack and Stylized Direct through modular gear.
02Inside the Instrumentsource, fx, movement, master▾
SourceFour sliders for the organ’s registers, each with its own panning slider; seven patches, each carrying four extra layers under the X-slider
FXRotary — phaser, flanger and tremolo combined into a Leslie-like effect; a Saturator for nonlinear distortion; a classic ring modulator working in mono or in stereo; Echo and Reverb with filtering on the wet signal
MovementA 12-step, customizable sequencer and two LFO modules that connect to all key elements
MasterTwo vintage octave filters splitting the signal into 10 and 16 bands, a three-band shelving EQ with adjustable crossover frequencies, and controls for pitch, noise level and output
03Requirements and Sizeas stated▾
FormatVST3/AU plug-in for macOS 10.11 or higher and for Windows
Not compatible withPro Tools and any other DAW that does not support VST3 or AU
Size6.3 GB compressed, 7.6 GB uncompressed
VelocityUp to 5 per note
PatchesCustom tape designed and eurorack style patches, in the field’s own wording
Not statedThe field gives no sample rate, bit depth or round-robin count, and no Windows version floor
Seven variations, and in each of them one slider deciding how much of something else is heard. The field states what that X-slider does — it blends four further sound layers into the original organ tone, made with a mix of vintage and modern gear so they feel organic — but it never names those four layers, so what sits under the slider on any one variation is not stated here either.
