Elka

Explore 1 Elka vintage synthesizer models — specs, production history, reviews, and market values in the VTA archive.

Analog Synthesizers

• EK-22 — The Elka EK-22 is a 6-voice analog subtractive synthesizer released in 1986, one of the last instruments to come out of the Italian Elka factory before

Electronic Organ

• Concorde 402 — The Elka Concorde 402 is a c. 1975 two-manual electronic organ from the Italian maker, part of the broad Concorde family.

Monophonic Synthesizer

• Solist 505 — Elka Solist 505, a late-1970s fully polyphonic 61-key analog synth combining strings, organ, and synthesizer. Lush string sounds, no MIDI, preset-based.

Synthesizers

• Rhapsody (1978-1981) — The Elka Rhapsody (1974–1980) is a vintage Italian string synth with split keyboard, modular voice boards, and a double chorus that defined 70s prog and electronic music.
• Rhapsody 610 — An analog string synthesizer with a 61-key keyboard, produced by Generalmusic, offering four combinable sounds and a splittable keyboard.

Other Models

• Rhapsody 490 — Elka Rhapsody 490 — rare 1975 polyphonic string synthesizer from EME, divide-down engine with BBD chorus, 61 keys, 15 presets. Thin documentation.
• Soloist — Elka Soloist 222 — Italian polyphonic string synthesizer from the 1970s, 61 keys, BBD ensemble chorus. A rare vintage string machine.
• Synthex — A rare Italian 8-voice analog polyphonic synthesizer with DCOs, built-in sequencer, and factory MIDI in on the MK2 version