Farfisa V is the Farfisa hit the pop stage several years before synthesizers. Portable and polyphonic, its reedy voice was heard everywhere, and the developer's summary is that all the Farfisa's tone generators and controls plus modeled FX make for a production-ready retro organ sound all inside the plug-in. The historical point is worth explaining for a catalogue: the combo organ was the keyboard a band could actually carry, unlike a Hammond and Leslie cabinet, and Farfisa's reed-toned voicing — thinner and more cutting than a Hammond's drawbar tone — became the sound of 1960s garage rock and, later, 1980s new wave through its use by artists including Pink Floyd on "Lucifer Sam" and Blur, whose "Beetlebum" brought the sound back into the charts.

Its modelling is documented precisely: physical modeling of the dual-manual Farfisa Compact Deluxe plus pedals, covering upper manual, lower manual, and bass pedal sections, with selectable bass key range to cover 1 or 2 octaves, bass Sharp/Soft control to change tone of bass section from Flute to Strings, percussion section with adjustable decay times, individual voice tuning, and ToneDraw: additive/wave draw sliders. Its more unusual controls are documented too: selectable bass waveform with 4-pole resonant filter, user waveform with additive synthesis and wave drawing modes, upper attack and release envelopes, and the 'knee lever' for tone and wah control via expression pedal, mod wheel, or aftertouch — the knee lever being a genuine feature of the original hardware, operated by the player's knee while both hands are on the manuals. Its manual documents a behaviour worth carrying: with the Bass section switched off, the upper register plays across all available keys, and the manual compares one envelope mode to some string synths (e.g. the ARP Solina / Arturia Solina V).

Requirements are Mac OS 11.0 or later or Windows 10 or later, with the current build listed as version 1.13.4.6366. It runs in Standalone, VST, AAX, Audio Unit, and NKS formats in 64-bit DAWs only, and is included in V Collection 11 Pro. It is priced at $99 list, frequently discounted to $69.00. Artist commentary is documented: David Hofman, mixing engineer and producer, notes that the Farfisa V is a great recreation. The Arturia presets give me a great starting point that goes way beyond its original purpose, and Sascha Funke says I am a big fan of organ sounds and I think the Farfisa is the best sounding virtual organ plugin on the market. It suits garage rock, psychedelia, 1960s pop, new wave, indie, and retro-flavoured production, and the model reproduces the Compact Deluxe specifically rather than a generic combo organ, which is the distinction that matters to a player who wants a particular Farfisa's voicings.

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