The Synthex is the best known of a range of Elka instruments. Generalmusic bought the GEM company, which had itself bought Elka-Orla, a piano and organ maker that transitioned into synthesizers in the 1970s. The S2 was similar to a Kurzweil K2000 for its functionalities such as optional sampling, and layout and patch manipulation. The company also offered more sophisticated versions of the WX series as S series synthesizers. Although designed as arranger workstations, WX series had some professional synthesizer capabilities like filter and cutoff (resonance) editing with an integrated powerful 16-track sequencer. The WX series (released in 1993) did implement General MIDI, offered a large blue LCD display, a user-friendly interface and some vintage synth sound presets like Oberheim, ARP 2600, Prophet or Elka Synthex. This limited easy interoperability with other devices. Featuring a 5-track sequencer, 32 built-in arranger styles, and 32 user-programmable styles, they predated the General MIDI standard. Generalmusic's first arranger workstation models were their WS series, released in 1990. It was founded in 1987 and ceased business in 2009 before becoming bankrupt in 2011. The company produced three lines: a musical instrument series called GEM, a various studio equipment series called LEM and electric organs/synthesizers called ELKA. Generalmusic was an Italian musical instrument manufacturing company focusing on digital and acoustic pianos, synthesizers and music workstations.
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