Hammond B3 Plugin Free

[Armonia Bunda]

Anexacting emulation of the iconic Hammond B3 organ and companion Leslie 147 rotary speaker cabinet*

Best-in-class physical and circuit modeling of entire tonewheel organ for unparalleled playing dynamics and realism

Complete three-dimensional emulation of a classic rotating speaker with perfectly positioned mono and stereo vintage mic setups

Over 70 "album-ready" presets for instant professional organ sounds for any genre

Onboard vintage spring reverb based on Accutronics tank

Authentically emulated tube power amp saturation

Keyboard Split functionality lets you play upper and lower manuals with a single MIDI controller

MIDI-mapped parameters give users hands-on, real-time control in the studio and on stage

This is the first virtual instrument I've ever bought immediately on demoing it: Electra 88 Keyboard, also Waterfall Organ and then Waterfall Rotary Speaker. All amazing, almost the second I dropped them into my mix. Instantly legitimate sound.

I'm writing this review to praise it, but also in hopes that Universal Audio will hear my plea for a next-level acoustic guitar emulator (play electric, get acoustic sound). Something better and different than all the other acoustic guitar simulators, something that takes the signal from an electric guitar and then models it through some old vintage blues acoustics, nashville dreadnaughts etc. It would be amazing for in the box recording.

Thanks UA, this stuff is great.

From using competitors B3 emulations, this felt like a wonderful and complete update. Fills in its space in the mix and can carry a song as a lead instrument if you like. The leslie has a wonderful fullness, texture and space to it.

This plugin sounds good, is easy to use, and is indeed usable. I am not going to give it a neck in neck comparison with the real hardware because I don't have enough experience with the real hardware. My only complaint, that during a session that goes for much more than an hour, the recorded tracks start doing random strange things (strange random notes and settings...I am using Cubase) and you either have to mute the track or reload the project that you are working on...fortunately the random changes don't save.

Overall, I can't recommend the Waterfall B3 Organ plugin highly enough. Whether you're a seasoned organist looking for an authentic virtual instrument or a producer seeking to add organic, vintage textures to your tracks, this plugin is a game-changer.

Es muy realista y su manejo recuerda 100% a un B3. El Leslie es muy bueno y la colocacin de los micros y otras cosas que te permiten personalizar tu sonido de una manera precisa. Tambin puedes obtener sonidos speros si lo deseas, aunque yo soy ms dulce. Corre dentro de los DSPs de mi Apollo 6; y eso me llena de alegra especialmente si me encuentro ante una produccin densa y cargada de elementos.

What's out there these days? Pros and cons? I would prefer something modeled rather than sampled so I can push the envelope. I am particular about the quality of amplifier modeling and would prefer not to have to add an effect chain to supplement a weak Leslie or tube stage. Or is there a killer Leslie plugin, also?

I'm not sure others are all that much better than Logic's organ. I haven't felt compelled to substitute for it, unlike piano and electric piano and various synths.

I use b3x on ipad live and could probably hook it up to Logic if I desired, but simply put I'm happy enough with being all in the box I'm sure as hell not going to shell out for the desktop version of b3x for a modest improvement (and like you I don't use a ton of organ anyway on my own music, live I do.)

I've used VB3 (1.4 and 2.0), and B5 (v1-v3) over the years, but once B-3X came out, the others paled in comparison. I recently picked up UA Waterfall, and I find it surprisingly good. B-3X is still my default, but Waterfall tends to sit in a busy mix a bit better, albeit while not sounding quite as authentic as B-3X.

It's a valid point that not everything needs updates. But B-3X has enough shortcomings that it's irritating that nothing gets addressed. It would be one thing if the program were $10, it's different at $100+. Issues:

... Lower manual drawbar CCs must be sent on the same channels as upper manual drawbar CCs. Some dual manual setups are set up to send their lower manual CCs on the same channel as the lower manual notes themselves, so they're not directly supported.

... You can't disable the use of keys-below-lowest-C as preset selector keys, which can be problematic for people playing from boards with more than 61 keys. I know, it's authentic, but on the real thing, the additional resistance of the locking mechanism on those keys made it less likely you would trigger them accidentally when merely going down to the low notes, plus there was a clear visual distinction from the reverse colors. So this "half way to authenticity" approach is not always desirable, and should be defeatable.

You can get around these things by adding additional MIDI filtering/mapping software between the keyboard and the app, but for a high end program, that complication, additional troubleshooting variable, additional overhead, possible latency factor should not need to be a concern.

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Not to mention the GUI taking forever to load on Windows, the lack of centered modwheel triggered Leslie brake (you need a whole other MIDI CC for that), and not being able to map some parameters to MIDI CCs at all (like key click).

The sound or functionality of b3x might be good enuff but we're talking apps here. Mac OS and iOS get updated pretty often and older apps need to be updated when they don't work on the newer operating system.

I have a love-hate for this one. I don't have a handy set of drawbars (yeah I could use a variety of other controls but not a nice line of 9 faders) on my Modx7 so I do use the presets often.

Unfortunately I accidentally hit them ALL THE TIME. Easy enough on the Modx to simply limit the Part key lowest key to that lowest C (or B or whatever it would need to be as we transpose down and that can mess up splits.) As I say I do use the presets so I just try to be more careful!

Like some here I am getting a bit picky not just about instruments but the developers' business practices as well, especially as it relates to subscriptions and user licenses which expire. However I am not too concerned about developers who stop updating. Instruments are improving so quickly ... something new will come along.

I am a tiny bit disappointed to hear that the Logic Pro B3 is still in the running. I've gigged with it for many years and it's fine for live. In a recording it doesn't have the beef of the current crop of virtual analogs. Quite impressed with the B3-X video Al and your playing is so tasty! Thanks for sharing that.

Despite what I said about Logic's organ being fine, I would agree that it lacks "beef" (good word!). "Punch" is what I was thinking. A nice tone for background, which is frankly how I mostly use it so that's one reason I'm ok with it. B-3X can take your head off after a jab to the solar plexus if you want it to.

Al's video either makes me want to practice or quit, not sure which Fortunately we don't do jazz or blues where I'm expected to kill it like that!

Just added keys to a quick cover my band's guitarist did at my "studio" (ie home office!) tuesday evening. It's logic's organ, very rough track that needs redoing (as does piano), no drawbar changing. No beef needed for this part so I felt it does a decent job as a background thing. I had C2 on, no perc. Comes in 2nd verse.

Since Beta, I've asked IK to consider updating. In particular, I wished that B-3X had the ability to include the "live" sound that comes across the microphones. Acoustic Samples does a wonderful job of recreating the "wind" noise for example. It's a small thing, but it adds so much realism.

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