VB3 A virtual tonewheel organ which simulates an American electromagnetic organ of the old days
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A virtual tonewheel organ which simulates an American electromagnetic organ of the old days VB3 is also capable of other simulations like the italian transistor organs of the seventies or the red-tolex organs played by famous pop bands of the sixties. There is a "virtual tonewheel generator" which constantly plays 91 waveforms. When you depress a key, a connection matrix decides which "tonewheels" have to be played according to the note played and the drawbars setting. If more than one note requires the same tonewheel to be played, this is amplified twice but no other "oscillators" are required other than the 91 already available. Actually, only 79 tonewheels are used for the two manuals, while the first 12 are only used for the first octave of the pedalboard. You can, however, choose to use the first 12 tonewheels for the upper and lower manuals too by deactivating the foldback on the 16" drawbars from the Global Options Menu. Also, you should know that VB3 doesn't use any samples. All the sound it produces is 100% calculated in real-time. The waveforms are modeled after an accurate examination of the actual electromagnetic organ's output signals, and then digitally reproduced with the help of mathematical computations and formulas.IMPORTANT NOTES:· There is a known and unresolved (yet) incompatibility with MOTU Digital Performer.· There's no guarantee for it to function in ProTools (via its VST-to-RTAS wrapper) Here are some key features of "VB3": · Full polyphony (147 notes) · Virtual 91 modeled tonewheels generator with accurate phase synchronization · Adjustable leakage noise and cross modulation between tonewheels · Three sets of waveforms: Set H (American Electromagnetic), Set F (Italian Transistor), Set V (Red Tolex Transistor) · Three different organ models · Adjustable global tuning · Foldback on 16" deactivable · Realistic motor wow & flutter · Busbars and 9 key contacts simulation · 17 steps drawbars · Two separate sets of drawbars per manual · Full "inverted octave" presets · String Bass with adjustable release time · Dynamic pickup coil impedance loss · Adjustable generator filters scaling · Single triggered percussion with natural capacitor discharge/recharge · Adjustable global Percussion Level · Adjustable global Percussion Decay · Vibrato/Chorus virtual scanner · Adjustable Vibrato Scanner depth · Electronic vibrato simulation when Sets F or V are selected · Separated Upper and Lower V/C tablets with smooth switching · Dynamic tube overdrive simulation · Spring reverb derived from Type4 · Smooth action volume pedal with adjustable MIDI response · Stereo wooden rotary speaker simulation with artificial environment and microphones positioning · Five different rotary speaker algorithms with adjustable "character" · Tone Cabinet (stationary speaker) simulation · Rotors brake position · Adjustable background hum and noise · Very low CPU consumption · Midi controllable, supports VST automation · Easy MIDI Learn function · Up to four separated outputs · Upper and Lower manuals SPLIT with adjustable split point · Upper and Lower manuals octave transposers · Selectable output level Requirements: · Apple Logic, Ableton Live, Cubase 4, EnergyXT2, RAX, GarageBand and other VST and/or AU hosts Limitations: · In this demo version you will hear a white noise burst for 2 seconds every 10 at a very low volume. What's New in This Release: · VB3 is now available for MAC OSX in VST and AU format · New Spring Reverb algorithm derived from GSi Type4 · The code has been enormously optimized and the CPU load is amost halved · Fixed bugs with some hosts (Sonar, Tracktion3, Receptor) that caused a crash when loading VB3 · Added option "Output Level" with 5 different levels. Use this to prevent VB3 from generating audio clips at high dynamics · Rotary speaker simualtor: improved control over rotors speeds; improved algorithm "Jazz 122"; · Keyclick: improved and optimized · Percussion: added the missing high-pass filter that gives it more punch and enforces the attack · Organ sound: the leakage factor, the whole balance between lows and highs and the background noise have been noticeably improved · Functionality: no more need to recompute the internal wavetables when the plugin is set in standby by the host; improved the stereo widening algorithm · Many other things have changed internally that can't be explained in few words, but your fine ears will be able to notice the difference with previous versions.

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