Hey organ guys. I'm an ole B-3/Leslie player from years back, but sold it in the early 70's to pay first semester tuition at Berklee, so I could learn how to arrange and learn jazz piano in the style of Bill Evans, Oscar P, Chick Corea, etc. Berklee at that time only had acoustic pianos and Rhodes and didn't have any B-3s anyway.
So I did a lot of research to find a good VI B-3 software and downloaded NI discontinued B4II demo which runs full function through GarageBand for 20 minutes at a time.
In my opinion, the B4II sounded very realistic and was about $200, plus NI offered a drawbar controller to MIDI up to a keyboard to run the software like a real B3. I think the list price on that NI controller was $399. B4II has many features, many configurations, many options that a real B-3 didn't have and it ran perfectly in demo mode. But just when I got ready to order the VI B4II software from Musician's Friend and the NI Drawbar controller, both items were discontinued. So I still use the B4II demo. But I have no drawbar controller or any known way to control the drawbars from the M50.
So last night I ordered/downloaded Genuine Software's VB3 Virtual tonewheel organ which goes for Euro 49, quite cheaper than NI B4II pack. It runs through the M40 into the USB to the MacBook and GarageBand. I must say, it is quite impressive. Although there are some differences between the two programs, the VB3 is one of the most realistic B-3 clones I ever heard, as good as the NORD C2 organ and the Leslie simulator on the VB3 is very authentic.
But the question now is, since the NI drawbar controllers are discontinued and nothing similar available, is there anyway to controll the software from the M50 and set up some kind of drawbar system? Of course being new to the software, I'm studying the manual to see what it says.
Is anyone here running the VB3 tone wheel organ software through their M50, M3, Oasys, Triton? If so, any tricks or advice you can share? Thanks
katt
So I did a lot of research to find a good VI B-3 software and downloaded NI discontinued B4II demo which runs full function through GarageBand for 20 minutes at a time.
In my opinion, the B4II sounded very realistic and was about $200, plus NI offered a drawbar controller to MIDI up to a keyboard to run the software like a real B3. I think the list price on that NI controller was $399. B4II has many features, many configurations, many options that a real B-3 didn't have and it ran perfectly in demo mode. But just when I got ready to order the VI B4II software from Musician's Friend and the NI Drawbar controller, both items were discontinued. So I still use the B4II demo. But I have no drawbar controller or any known way to control the drawbars from the M50.
So last night I ordered/downloaded Genuine Software's VB3 Virtual tonewheel organ which goes for Euro 49, quite cheaper than NI B4II pack. It runs through the M40 into the USB to the MacBook and GarageBand. I must say, it is quite impressive. Although there are some differences between the two programs, the VB3 is one of the most realistic B-3 clones I ever heard, as good as the NORD C2 organ and the Leslie simulator on the VB3 is very authentic.
But the question now is, since the NI drawbar controllers are discontinued and nothing similar available, is there anyway to controll the software from the M50 and set up some kind of drawbar system? Of course being new to the software, I'm studying the manual to see what it says.
Is anyone here running the VB3 tone wheel organ software through their M50, M3, Oasys, Triton? If so, any tricks or advice you can share? Thanks
katt
