In order to assess the merits of these clones compared to the 'real thing', I took a trip to see a Hammond enthusiast, and made sure that I packed a Power Mac G4 loaded with software. A more recent addition to Emagic's stable of virtual instruments is their answer to B4, EVB3. Over an admittedly much shorter time period, Native Instruments' B4 Hammond Organ VST instrument has also become something of a classic amongst software instruments, a staple plug-in which provides a sound still essential to many styles of music, both contemporary and retro.
In jazz, the Hammond was (and still is) cooler than cool a versatile instrument capable of producing walking bass lines, riffing chords and searing solos. Notable users included Tom Coster of Santana, Keith Emerson of Emerson Lake and Palmer, and Jon Lord of Deep Purple. But how faithful does the software sound? We look at two contenders.īack in the mists of time, in the days before MIDI, a Hammond tonewheel organ did keyboard duties for many a serious rock band. More information on MIDIKarval B4 Controller.The tonewheel organ is back in vogue of late, aided by the various recent 'virtual' renditions of the real thing, and Hammond's release of the New B3. MIDIKarval’s B4 Controller is available now as a VST effect plug-in for Windows and costs €20 / €25 (Standard and Personal editions). €¢ To save and load different settings (programs). €¢ “Coupling” the upper and the lower manuals, so that you can play them at the same time, using only one hand and transposing, if you want, the lower manual one octave below the upper manual. €¢ Playing, without changing the transmitting MIDI channel, the pedal manual. €¢ The use of the sliders/knobs of your MIDI keyboard for moving not only the upper manual drawbars, but also the lower and the pedal manuals drawbars. €¢ The use of one or two octaves of your MIDI keyboard for selecting the upper (or also the lower) manual “inverted keys” and selecting one of the twelve presets of each bank.
€¢ The use of the “bank rotary switch” for choosing one of the B4 ten presets banks. MIDIKarval believes that NI’s B4 “lacks some important features, as the possibility of using your keyboard for turning the bank rotary switch or selecting the reverse-color keys on each manual.” Thus, they have developed the B4 Controller, which transforms the Control Change messages or the Note-On messages from your MIDI keyboard.Įnhancements To B4 With MIDIKarval’s B4 Controller: MIDIKarval has released B4 Controller, a VST MIDI processor you insert in your host between the MIDI input and the Native Instruments B4 I or II VSTi.
MIDIKarval Introduces B4 Controller For Native Instruments B4 Organ Emulator
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