Xpack - Digital Sound Factory - B3 Tone Wheel Organ

Digital Sound Factory has designed for Cakewalk’s Rapture Pro and Rapture Session virtual instruments this collection of classic B-3 sounds. Each drawbar and combinations of drawbars were recorded and processed for the ultimate sound. Rapture’s powerful user interface allows for quick editing of drawbar settings and timbre.

The B3 generates sounds using a tone generator consisting of an AC synchronous motor driving a set of 91 tone wheels, each of which rotates adjacent to a magnet and coil assembly. The number of bumps on each wheel determines the pitch produced by a particular tone wheel. The Hammond uses a unique drawbar system of additive timbre synthesis and stable tuning. A note on the organ consists of the fundamental and a number of harmonics, or multiples of that frequency. In the B3, the fundamental and up to eight harmonics are available, controlled the drawbars which are labeled to represent pipe organ pitches. The two speed Leslie rotating speaker was a large part of the B3’s signature sound. Counterrotating sound deflectors (one for the woofer and one for the tweeter) create a wonderful Doppler vibrato effect.

Specifications:

• 1,148 mono samples (135MB)
  
• Resolution: 44.1 kHz, 16-bit
  
• Programs: 50 Drawbar Settings, 20 Grooves (Step Generator)
  
• Compatibility: Rapture Pro, Rapture Session
  
• Instrument Page controls: Drawbar Volume, Leslie Enhance, Tone, Harmonic Percussion Amount, Overdrive, Clip, FX Amount, and more
  
• Special features: Modulation Wheel controls Leslie speed

Program naming indicates each of the nine drawbars eight volume setting amount.
000000000 = All drawbars in – no volume
888888888 = All drawbars out – full volume.

Program Listing:

Drawbars

Little Sweety000808008Harmonic Tone Vib003787510 VibratoHarmonic Tone003787510Purity008007008Nice Comp 1008504000Nice Comp 2008540000Fundimentals008808000Lite & Airy Vib086311580 VibratoLite & Airy086311580Under Layment088008000Odd Harmonics08807060016'&1' Mix16'&1' Mix16'&1' Mix Vib16'&1' Vibrato Mix16'&1'800000008Edgy800000880Story Time800060080Churchy803787510Even Bars 1808000008Even Bars 2808008000Even Bars 3808080000Smultze811003148 VibratoSolid Backing860070000Progressive Vib886311588 VibratoProgressive886311588Jazzy Overdrive888000000 OverdriveJazzy Vibrato888000000 VibratoJazzy888000000Lushness 1888000808Lushness 2888000880Beauty888008008Classic Vib888080000 VibratoClassic888080000Eighties888088000First Four Vib888800000 VibratoFirst Four888800000Classic Rock 1888800008Classic Rock 2888800080Classic Rock 3888800800Classic Rock 4888808000Classic Rock 5888808008All Out Overdrive888888888Overdrive All Out Vibrato 888888888 VibratoAll Out888888888Bass PedalsDigi OrganDigi Organ 2Digi Organ 3First 3 DrawbarsRock Organ 1Rock Organ 2

Grooves

• All Out Groov'in
  
• Auto Drive
  
• Cascade
  
• Cruizer
  
• Digi Step
  
• Flutter
  
• Gate It Fader
  
• Ground Runner
  
• Ka Delic
  
• Magic Comper
  
• Melody Chaser 1
  
• Melody Chaser 2
  
• No Answer
  
• Rhythmic Comp
  
• Rock Pulse
  
• Shimmers Staggered
  
• The Code