I’m seriously eating crow on this one. I was one of the first to pile on about the price tag in the iPad Musician FB Group, but even after your mono demo from the live stream, I realized you can really see - and more importantly, hear - where that money goes. Here, wow. No contest. I love Galileo 2, but my god. This sounds so real. Excellent demo, Doug! 👍
This sounds so great. I’d just spend my time creating custom presets that imitate my favorite players. Jon Lord preset, Steve Walsh preset, Keith Emerson preset, and so on.
For sure. I just programmed an iCon iControls to handle my B-3X drawbars. The iCon has four layers which are selected with some buttons. With layer 1 selected, the iCon sliders control the top keyboard drawbars; with layer 2, the lower keyboard drawbars; and with layer 3, the pedal drawbars. I used the other iCon buttons for all the Leslie, vibrato, and percussion buttons on the B3 console, which are programmed to behave the same regardless of which layer is chosen for the drawbars. It's a great setup but beware, the iCon software for programming the iControls HW is total crap. It doesn't read the iControls setup from the hardware properly and it doesn't save all your settings in a file so there's no way to make small changes without having to reprogram everything from pretty much scratch (because you can't load the old settings into the program from either the device or a file). I looked at the XML data file that supposedly can save your settings and it only stores data for one layer! There's no layer information in the file at all. Extremely frustrating and I wouldn't have bought the iControls if I had known about it beforehand. That said, it's a -really- good match since it has just enough buttons and nine sliders (an unusual number) to recreate the B3 controls (other than the black-keys for presets). I hope to do a TH-cam review of the setup someday, just as soon as the house reno is finished so don't hold your breath! BTW, you can also control some other aspects of the B-3X using MIDI, including Spring Reverb, Wah on/off, Wah pedal, Compressor on/off, EQ-81 on/off, Reverb On/off, Sustain, Leslie amp gain and a few other bits. All the MIDI assignments have default numbers that can be changed, and have Inv (inverse) and Latch options. I use Bome MIDI Translator Pro to process a few of the iCon MIDI outputs before forwarding MIDI data to the B-3X, (e.g. to turn the iCon momentary controls into switches that latch on or off for the Leslie) although I'm not sure that it's necessary. I might have been able to do the same thing with the B-3X's MIDI inverse and latch options. I'll check it out some day. The B-3X also lets you assign different MIDI channels to the upper manual, lower manual, pedals and MIDI CC. Very useful if you have two keyboards available. I also have 8DIO's B3 sim, which sounds great but it has very little support for MIDI so you have to use a mouse to make most control changes--a frequently reported major design limitation as it makes the software pretty much useless for playing live. Good god, what were they thinking. Hope this helps someone. B-3X is killer software, especially with the Joran Rudess presets since I've always been a big Jon Lord fan.
Thanks Doug but I’m sticking with Galileo I can’t afford this after my uno synth. But great playing though, Keith Emerson would be jealous if he were still around.
Yeah, this is clearly a world-class app and the new #1 for Hammond on iPad. But is it really 10 times better than Galileo? Snazzy graphics aside, is it really worth the extra money?
@@matthewwhitaker8742 Ok full disclosure. I've spent thousands on HW and SW, so I have both apps. And I do think that B-3X is better. But they both sound good to me, so, if I was a starving musician, I'm not sure that I'd spend the extra money. To me, $100 is definitely worth it, but I'm still not convinced that this is true for everyone.
On sale now for $39.99. I just bought it. Fantastic!
It’s a bargain knowing how much fun i have playing this Hammond. The best Hammond software ever. A week playing with a big smile, priceless :-)
I’m seriously eating crow on this one. I was one of the first to pile on about the price tag in the iPad Musician FB Group, but even after your mono demo from the live stream, I realized you can really see - and more importantly, hear - where that money goes. Here, wow. No contest. I love Galileo 2, but my god. This sounds so real. Excellent demo, Doug! 👍
09:33 Jon Lord was the inventor of the Purple Beast. RIP Jon
This sounds so great. I’d just spend my time creating custom presets that imitate my favorite players. Jon Lord preset, Steve Walsh preset, Keith Emerson preset, and so on.
Help !! The app is unresponsive when paired with my M-Audio Keystation. Works on iPad but ignores my controller even when it’s selected in Channels. 😢
Nice video, nice demo. Thanks. The price (110€) is really excessive
The sound quality is in the league of the MOOG apps.
Can you do midi mapping also? Like assigning the drawbars to the sliders of your midi keyboard?
For sure. I just programmed an iCon iControls to handle my B-3X drawbars. The iCon has four layers which are selected with some buttons. With layer 1 selected, the iCon sliders control the top keyboard drawbars; with layer 2, the lower keyboard drawbars; and with layer 3, the pedal drawbars. I used the other iCon buttons for all the Leslie, vibrato, and percussion buttons on the B3 console, which are programmed to behave the same regardless of which layer is chosen for the drawbars.
It's a great setup but beware, the iCon software for programming the iControls HW is total crap. It doesn't read the iControls setup from the hardware properly and it doesn't save all your settings in a file so there's no way to make small changes without having to reprogram everything from pretty much scratch (because you can't load the old settings into the program from either the device or a file). I looked at the XML data file that supposedly can save your settings and it only stores data for one layer! There's no layer information in the file at all. Extremely frustrating and I wouldn't have bought the iControls if I had known about it beforehand. That said, it's a -really- good match since it has just enough buttons and nine sliders (an unusual number) to recreate the B3 controls (other than the black-keys for presets). I hope to do a TH-cam review of the setup someday, just as soon as the house reno is finished so don't hold your breath!
BTW, you can also control some other aspects of the B-3X using MIDI, including Spring Reverb, Wah on/off, Wah pedal, Compressor on/off, EQ-81 on/off, Reverb On/off, Sustain, Leslie amp gain and a few other bits. All the MIDI assignments have default numbers that can be changed, and have Inv (inverse) and Latch options. I use Bome MIDI Translator Pro to process a few of the iCon MIDI outputs before forwarding MIDI data to the B-3X, (e.g. to turn the iCon momentary controls into switches that latch on or off for the Leslie) although I'm not sure that it's necessary. I might have been able to do the same thing with the B-3X's MIDI inverse and latch options. I'll check it out some day.
The B-3X also lets you assign different MIDI channels to the upper manual, lower manual, pedals and MIDI CC. Very useful if you have two keyboards available.
I also have 8DIO's B3 sim, which sounds great but it has very little support for MIDI so you have to use a mouse to make most control changes--a frequently reported major design limitation as it makes the software pretty much useless for playing live. Good god, what were they thinking.
Hope this helps someone. B-3X is killer software, especially with the Joran Rudess presets since I've always been a big Jon Lord fan.
Doug, do you know if IK will make a Christmas sale for this iOS version?
I have no idea Emilio🤷♂️ It would be cool if they did though😊
@@TheSoundTestRoom it would be! Thanks Doug!
It's half price right now
Hello, does anyone have an idea how I can switch the presets from a Korg Kronos?
Thanks Doug but I’m sticking with Galileo I can’t afford this after my uno synth. But great playing though, Keith Emerson would be jealous if he were still around.
There is no need to stick with Galileo. There is a remarkable tonewheel
So have you compared it to VB3 or Blue on the computer Doug?
Could you run this on the ipad with a usb keyboard and midi bass pedals?
Absolutely
@@rotosphere2000 can you use the iPad app with no keyboard at all
Great Sound. And price 😥😅
Yeah, this is clearly a world-class app and the new #1 for Hammond on iPad. But is it really 10 times better than Galileo? Snazzy graphics aside, is it really worth the extra money?
@@matthewwhitaker8742 I agree. But Galileo sounds pretty good too... Can you hear a $90 difference?
@@matthewwhitaker8742 Ok full disclosure. I've spent thousands on HW and SW, so I have both apps. And I do think that B-3X is better. But they both sound good to me, so, if I was a starving musician, I'm not sure that I'd spend the extra money. To me, $100 is definitely worth it, but I'm still not convinced that this is true for everyone.
Matthew Whitaker yes I agree it depends on what you are looking for : a sound close to your Hammond or something a little bit different
Great sound. Terrible price. LOL
£99.. Really?