I've got the Korg Kronos X 88. Came with the Hammond C3 sounds built in. Luv it! I do miss my real B2 w/Leslie 147. Nothing like the real thing. Cheers! 🎹😊 Great review!
I'm currently using Acoustic Samples B5 v2 ( £99 ) through the Amplitube Leslie 122 ( £24.99 ) and it sounds awesome. Amplitube is a great free download and the custom shop gives you a free trial of everything they do. Closest I've got to my old Hammond A100 and Leslie 147 and so much better for recording. I highly recommend giving them a try.
Thanks, that was useful. I have a Ferrofish B4000+ which is pretty good in a band context though not sure about its sounds for solo use. Also I don’t think the Leslie sim is as good - but there are so many settings that I may not have found the best ones yet. I’d be interested if you could include that one in your comparisons.
That's good stuff Dan if you could find the time could you post your opinion on the Studiologic Numa 2 organ the price is so right and all the demo sound fabulous with the best rotary simulation I've heard but there aren't any in the states to play
Each one sounded better than the others, an impossibility for sure, but they were all fabulous. For my limited money, the one in GarageBand works absolutely fine. I am sure there are other dedicated IOS apps using the incredible computing power of a modern iPad (over old hardware) that I similarly can't really tell is better or worse than the others too. :-)
I had both the GarageBand and the Galileo organ on my iPad. Galileo provides lots of tweaking possibilities, but nah, it doesn’t sound like a real B3. The organs in GarageBand or Logic Pro X/MainStage on a Mac are far more realistic, and the latter have lots of parameters as well.
Loads of software clones around now - GSI's VB3 and VB3 II, Acoustic Samples B5, IK Multimedia's Hammond B-3X, all great in their own ways. However, the one that blows me away is GG Audio's Blue3 (which also comes with the Leslie part as an additional separate plugin). I'd never heard of it until a friend told me about it. Every aspect of the sound can be tweaked to an insane degree, and the sound...? Yum. It's horses for courses, naturally - everyone has their own 'perfect' Hammond sound in mind. But if you're wondering which to buy you can try Blue3 for free - it can be downloaded as a 30-day fully functional demo, so plenty of time to decide if it's the right one for you. Oh, and it's physically modelled, so no bloated sample library involved!
I've listened to Blue3 several times, and of those others I've tried, it's the only one that has the Leslie effect during ramp down move between the speakers. That's outstanding!
People should look at the following also: Italian GSI Gemini module (includes organ, sample player, Rhodes ... almost all you need), the GSI VB3 II VST from the same source (The best, or one of the best VST´s out there), the German HX-3 organ module (a very high end Hammond emulation) ... You can thank me later :-) I have had the Roland VK-7, have used the VK-8, owned more Nords, and the mentioned options easily beats them all. The Leslie simulations are good - use stereo, but a real Leslie makes it perfekt.
One thing i hate and dispize the VST. I use physical instruments i have many clones Hammond XB2 XM1 and XK1 Roland VK7 and VK8 and VK8M. I have a Korg CX3 and BX3 digital and EMU b3 Roland JV1010 with keyboards of the 60s and 70 card and i use all these with a Neo Vents 2 of them too
I would like to add that there are a few good free VST instruments out there for organ sounds. Really great reviews and I think that I'll keep an eye out for the Nord.
I wonder if we should stop calling these instruments 'clone'. Hammonds basic concept is to produce a set of tones with harmonics and overtones and mix those together. That is the instrument, just like a guitar is a set of 6 strings. We don't call every guitar 'a clone of ..' something. Nowadays instead of a tone wheel we use transistor based oscillators or even PWM based tones from a microprocessor. Whatever that sounds like, it is the same concept and could be regarded as an instrument on it's own with a specific sound.
Yes these are wise words indeed. One should also remember that the Hammond was a synthesizer of the church organ, itself designed as a synthesizer of flute, clarinet and trumpet…
I've got the Korg Kronos X 88. Came with the Hammond C3 sounds built in. Luv it! I do miss my real B2 w/Leslie 147. Nothing like the real thing. Cheers! 🎹😊 Great review!
Loved that video Dan, Great.
Just a few years ago I saw John Mayall playing on a VK7 or Vk8 through the house PA and it sounded spectacular.
Very nice comparison.
I'm currently using Acoustic Samples B5 v2 ( £99 ) through the Amplitube Leslie 122 ( £24.99 ) and it sounds awesome. Amplitube is a great free download and the custom shop gives you a free trial of everything they do. Closest I've got to my old Hammond A100 and Leslie 147 and so much better for recording. I highly recommend giving them a try.
Acoustic Samples B5 is the best for me.
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Thanks this was very helpful I use a Yamaha e273 and a Yamaha psr 6 connected to garageband app I like it mostly to back up a preacher
I have a Hammond XK-5. It's simply unbeatable.
Nice one Dan, thanks
Thanks, that was useful. I have a Ferrofish B4000+ which is pretty good in a band context though not sure about its sounds for solo use. Also I don’t think the Leslie sim is as good - but there are so many settings that I may not have found the best ones yet. I’d be interested if you could include that one in your comparisons.
Very good. 🎹✌️🎉
Good guy!
Have you got really bright lamps and a fish tank behind those amps? Fantastic video again.
That's good stuff Dan if you could find the time could you post your opinion on the Studiologic Numa 2 organ the price is so right and all the demo sound fabulous with the best rotary simulation I've heard but there aren't any in the states to play
I’ll have a look at the Studiologic one. Can’t find one in the UK but I’d go for it!
Each one sounded better than the others, an impossibility for sure, but they were all fabulous. For my limited money, the one in GarageBand works absolutely fine. I am sure there are other dedicated IOS apps using the incredible computing power of a modern iPad (over old hardware) that I similarly can't really tell is better or worse than the others too. :-)
Dont know if you've already reviewed Galileo. It's also a very good one for an IOS app. Very distinctive sound.
Good review!
Jorge Miranda I haven’t but I’ll check it out!
Galileo is a good call, well worth the money.
I had both the GarageBand and the Galileo organ on my iPad. Galileo provides lots of tweaking possibilities, but nah, it doesn’t sound like a real B3. The organs in GarageBand or Logic Pro X/MainStage on a Mac are far more realistic, and the latter have lots of parameters as well.
Loads of software clones around now - GSI's VB3 and VB3 II, Acoustic Samples B5, IK Multimedia's Hammond B-3X, all great in their own ways. However, the one that blows me away is GG Audio's Blue3 (which also comes with the Leslie part as an additional separate plugin). I'd never heard of it until a friend told me about it. Every aspect of the sound can be tweaked to an insane degree, and the sound...? Yum. It's horses for courses, naturally - everyone has their own 'perfect' Hammond sound in mind. But if you're wondering which to buy you can try Blue3 for free - it can be downloaded as a 30-day fully functional demo, so plenty of time to decide if it's the right one for you. Oh, and it's physically modelled, so no bloated sample library involved!
I've listened to Blue3 several times, and of those others I've tried, it's the only one that has the Leslie effect during ramp down move between the speakers. That's outstanding!
I'm going to miss my VK-7 when it gives out on me :(
People should look at the following also: Italian GSI Gemini module (includes organ, sample player, Rhodes ... almost all you need), the GSI VB3 II VST from the same source
(The best, or one of the best VST´s out there), the German HX-3 organ module (a very high end Hammond emulation) ... You can thank me later :-)
I have had the Roland VK-7, have used the VK-8, owned more Nords, and the mentioned options easily beats them all. The Leslie simulations are good - use stereo, but a real
Leslie makes it perfekt.
One thing i hate and dispize the VST. I use physical instruments i have many clones Hammond XB2 XM1 and XK1 Roland VK7 and VK8 and VK8M. I have a Korg CX3 and BX3 digital and EMU b3 Roland JV1010 with keyboards of the 60s and 70 card and i use all these with a Neo Vents 2 of them too
I would like to add that there are a few good free VST instruments out there for organ sounds.
Really great reviews and I think that I'll keep an eye out for the Nord.
Then..they are all Good? C'mon Man! There's has to be good and better or less Good
I wonder if we should stop calling these instruments 'clone'. Hammonds basic concept is to produce a set of tones with harmonics and overtones and mix those together. That is the instrument, just like a guitar is a set of 6 strings. We don't call every guitar 'a clone of ..' something.
Nowadays instead of a tone wheel we use transistor based oscillators or even PWM based tones from a microprocessor. Whatever that sounds like, it is the same concept and could be regarded as an instrument on it's own with a specific sound.
Yes these are wise words indeed. One should also remember that the Hammond was a synthesizer of the church organ, itself designed as a synthesizer of flute, clarinet and trumpet…
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