Hammond B-3X 4+

Authentic tonewheel organ

IK Multimedia US, LLC

    • 4.2 • 31 Ratings
    • $129.99

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Description

Hammond B-3X is a next-level tonewheel organ app that gives you incredibly realistic sound & features. We’ve partnered with the Hammond Organ Company and Suzuki Musical Instruments to create the most immersive, authentic and powerful B-3 experience for use live on stage or as a plug-in inside recording apps.

The sound starts with 91 free-running tonewheels, based on meticulously-maintained real organs, and mixes those in real-time based on the notes played and the drawbar levels. Our advanced modeling recreates the tonal filtering, key click, percussion and chorus-vibrato circuits to recreate the organic feel of the real instrument and give you deep control over every element of the sound.

The organ feeds a 5-unit STOMPS section with overdrive, graphic EQ, chorus-vibrato, wah and spring reverb pedals to recreate the widest range of iconic sounds.

The CABS section gives you the choice of 5 Leslie amps and 7 speakers with control over speed, acceleration/deceleration, mic placement, gain, EQ and volume. For rock & blues, add the parallel guitar amp into the mix with two models from AmpliTube, with full tone-shaping controls and spring reverb.

A mixer lets you blend the sound of the Leslie, the parallel guitar amp and DI organ sound. 3 studio effects post-mixer let you put a final polish on your tone.

For live use, a “Controls” view hides the keyboard and enlarges the drawbars and switches for less distraction while playing. And there’s included MIDI assignments for controllers and Hammond digital organs, making it plug-and-play easy to perform.

Hammond B-3X for iPad also supports the latest Audio Units plug-in format, letting you use it inside all the most popular recording apps.

Features

-The first official Hammond B-3 virtual instrument
-Designed in cooperation with Hammond Organ Company
-Edit tonewheel model, leakage, key click, percussion & chorus controls
-24 custom drawbar settings available per preset
-Official Leslie speaker with 7 amps and 5 cabinets
-Parallel guitar amp with 2 amp models and 4x12 cabinet
-5-effect stompbox pedalboard for ultra-flexible tonal shaping
-3-effect studio post FX section for final polish
-Controls-only view for live or session use
-MIDI program change preset assignments
-Assignable MIDI for use with external controllers
-AUv3 compatibility for use inside recording apps

What’s New

Version 1.3.4

What’s New in v1.3.4
- Fixed a crash when quitting the app/AUv3 while a preset is being loaded
- Fixed a memory leak that occurs when loading multiple presets
- Fixed a crash in Camelot Pro when switching songs containing Hammond B-3X

Ratings and Reviews

4.2 out of 5
31 Ratings

31 Ratings

noisykeys ,

Great app but it has many glitches.

Software likes to crash

cloud700 ,

Good but .....

Best sounding B3 emulation yet for the iPad, but first the Leslie animation doesn’t work on my 12.9” 1st gen iPad Pro running IOS 12.3.1, and second I don’t think we should have to register the app with IK Multimedia just to read the manual.

Edit: Ok I’ve changed my rating to five stars, the Leslie animation not rotating is only in AUV3 mode which I assume is on purpose to save resources. I’m still not thrilled with having to register for the manual .. but putting that aside this is not only the best B3 emulation I have on the iPad .. but I’d say it’s equal to the best VST emulations as well. I’ve owned a real B3 and Leslie 800 since the late 70’s so I guess you could say am pretty critical when it comes to plugins.

geoelectro ,

Jury still out...

I bought this months ago but only recently started using it. One problem I have is there are tones that are way louder than their neighboring tones. I have to use a notch filter to tame it. Also, I wish the Leslie sim could have a couple of more features. Like being able to adjust the mic distance further away from the cabinet. On another sim (Ventilator) you can back off the mic until there is no effect. Like the mix value in an FX, dry to full FX. The Leslie is just too strong and I can’t back it off enough. Hopefully there will be more updates. Otherwise, this is a very good app.

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Supports

  • Family Sharing

    Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.

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